BROWN v. ALLEN

No. 32.

344 U.S. 443 (1953)

BROWN v. ALLEN, WARDEN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued October 13, 1952.

Decided February 9, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hosea V. Price argued the cause for petitioner in No. 32. Herman L. Taylor filed a brief for petitioner.

Herman L. Taylor argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner in No. 22.

O. John Rogge and Murray A. Gordon argued the cause for petitioners in No. 20. Mr. Taylor was with them on the brief.

R. Brookes Peters argued the cause for respondent in No. 32. E. O. Brogden, Jr. argued the cause for respondent in No. 22. Ralph Moody, Assistant Attorney General of North Carolina, argued the cause for respondent in No. 20. With them on the briefs was Harry McMullan, Attorney General.


MR. JUSTICE REED delivered the opinion of the Court.

Certiorari was granted to review judgments of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. 343 U.S. 903; 342 U.S. 953; 342 U.S. 941. These cases were argued last year. As the records raised serious federal constitutional questions upon which the carrying out of death sentences depended and procedural issues of importance in the relations between states and...

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