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SPENKELINK v. WAINWRIGHT

No. A-1016.

442 U.S. 1308 (1979)

99 S.Ct. 2095

60 L.Ed.2d 655

SPENKELINK v. WAINWRIGHT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 23, 1979.

MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL.

John A. Spenkelink, who is scheduled to be put to death at 7:00 a. m. on May 23, 1979, has applied to me for a stay of his execution. MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST and MR. JUSTICE STEVENS have both denied the application, and the pertinent facts are set forth in MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST'S opinion, ante, p. 1301. Given the Court of Appeals' divided vote on whether to grant a certificate of probable cause, the irrevocable nature of the penalty to be...

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