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Hillman v. Florida

U.S.
Jun 10, 1968
392 U.S. 307 (1968)

Opinion

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA, FIRST DISTRICT.

No. 443, Misc.

Decided June 10, 1968.

Certiorari granted; vacated and remanded.

Earl Faircloth, Attorney General of Florida, and Wallace E. Allbritton, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.


The motion to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment of the District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District, is vacated and the case is remanded to that court for further consideration in light of Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123. See Roberts v. Russell, ante, p. 293.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN and MR. JUSTICE WHITE dissent for the reasons stated in MR. JUSTICE WHITE'S dissenting opinion in Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123, 138 (1968).


Summaries of

Hillman v. Florida

U.S.
Jun 10, 1968
392 U.S. 307 (1968)
Case details for

Hillman v. Florida

Case Details

Full title:HILLMAN v . FLORIDA

Court:U.S.

Date published: Jun 10, 1968

Citations

392 U.S. 307 (1968)

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