Petitioner was sentenced to death. Imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in this case constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment. Woodson v. North Carolina, ante, p. 280. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and certiorari granted. Judgment vacated insofar as they leave undisturbed the death penalty imposed, and case remanded to the Supreme Court of North Carolina for further...
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