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Price v. Georgia, 1969 — 395 U.S. 975 · caselaw · US
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Price v. Georgia
395 U.S. 975·Supreme Court of the United States·1969
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Opinion
No. 1254,
Misc.
Price v. Georgia.
Allyn M. Wallace for petitioner.
Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General of Georgia, Harold N. Hill, Jr., Executive Assistant Attorney General, and Marion 0. Gordon and Mathew Robins, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Sup. Ct. Ga. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted. Case transferred to appellate docket and set for oral argument immediately following No. 515, Misc., supra. In addition to questions presented by petition for a writ of certiorari, counsel requested to brief and argue question of retroactivity of Benton v. Maryland, ante, p. 784, and whether that decision is applicable to this case.