Supreme Court of the United States, 1971

Atkinson v. North Carolina

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

403 U.S. 948; 91 S. Ct. 2290 (United States Reports)

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. N. C. Reported below: 275 N. C. 288, 167 S. E. 2d 241;

Sup. Ct. N. C. Reported below: 276 N. C. 1, 170 S. E. 2d 885;

Sup. Ct. N. C.' Reported below: 276 N. C. 185, 171 S. E. 2d 886;

Sup. Ct.' N. C. Reported below: 276 N. C. 703, 174 S. E. 2d 503;

Sup. Ct. N. C. Reported below: 276 N. C. 598, 174 S. E. 2d 487;

Sup. Ct. S. C.; and

Sup. Ct. N. C. Reported below: 278 N. C. 168, 179 S. E. 2d 410. Motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and cer-tiorari granted.. Judgments, insofar as they impose the death sentence,, reversed, United States v. Jackson, 390 U. S. 570 (1968), Pope v. United States, 392 U. S. 651 (1968), and cases remanded for further proceedings.

Mr.' Justice Black dissents.

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