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

Stewart v. Massachusetts


No. 71-5446


Decided June 29, 1972
408 U.S. 845

APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS

Syllabus

Imposition and carrying out of death penalty in this case held to constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Furman. v. Georgia, ante, p. 238. ___ Mass. ___, 270 N.E.2d 811, vacated and remanded.