Roberts v. Louisiana
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Roberts v. Louisiana is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Gregg v. Georgia, helped define the constitutional limits on capital punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Roberts v. Louisiana canonical | 3 |
| Roberts v. Louisiana (1976) | 3 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Supreme Court case
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capital punishment case ⓘ criminal law case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
ⓘ
criminal procedure ⓘ |
| bindingAuthorityIn |
federal courts of the United States
ⓘ
state courts of the United States on federal constitutional questions ⓘ |
| citation | 428 U.S. 325 ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
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 ⓘ |
| courtLevel | court of last resort ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1976-07-02 ⓘ |
| decisionType | landmark decision ⓘ |
| docketNumber | 75-5846 ⓘ |
| fullCaseName | Roberts v. Louisiana self-link ⓘ |
| holding |
A capital sentencing scheme must allow consideration of mitigating circumstances
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Mandatory death penalty statutes for certain categories of murder violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments ⓘ |
| impact |
helped define constitutional limits on capital punishment under the Eighth Amendment
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invalidated Louisiana’s mandatory death penalty scheme ⓘ |
| joinedByInMajority |
Byron R. White
ⓘ
Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ Potter Stewart ⓘ Thurgood Marshall ⓘ Warren E. Burger ⓘ William H. Rehnquist ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| languageOfRecord | English ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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surface form:
Eighth Amendment
capital punishment ⓘ cruel and unusual punishment ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | John Paul Stevens ⓘ |
| opinionType | majority opinion ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 325 ⓘ |
| postFurmanCase | true ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Furman v. Georgia
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Gregg v. Georgia ⓘ Jurek v. Texas ⓘ Proffitt v. Florida ⓘ Woodson v. North Carolina ⓘ |
| stateInvolved | Louisiana ⓘ |
| stateLawChallenged | Louisiana capital punishment statute ⓘ |
| topic |
death penalty jurisprudence
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mandatory death penalty ⓘ |
| volumeInUnitedStatesReports | 428 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1976 ⓘ |
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