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Muhammad v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States
Jan 7, 2014
571 U.S. 1117 (2014)

Summary

denying certiorari and a stay of execution on a similar claim

Summary of this case from Mitchell v. Duckworth

Opinion

No. 13–8030, 13A674.

01-07-2014

Askari Abdullah MUHAMMAD, fka Thomas Knight, petitioner, v. FLORIDA.


Application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to Justice THOMAS and by him referred to the Court denied. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida denied. Dissenting statement by Justice BREYER. I would grant the application for stay execution and the petition for writ of certiorari limited to the Lackey claim. See Lackey v. Texas, 514 U.S. 1045, 115 S.Ct. 1421, 131 L.Ed.2d 304 (1995) (Stevens, J., respecting denial of certiorari; Elledge v. Florida, 525 U.S. 944, 119 S.Ct. 366, 142 L.Ed.2d 303 (1998) Breyer, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari); Knight v. Florida, 528 U.S. 990, 993, 120 S.Ct. 459, 145 L.Ed.2d 370 (1999) (Breyer, J., dissenting from denial of certiorari); Valle v. Florida, ––– U.S. ––––, 132 S.Ct. 1, 180 L.Ed.2d 940 (2011) (Breyer, J. dissenting from denial of stay).


Summaries of

Muhammad v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States
Jan 7, 2014
571 U.S. 1117 (2014)

denying certiorari and a stay of execution on a similar claim

Summary of this case from Mitchell v. Duckworth

denying certiorari and a stay of execution on a similar claim

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Case details for

Muhammad v. Florida

Case Details

Full title:Askari Abdullah MUHAMMAD, fka Thomas Knight, petitioner, v. FLORIDA.

Court:Supreme Court of the United States

Date published: Jan 7, 2014

Citations

571 U.S. 1117 (2014)
134 S. Ct. 894
187 L. Ed. 2d 700
82 U.S.L.W. 3403

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