Supreme Court of the United States, 1968

Wheat v. Washington

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 17, 1968 · Black, Harlan, Illinois, Bruton

392 U.S. 652; 88 S. Ct. 2302; 20 L. Ed. 2d 1357; 1968 U.S. LEXIS 1162 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Charles M. Stokes for petitioner in No. 1301, Mise. Anthony Savage, Jr., for petitioner in No. 1535, Mise., James E. Kennedy for respondent in both cases.

Cases that cite this one

13 later published cases cite this decision.

Arthur Nathaniel Aiken v. James Spalding, Superintendent, Washington State Penitentiary, and Slade Gorton, Attorney General, State of Washington (9th Cir. 1988)
State v. McDonald (Wash. 1977)
State v. Fullen (Wash. Ct. App. 1972)
Personal Restraint Petition Of Arthur Nathaniel Aiken (Wash. Ct. App. 2020)
State of Washington v. Cory Edward Mesecher (Wash. Ct. App. 2015)
State of Washington v. Jose Garcia Morales (Wash. Ct. App. 2014)
Williams v. State (Fla. 1969)
United States ex rel. Ordog v. Yeager (District Court, D. New Jersey 1969)
Martini Ex Rel. Dussault v. State (Wash. Ct. App. 2004)
Martini v. State (Wash. Ct. App. 2004)
State v. Aiken (Wash. 1969)
State Of Washington, V Desmond R. Johnson And Kevin Franklin (Wash. Ct. App. 2013)
Spalding Et Al. v. Aiken (Supreme Court of the United States 1983)

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

The motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petitions for writs of certiorari are granted. The judgments of the Supreme Court of Washington are vacated and the cases remanded to that court for reconsideration in the light of Bruton v. United States, 391 U. S. 123, and Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U. S. 510.

Mr. Justice Black dissents. Mr. Justice Harlan dissents for the reasons stated in Mr. Justice Black’s dissenting opinion in Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U. S. 510, 532, and Mr. Justice White’s dissenting opinion in Bruton v. United States, 391 U. S. 123, 138. Mr. Justice White dissents for the reasons stated in his dissenting opinions in Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U. S. 510, 540, and Bruton v. United States, 391 U. S. 123, 138.

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