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401 U.S. 846 91 Supreme Court Reporter 1258 28 United States Reports Lawyer’s Edition 2d Series KF101.8 U54 523 Barrington Joseph JOHNSON, petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. Number 5247. of the October Term, 1970. April 5, 1971 William Judge 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, instructed jury that it could return verdict guilty death penalty. Yet was constitutionally impermissible light Court's versus Jackson, 390 570, 88 1209, 20 138. See Bailey States, 132 U.S.App.D.C. 82, 86 and n. 3, 405 Federal Reporter, 2nd 1352, 1356 3. & N Dec. Immigration Nationality Decisions 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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