White v. Wainwright

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

MARCUS, District Judge.

Petitioner Beauford White, a State prisoner currently on death row, has filed this habeas corpus action pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. Section 2254 challenging the imposi tion of the death sentence upon conviction of six counts of first degree murder.

At the core of this habeas corpus challenge is the contention that the imposition of the death sentence violates the flat command of Enmund v. Florida, 458 U.S. 782, 102 S.Ct. 3368, 73 L.Ed.2d 1140 (1982), and the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution which forbids the imposition of the…