Congress may allow juries to prohibit capital punishment in murder cases in “the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction,” while not permitting them to do so in D.C.
How later courts described this case
- Congress may allow juries to prohibit capital punishment in murder cases in “the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction,” while not permitting them to do so in D.C.
- motion to revoke or vacate sentence
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
WRIGHT, Circuit Judge, with whom. BAZELON, Chief Judge, and FAHY, Circuit Judge,
join, concurring:
I concur in the court’s excellent opinion and the result therein reached. I would only add that in my view Public-Law 87-423 requires resentencing of the-defendant. See Jones v. United States, 117 U.S.App.D.C. 169 , 327 F.2d 867, 876-878 (1963) (en banc) (concurring opinion).