Stewart v. Massachusetts

U.S.

Court: Supreme Court of the United States

Citations: 408 U.S. 845, 33 L. Ed. 2d 744, 92 S. Ct. 2845, 1972 U.S. LEXIS 24, SCDB 1971-180

Decision Date: 6/29/1972

Docket Number: No. 71-5446

Jurisdiction: U.S.

Bluebook Citation: Stewart v. Massachusetts, 408 U.S. 845, 33 L. Ed. 2d 744, 92 S. Ct. 2845, 1972 U.S. LEXIS 24, SCDB 1971-180 (1972)

More Cases: U.S. decisions from 1972

STEWART v. MASSACHUSETTS

majority Per Curiam.

The appellant in this case was sentenced to death. The imposition and carrying out of that death penalty constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Furman v. Georgia, ante, p. 238. The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The judgment is therefore vacated insofar as it leaves undisturbed the death penalty imposed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings.

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