Opinion ID: 1737017
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Heading: Supplemental Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

Text: Sullivan argues that he was sentenced to death in violation of his rights under the eighth and fourteenth amendments to the United States Constitution because the death penalty is applied in a racially discriminatory manner. As was the case in Spenkellink v. Wainwright, 578 F.2d 582 (5th Cir.1976), cert. denied, 440 U.S. 976, 99 S.Ct. 1548, 59 L.Ed.2d 796 (1979); Hitchcock v. State, 432 So.2d 42 (Fla. 1983); Thomas v. State, 421 So.2d 160 (Fla. 1982); Meeks v. State, 382 So.2d 673 (Fla. 1980); Adams v. State, 380 So.2d 423 (Fla. 1980); and Henry v. State, 377 So.2d 692 (Fla. 1979), Sullivan's allegations of discrimination do not constitute a sufficient preliminary factual basis to state a cognizable claim. His supplemental petition is therefore denied.