Woodson v. North Carolina

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United States Supreme Court case capital punishment case constitutional law case criminal law case

Woodson v. North Carolina is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that struck down mandatory death penalty statutes as unconstitutional under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.

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Label	Occurrences
Woodson v. North Carolina canonical	7
North Carolina mandatory death penalty statute for first-degree murder	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ capital punishment case ⓘ constitutional law case ⓘ criminal law case ⓘ
areaOfLaw	capital punishment in the United States ⓘ constitutional criminal procedure ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ
arguedDate	1976-01-19 ⓘ
citation	428 U.S. 280 ⓘ
concurrenceBy	Thurgood Marshall ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
constitutionalProvision	Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	1976-07-02 ⓘ
dissentBy	Byron R. White ⓘ Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ Warren E. Burger ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ
docketNumber	75-5491 ⓘ
fullName	Woodson v. North Carolina self-link ⓘ
holding	Mandatory death penalty statutes for first-degree murder are unconstitutional ⓘ The Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments prohibit mandatory imposition of the death penalty ⓘ
impact	Contributed to the development of individualized sentencing requirements in capital cases ⓘ Limited states' ability to impose mandatory death sentences ⓘ
joinedByInPlurality	John Paul Stevens ⓘ Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
legalIssue	Eighth Amendment prohibition of cruel and unusual punishments ⓘ application of the Fourteenth Amendment to state death penalty laws ⓘ constitutionality of mandatory death penalty statutes ⓘ
majorityOpinionBy	Potter Stewart ⓘ
page	280 ⓘ
petitioner	James Tyrone Woodson ⓘ
pluralityOpinionBy	Potter Stewart ⓘ
principle	Sentencing in capital cases must allow consideration of the character and record of the individual offender ⓘ Sentencing in capital cases must allow consideration of the circumstances of the particular offense ⓘ
relatedCase	Furman v. Georgia ⓘ Gregg v. Georgia ⓘ Jurek v. Texas ⓘ Proffitt v. Florida ⓘ Roberts v. Louisiana ⓘ
reporter	United States Reports ⓘ
respondent	North Carolina ⓘ surface form: State of North Carolina
result	North Carolina's mandatory death penalty scheme was invalidated ⓘ
stateLawInvolved	Woodson v. North Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: North Carolina mandatory death penalty statute for first-degree murder
volume	428 ⓘ
yearDecided	1976 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gregg v. Georgia → decidedWith → Woodson v. North Carolina ⓘ

Jurek v. Texas → decidedWith → Woodson v. North Carolina ⓘ

Jurek v. Texas → relatedTo → Woodson v. North Carolina ⓘ

Proffitt v. Florida → relatedCase → Woodson v. North Carolina ⓘ

Woodson v. North Carolina → fullName → Woodson v. North Carolina self-link ⓘ

Woodson v. North Carolina → stateLawInvolved → Woodson v. North Carolina self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Carolina mandatory death penalty statute for first-degree murder

Roberts v. Louisiana → relatedCase → Woodson v. North Carolina ⓘ

Lockett v. Ohio → relatedCase → Woodson v. North Carolina ⓘ