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WAINWRIGHT v. STONE

No. 73-122.

414 U.S. 21 (1973)

WAINWRIGHT, CORRECTIONS DIRECTOR, ET AL. v. STONE ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 5, 1973.

PER CURIAM.

In separate trials, appellees were convicted of violating Fla. Stat. § 800.01 (1965), which proscribed "the abominable and detestable crime against nature, either with mankind or with beast . . . ."1 Having exhausted state remedies,2 appellees sought federal habeas corpus, asserting, among other things, that the Florida statute was impermissibly vague...

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