Supreme Court of the United States, 1968

Benton v. Maryland

Benton v. Maryland
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 16, 1968
393 U.S. 994; 89 S. Ct. 481 (United States Reports)

Benton v. Maryland

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Sp. App. Md. [Certiorari granted, 392 U. S. 925.] Case restored to the docket for reargument on March 24, 1969, limited to the following question, not specified in the original writ: Does the “concurrent sentence doctrine,” enunciated in Hira-bayashi v. United States, 320 U. S. 81, 105, and subsequent cases, have continuing validity in light of such decisions as Ginsberg v. New York, 390 U. S. 629, 633, n. 2, Peyton v. Rowe, 391 U. S. 54, Carafas v. LaVallee, 391 U. S. 234, 237-238, and Sibron v. New York, 392 U. S. 40, 50-58? The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief expressing the views of the United States and to participate in oral argument.

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