Court Opinion

ID: 9424349
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 23:11:20.293285+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:22:49.833644
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Per Curiam.
We noted probable jurisdiction1 and set the case for oral argument with Williams v. Illinois, ante, p. 235, decided today. However, Maryland has recently enacted legislation2 dealing directly with the issue presented, and our holding in Williams, that an indigent may not be imprisoned beyond the maximum term specified by statute solely because of his failure to pay a fine and court costs, may shed further light on the question raised here. We therefore vacate the judgment and remand the case to the District Court for reconsideration in light of the intervening legislation and our holding in Williams v. Illinois, supra.
Mr. Justice Blackmun took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

 397 U. S. 960.

 Chapter 147 of the 1970 Laws of Maryland (approved April 15, 1970).