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Wainwright v. Stone, 414 U.S. 21 (1973)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Wainwright v. Stone, 414 U.S. 21 (1973)
Wainwright v. Stone No. 73-122 Decided November 5, 1973 414 U.S. 21
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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Florida statutory provision proscribing "the abominable and detestable crime against nature, either with mankind or beast . . . ," in light of the State Supreme Court’s longstanding construction as applying to copulation per os and per anum, held not unconstitutionally vague; and that court’s later ruling after appellees’ convictions for those offenses had become final holding the statute void for vagueness as applied to oral and anal sexual activity did not require reversal of appellees’ convictions, since the subsequent ruling was prospective only, and, at the time appellees committed the acts, they were on clear notice that their conduct was criminal under the statute as then construed.
478 F.2d 390, reversed.
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U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Wainwright v. Stone, 414 U.S. 21 (1973) in 414 U.S. 21 Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4NBJ8MCXCW4SM8J.
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U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Wainwright v. Stone, 414 U.S. 21 (1973), in 414 U.S. 21, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4NBJ8MCXCW4SM8J.
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U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Wainwright v. Stone, 414 U.S. 21 (1973). cited in 1973, 414 U.S. 21. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4NBJ8MCXCW4SM8J.
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