Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Wainwright vs. Witt, 470 U.S. 1039 (1985), was a Supreme Court of the United States case argued on October 4, 1984, and denied a rehearing on March 5, 1985. The defendant, Johnny Paul Witt, appealed to the Supreme Court that his 6th and 14th Amendments were violated when he was sentenced to death for first degree murder by the state of Florida. He argued that the court unconstitutionally hand-picked a jury during the voir dire process. This was because certain people were excused from the jury because they admitted pre-trial, that their decision of guilty or not guilty toward capital punishment would be swayed due to personal or religious beliefs."@en }
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- Wainwright_v._Witt abstract "Wainwright vs. Witt, 470 U.S. 1039 (1985), was a Supreme Court of the United States case argued on October 4, 1984, and denied a rehearing on March 5, 1985. The defendant, Johnny Paul Witt, appealed to the Supreme Court that his 6th and 14th Amendments were violated when he was sentenced to death for first degree murder by the state of Florida. He argued that the court unconstitutionally hand-picked a jury during the voir dire process. This was because certain people were excused from the jury because they admitted pre-trial, that their decision of guilty or not guilty toward capital punishment would be swayed due to personal or religious beliefs.".