Case Name: STEWART v. MASSACHUSETTS
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1972-06-29
Citations: 408 U.S. 845
Docket Number: No. 71-5446
Parties: STEWART v. MASSACHUSETTS
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 408
Pages: 845–845

Head Matter:
STEWART v. MASSACHUSETTS
No. 71-5446.
Decided June 29, 1972

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The appellant in this case was sentenced to death. The imposition and carrying out of that death penalty constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Furman v. Georgia, ante, p. 238. The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The judgment is therefore vacated insofar as it leaves undisturbed the death penalty imposed, and the case is remanded for further proceedings.