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JONES v. BUTTERWORTH

No. 90231.

691 So.2d 481 (1997)

Leo Alexander JONES, Petitioner, v. Robert BUTTERWORTH, etc., et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 10, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin J. McClain, Litigation Director, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Richard B. Martell, Chief, Capital Appeals and Curtis M. French, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondents.

ORDER

We address the Petition Seeking to Invoke this Court's All Writs Jurisdiction as follows:

1. The claim that execution by electrocution is unconstitutional per se is hereby denied as procedurally barred as it could have been raised in previous petitions for relief. Even if the claim were not procedurally barred, we would deny it on the merits.

2. Due to the fact that flames have erupted on two occasions...

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