State of Tennessee v. Letalvis Cobbins
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State of Tennessee v. Letalvis Cobbins is a criminal case arising from the 2007 kidnapping, rape, and murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom in Knoxville, Tennessee, which led to multiple high-profile prosecutions.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| State of Tennessee v. Letalvis Cobbins canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: State of Tennessee v. Letalvis Cobbins Context triple: [Christopher Newsom, legalCase, State of Tennessee v. Letalvis Cobbins]
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A.
Coker v. Georgia
Coker v. Georgia is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the death penalty is a disproportionate punishment for the crime of raping an adult woman, thereby limiting the application of capital punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
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B.
McCleskey v. Kemp
McCleskey v. Kemp is a landmark 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court rejected a constitutional challenge to the death penalty based on statistical evidence of racial disparities in its application.
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C.
Alabama v. Shelton
Alabama v. Shelton is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a suspended sentence that may result in imprisonment cannot be imposed unless the defendant was afforded the right to counsel.
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D.
Furman v. Georgia
Furman v. Georgia is a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that temporarily halted capital punishment nationwide by ruling existing death penalty schemes unconstitutional under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
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E.
Lockett v. Ohio
Lockett v. Ohio is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly expanded the range of mitigating factors a sentencer must be allowed to consider before imposing the death penalty.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: State of Tennessee v. Letalvis Cobbins Target entity description: State of Tennessee v. Letalvis Cobbins is a criminal case arising from the 2007 kidnapping, rape, and murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom in Knoxville, Tennessee, which led to multiple high-profile prosecutions.
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A.
Coker v. Georgia
Coker v. Georgia is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the death penalty is a disproportionate punishment for the crime of raping an adult woman, thereby limiting the application of capital punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
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B.
McCleskey v. Kemp
McCleskey v. Kemp is a landmark 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court rejected a constitutional challenge to the death penalty based on statistical evidence of racial disparities in its application.
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C.
Alabama v. Shelton
Alabama v. Shelton is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a suspended sentence that may result in imprisonment cannot be imposed unless the defendant was afforded the right to counsel.
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D.
Furman v. Georgia
Furman v. Georgia is a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that temporarily halted capital punishment nationwide by ruling existing death penalty schemes unconstitutional under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
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E.
Lockett v. Ohio
Lockett v. Ohio is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly expanded the range of mitigating factors a sentencer must be allowed to consider before imposing the death penalty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
criminal case
ⓘ
murder trial ⓘ |
| charge |
facilitation of murder
ⓘ
first-degree murder ⓘ kidnapping ⓘ rape ⓘ robbery ⓘ |
| cityOfCrime |
Knoxville, Tennessee
ⓘ
surface form:
Knoxville
|
| coDefendantInRelatedCases |
George Thomas
ⓘ
Lemaricus Davidson ⓘ Vanessa Coleman ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| court | Knox County Criminal Court ⓘ |
| crimeType | multiple-offender violent crime ⓘ |
| defendant | Letalvis Cobbins ⓘ |
| involves |
carjacking of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom
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killing of Channon Christian ⓘ killing of Christopher Newsom ⓘ sexual assault of Channon Christian ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Christian-Newsom murders prosecutions ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Tennessee
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Tennessee
|
| legalIssue |
aggravated kidnapping
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aggravated rape ⓘ multiple counts of felony murder ⓘ |
| location | Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of several trials arising from the Christian-Newsom murders
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severity of crimes against Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom ⓘ |
| prosecutionBy |
Tennessee
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Tennessee
|
| publicAttention | high-profile media coverage in Tennessee ⓘ |
| publicReaction | significant public outrage ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
State of Tennessee v. George Thomas
ⓘ
State of Tennessee v. Lemaricus Davidson et al. ⓘ
surface form:
State of Tennessee v. Lemaricus Davidson
State of Tennessee v. Vanessa Coleman ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
2007 Knoxville murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom
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surface form:
2007 kidnapping, rape, and murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom
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| stateOfCrime | Tennessee ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
felony murder doctrine in Tennessee
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homicide ⓘ kidnapping law in Tennessee ⓘ sexual violence ⓘ violent crime ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 2000s ⓘ |
| victim |
Channon Christian
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Christopher Newsom ⓘ |
| victimAgeContext | young adult victims ⓘ |
| yearOfCrime | 2007 ⓘ |
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Subject: State of Tennessee v. Letalvis Cobbins Description of subject: State of Tennessee v. Letalvis Cobbins is a criminal case arising from the 2007 kidnapping, rape, and murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom in Knoxville, Tennessee, which led to multiple high-profile prosecutions.
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