Jackson v. Georgia

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United States Supreme Court case capital punishment case criminal law case

Jackson v. Georgia is a United States Supreme Court case that, alongside Furman v. Georgia, addressed the constitutionality and application of the death penalty under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Supreme Court case ⓘ capital punishment case ⓘ criminal law case ⓘ
appliedAmendment	Eighth Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishments ⓘ Due Process Clause ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause Equal Protection Clause ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection Clause
areaOfLaw	constitutional law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ
citationStatus	good law on the specific holding that the death penalty scheme at issue was unconstitutional at the time ⓘ
constitutionalProvisionInvolved	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 ⓘ
decisionType	per curiam ⓘ
effect	contributed to temporary nationwide halt of executions following Furman v. Georgia ⓘ
holding	The imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in the case violated the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments as applied ⓘ
impact	limited the circumstances under which states could constitutionally impose the death penalty ⓘ reinforced Furman v. Georgia’s condemnation of arbitrary death penalty schemes ⓘ
jurisdiction	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalIssue	arbitrary and capricious imposition of the death penalty ⓘ constitutionality of the death penalty as applied ⓘ cruel and unusual punishment ⓘ
legalSubject	Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Eighth Amendment Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ capital punishment ⓘ death penalty ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
partOf	line of Supreme Court cases restricting capital punishment prior to Gregg v. Georgia ⓘ
partyType	individual versus state ⓘ
petitionerRole	criminal defendant challenging death sentence ⓘ
proceduralPosture	review of a state court judgment imposing the death penalty ⓘ
relatedCase	Branch v. Texas ⓘ Furman v. Georgia ⓘ Gregg v. Georgia ⓘ Moore v. Illinois ⓘ
remedy	death sentence set aside ⓘ
stateParty	Georgia ⓘ
subjectOf	casebooks on constitutional criminal procedure ⓘ law review articles on the Eighth Amendment ⓘ legal scholarship on capital punishment ⓘ

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Furman v. Georgia → relatedCase → Jackson v. Georgia ⓘ