Knight v. Florida

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1999-11-08

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Justice Thomas, concurring. I write only to point out that I am unaware of any support in the American constitutional tradition or in this Court’s precedent for the proposition that a defendant can avail himself of the panoply of appellate and collateral procedures and then complain when his execution is delayed. Indeed, were there any such support in our own jurisprudence, it would be unnecessary for pro…

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