State v. Atkinson, 101
| Decision Date | 07 September 1971 |
| Docket Number | No. 101,101 |
| Citation | 279 N.C. 385,183 S.E.2d 105 |
| Parties | STATE of North Carolina v. Dee D. ATKINSON. |
| Court | North Carolina Supreme Court |
On remand from the Supreme Court of the United States.
At the trial of defendant, Dee D. Atkinson, at August, 1970 Criminal Session of the Superior Court of Johnston County, North Carolina, the jury returned a verdict of guilty of rape and thereupon the court pronounced judgment which imposed a death sentence. Upon defendant's appeal, this Court found "No error" in the trial and judgment, 278 N.C. 168, 179 S.E.2d 410. On June 28, 1971, upon its consideration of defendant's petition for writ of certiorari, the Supreme Court of the United States entered the following order: Dee D. Atkinson, Petitioner, v. North Carolina, 403 U.S. 948, 91 S.Ct. 2292, 29 L.Ed.2d 861 (1971).
Pursuant to the mandate of the Supreme Court of the United States, this cause is remanded to the Superior Court of Johnston County with directions to proceed as follows:
1. The presiding judge of the Superior Court of Johnston County will cause to be served on the defendant, Dee D. Atkinson, and on his attorneys of record, notice to appear during a session of said superior court at a designated time, not less than ten days from the date of the order, at which time, in open court, the defendant, Dee D. Atkinson, being present in person and being represented by his attorneys, the presiding judge, based on the verdict of guilty of rape returned by the jury at the trial at the August, 1970 Criminal Session, will pronounce judgment that the defendant, Dee D. Atkinson, be imprisoned for life in the State's prison.
2. The presiding judge of the Superior Court of Johnston County will issue a writ of habeas corpus to the official having custody of the defendant, Dee D. Atkinson, to produce him in open court at the time and for the purpose of being present when the judgment imposing life imprisonment is pronounced.
Remanded for judgment.
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