Woodson v. North Carolina, No. 75-5491 (U.S. Supreme Court) (428 U.S. 280; 96 S.Ct. 2978) (July 2, 1976) (Justice Stewart)
In this case, decided on the same day as Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976), the Court struck down a North Carolina death penalty statute which mandated imposition of a death sentence upon all convictions of first degree murder.
In this case, which was decided on the same day ...
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