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SPENKELINK v. WAINWRIGHT

No. A-1016.

442 U.S. 1301 (1979)

99 S.Ct. 2091

60 L.Ed.2d 649

SPENKELINK v. WAINWRIGHT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 22, 1979.

MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST, Circuit Justice.

This application for stay has come to me by reason of the unavailability of MR. JUSTICE POWELL. On December 20, 1973, following a trial and jury verdict, applicant was sentenced to death pursuant to the Florida statute that we upheld in Proffitt v. Florida, 428 U.S. 242 (1976), for a murder committed in February 1973. On applicant's appeal, the Supreme Court of Florida affirmed both...

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