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BATES et al. v. NELSON, WARDEN
393 U.S. 16·Supreme Court of the United States·1968
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Opinion
BATES et al. v. NELSON, WARDEN.
No. 86,
Misc.
Decided October 14, 1968.
Richard Gladstein, Norman Leonard, and Ruth Jacobs for petitioners.
Thomas C. Lynch, Attorney General of California, Albert W. Harris, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, and Charles R. B. Kirk, Deputy Attorney General, for respondent.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The motions to supplement the petition for a writ of certiorari and for leave to proceed in forma pauperis are granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is also granted. The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the Court of Appeals for further consideration in light of Burgett v. Texas, 389 U. S. 109; Bruton v. United States, 391 U. S. 123; and Roberts v. Russell, 392 U. S. 293.