Sparks v. North Carolina

U.S.

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

Citations: 428 U.S. 905, 49 L. Ed. 2d 1212, 96 S. Ct. 3213, 1976 U.S. LEXIS 2265

Decision Date: 7/6/1976

Docket Number: No. 74-669; No. 75-5697

Jurisdiction: U.S.

Bluebook Citation: Sparks v. North Carolina, 428 U.S. 905, 49 L. Ed. 2d 1212, 96 S. Ct. 3213, 1976 U.S. LEXIS 2265 (1976)

More Cases: U.S. decisions from 1976

Sparks v. North Carolina; and Wetmore v. North Carolina.

Judges

Mr. Justice Brennan would grant certiorari and set cases for oral argument.

majority

Sup. Ct. N. C. Petitioners in these cases were sentenced to death. Imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in these cases constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Woodson v. North Carolina, ante, p. 280. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in No. 75-5697 granted. Certiorari granted, judgments vacated, and cases remanded to the Supreme Court of North Carolina for further proceedings in light of Mullaney v. Wilbur, 421 U. S. 684 (1975).

Mr. Justice Brennan would grant certiorari and set cases for oral argument.

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