JOHNSON
v.
UNITED STATES

U.S. | 1971-04-05
No. 5247
The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this case., with whom Mr. Justice Douglas joins,
401 U.S. 846 Supreme Court of the United States (1971) Positive Treatment
Also reported at: 91 S. Ct. 1258 · 28 L. Ed. 2d 523 · 1971 U.S. LEXIS 62 · SCDB 1970-081
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Per_curiam
Per Curiam.

Per Curiam.

The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.

The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

Dissent
Mr. Justice Stewart,

Mr. Justice Stewart,

with whom Mr. Justice Douglas joins,

dissenting.

In the petitioner’s trial on a charge of rape, the District Judge instructed the jury that it could return a verdict of guilty with the death penalty. Yet that verdict was constitutionally impermissible in light of this Court’s decision in United States v. Jackson, 390 U. S. 570. See Bailey v. United States, 132 U. S. App. D. C. 82, 86 and n. 3, 405 P. 2d 1352, 1356 and n. 3. I think the extreme prejudice arising from this erroneous instruction requires reversal of the judgment of conviction and a remand of this case for a new trial. Cf. Price v. Georgia, 398 U. S. 323, 331-332.

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