Sullivan v. State

These cases1 have been remanded to this court by the Supreme Court of the United States. The mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States in each case directs that the judgment of this court be vacated insofar as it leaves undisturbed the death penalty imposed; the mandate also directs further proceedings in this court consistent with Stewart v. Massachusetts, 408 U. S. 845 (92 SC 2845, 33 LE2d 744) (1972).

The decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Stewart v. Massachusetts is as follows: "The imposition and carrying out of [the] death penalty constitutes cruel and unusual…