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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.