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Williams v. North Carolina

U.S.
Jun 22, 1964
378 U.S. 548 (1964)

Opinion

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF NORTH CAROLINA.

No. 4.

Decided June 22, 1964.

Certiorari granted; judgment vacated; and case remanded.

Reported below: 253 N.C. 804, 117 S.E.2d 824.

Leonard B. Boudin, Victor Rabinowitz and Conrad J. Lynn for petitioner.

T. W. Bruton, Attorney General of North Carolina, and Ralph Moody, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.


The petition for writ of certiorari is granted, the judgment vacated and the case remanded to the Supreme Court of North Carolina for consideration in light of Robinson v. Florida, ante, p. 153.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS would reverse outright on the basis of the views expressed in his opinion in Bell v. Maryland, ante, p. 242.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK, MR. JUSTICE HARLAN and MR. JUSTICE WHITE dissent.


Summaries of

Williams v. North Carolina

U.S.
Jun 22, 1964
378 U.S. 548 (1964)
Case details for

Williams v. North Carolina

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAMS v . NORTH CAROLINA

Court:U.S.

Date published: Jun 22, 1964

Citations

378 U.S. 548 (1964)

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