Supreme Court of the United States, 1971

Funicello v. New Jersey

Funicello v. New Jersey
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 28, 1971 · Black
403 U.S. 948; 91 S. Ct. 2278 (United States Reports)

Funicello v. New Jersey

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. N. J. Reported below: 52 N. J. 263, 245 A. 2d 181; and

Super. Ct. N. C., Buncombe County. Reported below: See 269 N. C. 307, 152 S. E. 2d 453. Motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and certiorari 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 vHolman, 394 U. S. 478 (1969) ; Maxwell v. Bishop, 398 U. S. 262 (1970); and United States v. Jackson, 390 U. S. 570 (1968).

Mr. Justice Black dissents.

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