Atkinson v. North Carolina

U.S.

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

Citations: 403 U.S. 948, 91 S. Ct. 2290

Decision Date: 6/28/1971

Docket Number: No. 5072; No. 5136; No. 5178; No. 5837; No. 6006; No. 6386; No. 7122

Jurisdiction: U.S.

Bluebook Citation: Atkinson v. North Carolina, 403 U.S. 948, 91 S. Ct. 2290 (1971)

More Cases: U.S. decisions from 1971

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Judges

Mr.' Justice Black dissents.

majority

Sup. Ct. N. C. Reported below: 275 N. C. 288, 167 S. E. 2d 241;

Sup. Ct. N. C. Reported below: 276 N. C. 1, 170 S. E. 2d 885;

Sup. Ct. N. C.' Reported below: 276 N. C. 185, 171 S. E. 2d 886;

Sup. Ct.' N. C. Reported below: 276 N. C. 703, 174 S. E. 2d 503;

Sup. Ct. N. C. Reported below: 276 N. C. 598, 174 S. E. 2d 487;

Sup. Ct. S. C.; and

Sup. Ct. N. C. Reported below: 278 N. C. 168, 179 S. E. 2d 410. Motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and cer-tiorari granted.. Judgments, insofar as they impose the death sentence,, reversed, United States v. Jackson, 390 U. S. 570 (1968), Pope v. United States, 392 U. S. 651 (1968), and cases remanded for further proceedings.

Mr.' Justice Black dissents.

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