STEWART v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 69338.

494 So.2d 489 (1986)

Roy Allen STEWART, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

September 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, and Robin H. Greene, Spec. Asst. Public Defender, Coral Gables, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Calvin L. Fox, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for respondents.


PER CURIAM.

Stewart, a state prisoner under sentence of death for whom a second death warrant has been signed, petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus and requests a stay of execution.* We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(9), Fla. Const. Stewart claims that the death penalty is imposed in Florida in a racially discriminatory manner. Because the United States Supreme Court has granted review in two cases which present the...

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