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Pitts v. Wainwright, Corrections Director
408 U.S. 941·Supreme Court of the United States·1972
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Opinion
No. 69-5016.
Pitts v. Wainwright, Corrections Director.
[MAJORITY]
Sup. Ct. Fla. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Motion for leave to file petition for writ of habeas corpus denied. Treating the petition for -writ of habeas corpus as a petition for writ of certio-rari, certiorari granted. Judgment vacated insofar as it leaves undisturbed the death penalty imposed, and case remanded for further proceedings. See Stewart v. Massachusetts, ante, p. 845.