Legal Opinion
Hooks v. Wainwright
District Court, M.D. Florida
Decided June 7, 1982No. 71-144-Civ-J-S, 71-1011-Civ-J-SPublished
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
CHARLES R. SCOTT, Senior District Judge.
This matter is before the Court upon the motion of Timothy Charles Palmes for stay of his execution set for June 15, 1982, and for other emergency relief. Palmes filed the motion in his capacity as a member of the plaintiff class in the above-styled cause. Because the Court has determined that it lacks subject matter jurisdiction to render the sought-after relief, the motion will be denied.
In 1977, Palmes was convicted of murdering James N. Stone and received a sentence of death. On March 5, 1981, the Florida Supreme Court upheld his sentence and…
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