Stewart v. Massachusetts, 408 U.S. 845 (1972)

408 U.S. 845
92 S. Ct. 2845
33 L. Ed. 2d 744
1971 SCDB 180
1972 U.S. LEXIS 24
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Case details
Citation
408 U.S. 845
Full caption
John S. STEWART v. MASSACHUSETTS.
Country
United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided
June 29, 1972
Opinion
Per curiam
p. 845
408 U.S. 845
92 S.Ct. 2845
33 L.Ed.2d 744
John S. STEWART v. MASSACHUSETTS.
No. 71-5446.
Supreme Court of the United States
June 29, 1972
PER CURIAM.
1
The appellant in this case was sentenced to death. The imposition and carrying out of that death penalty constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238, 92 S.Ct. 2726, 33 L.Ed.2d 346 (1972). The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The judgment is therefore vacated insofar as it leaves undisturbed the death penalty imposed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings.
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