State of Tennessee v. Vanessa Coleman

Target entity: State of Tennessee v. Vanessa Coleman
Context triple: [Christopher Newsom, legalCase, State of Tennessee v. Vanessa Coleman]

• A. 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.
• B. Ray v. Blair
  Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
• C. Tanco v. Haslam
  Tanco v. Haslam was a federal court case challenging Tennessee’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriages, which became one of the cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
• D. Thomas v. Collins
  Thomas v. Collins is a 1945 U.S. Supreme Court decision that strengthened First Amendment protections for labor organizers by striking down a Texas law requiring union speakers to register before soliciting members.
• E. Atkins v. Virginia
  Atkins v. Virginia is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held executing individuals with intellectual disabilities violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: State of Tennessee v. Vanessa Coleman
Target entity description: State of Tennessee v. Vanessa Coleman is a criminal case arising from the 2007 kidnapping, rape, torture, and murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom in Knoxville, Tennessee, in which Vanessa Coleman was prosecuted for her role in the crimes.

• A. 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.
• B. Ray v. Blair
  Ray v. Blair is a 1952 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld a state's authority to require presidential electors to pledge support for their party's nominees as a condition of appointment.
• C. Tanco v. Haslam
  Tanco v. Haslam was a federal court case challenging Tennessee’s refusal to recognize same-sex marriages, which became one of the cases consolidated into the landmark Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
• D. Thomas v. Collins
  Thomas v. Collins is a 1945 U.S. Supreme Court decision that strengthened First Amendment protections for labor organizers by striking down a Texas law requiring union speakers to register before soliciting members.
• E. Atkins v. Virginia
  Atkins v. Virginia is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held executing individuals with intellectual disabilities violates the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
• F. None of above. chosen