Supreme Court of the United States, 1971

Mathis v. New Jersey

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 28, 1971 · Black

403 U.S. 946; 91 S. Ct. 2283 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

58 later published cases cite this decision. The 24 that cite it most often are listed here.

Ronald Clark O'Bryan v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent (5th Cir. 1983)
State v. Holland (N.J. 1971)
Arthur Nathaniel Aiken v. James Spalding, Superintendent, Washington State Penitentiary, and Slade Gorton, Attorney General, State of Washington (9th Cir. 1988)
United States v. Salamone, Salvatore (3d Cir. 1986)
Wainwright v. Witt (Supreme Court of the United States 1985)
State v. Gibbons (N.C. 1981)
State v. Donelson (Iowa 1981)
State v. Rotunno (Wash. Ct. App. 1980)
State v. Young (N.C. 1975)
State v. Patterson (N.C. 1975)
State v. Vinson (N.C. 1975)
State v. Avery (N.C. 1975)
State v. Bernard (N.C. 1975)
State v. Braun (Wash. 1973)
State v. Waddell (N.C. 1973)
State v. Funicello (N.J. 1972)
Tezeno v. State (Tex. Crim. App. 1972)
State v. Thompson (N.J. 1971)
State v. Tirado (N.C. 2025)
Personal Restraint Petition Of Arthur Nathaniel Aiken (Wash. Ct. App. 2020)
State v. Berryman (N.C. 2006)
State v. Brown (N.C. Ct. App. 2001)
State v. Alston (N.C. Ct. App. 1988)
State v. Edwards (N.C. Ct. App. 1987)

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Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. N. J. Reported below: 52 N. J. 238, 245 A. 2d 20;

Sup. Ct. Ala. Reported below: 283 Ala. 308, 216 So. 2d 286;

Sup. Ct. Ill. Reported below: 41 Ill. 2d 177, 242 N. E. 2d 208;

C. A. 10th Cir. Reported below: 402 F. 2d 249;

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Reported below: 438 S. W. 2d 918;

Sup. Ct. La. Reported below: 253 La. 992, 221 So. 2d 484;

Ct. App. Ky. Reported below: 439 S. W. 2d 580;

Sup. Ct. Wash. Reported below: 75 Wash. 2d 421, 452 P. 2d 232; and

Sup. Ct. Ohio.- Reported below: 18 Ohio St; 2d 167, 248 N. E. 2d 605. Motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and cer-tiorari granted. Judgments, insofar as they impose the death sentence, reversed and cases remanded for further proceedings. Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U. S. 510 (1968); Boulden v. Holman, 394 U. S. 478 (1969); and Maxwell v. Bishop, 398 U. S. 262 (1970).

Mr. Justice Black dissents.

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