Sparks v. North Carolina

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1976-07-06

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Sup. Ct. N. C. Petitioners in these cases were sentenced *906 to death. Imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in these cases constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Woodson v. North Carolina, ante, p. 280. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in No. 75-5697 granted. Certiorari granted, judgments vacate…

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