Document: 401 U.S. 846 91 S.Ct. 1258 28 L.Ed.2d 523 Barrington Joseph JOHNSON, petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 5247. Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1970. April 5, 1971 William J. Lippman, Washington, D. C., for petitioner. Samuel Huntington, respondent. On Writ Certiorari to Appeals District Columbia Circuit. PER CURIAM. 1 The writ certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted. 2 THE CHIEF JUSTICE took no part in consideration or decision this case. 3 Mr. Justice STEWART, with whom DOUGLAS joins, dissenting. 4 In petitioner's trial on a charge rape, Judge instructed jury that it could return verdict guilty death penalty. Yet was constitutionally impermissible light Court's v. Jackson, 390 570, 88 1209, 20 138. See Bailey States, 132 U.S.App.D.C. 82, 86 and n. 3, 405 F.2d 1352, 1356 3. I think extreme prejudice arising from erroneous instruction requires reversal judgment conviction remand case new trial. Cf. Price Georgia, 398 323, 331-332, 90 1757, 26 300.

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