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Gregg Vs. Georgia
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- US Supreme Court
- Jul 02, 1976
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U.S. 153 (1976) U.S. Supreme Court Gregg v. GeorgiaSearch
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U.S. 153 (1976) Gregg v. GeorgiaSearch
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punishment under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. That statute, as amended following Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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Georgia's new statutory scheme, enacted to overcome the constitutional deficiencies found in Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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crime, is cruel and unusual punishment is untenable for the reasons stated in MR. JUSTICE WHITE's dissent in Roberts v. LouisianaSearch
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U. S. 350 -356. P. 428 U. S. 226 . MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN concurred in the judgment. See Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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used to kill Simmons and Moore, was found in the petitioner's pocket. After receiving the warnings required by Miranda v. ArizonaSearch
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The Georgia statute, as amended after our decision in Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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trial judge is required to charge lesser included offenses when they are supported by any view of the evidence. Sims v. StateSearch
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Ga. 668, 47 S.E.2d 862 (1948). See Linder v. StateSearch
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The defendant is accorded substantial latitude as to the types of evidence that he may introduce. See Brown v. StateSearch
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considered during the guilt stage may be considered during the sentencing stage without being resubmitted. Eberheart v. StateSearch
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But until Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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methods. See Wilkerson v. UtahSearch
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Francis v. ResweberSearch
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Weems v. UnitedSearch
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Id. at 217 U. S. 378 . See also Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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Later, in Trop v. DullesSearch
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limits imposed by the Eighth Amendment on what can be made criminal and punished were discussed in Robinson v. CaliforniaSearch
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Id. at 370 U. S. 667 . Most recently, in Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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supra at 356 U. S. 101 . See also Jackson v. BishopSearch
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F.2d 571, 579 (CA8 1968). Cf. Robinson v. CaliforniaSearch
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has two aspects. First, the punishment must not involve the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain. Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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supra, at 408 U. S. 392 -393 (BURGER, C.J., dissenting). See Wilkerson v. UtahSearch
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U. S. 381 . Second, the punishment must not be grossly out of proportion to the severity of the crime. Trop v. DullesSearch
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Dennis v. UnitedSearch
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Page 428 U. S. 176 Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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Gore v. UnitedSearch
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States, 357 U. S. 386 , 357 U. S. 393 (1968). Cf. Robinson v. CaliforniaSearch
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well as through ballot referenda, is shut off. Revisions cannot be made in the light of further experience. See Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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common law rule Page 428 U. S. 177 imposed a mandatory death sentence on all convicted murderers. McGautha v. CaliforniaSearch
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laws expressly granting juries the discretion to recommend mercy. Id. at 402 U. S. 199 -200. See Woodson v. NorthSearch
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U. S. 178 often expressly, has recognized that capital punishment is not invalid per se. In Wilkerson v. UtahSearch
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Again, in Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. ResweberSearch
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Trop v. DullesSearch
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that authorized capital punishment, in effect negating a prior ruling by the Supreme Court of California in People v. AndersonSearch
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is a significant and reliable objective index of contemporary values, because it is so directly involved. See Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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feeling that this most irrevocable of sanctions should be reserved for a small number of extreme cases. See Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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The Court also must ask whether it comports with the basic concept of human dignity at the core of the Amendment. Trop v. DullesSearch
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so totally without penological justification that it results in the gratuitous infliction of suffering. Cf. Wilkerson v. UtahSearch
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U.S. Supreme Court Gregg v. GeorgiaSearch
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See Furman v. GeorgiaSearch
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Miranda v. ArizonaSearch
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Sims v. StateSearch
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See Linder v. StateSearch
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See Brown v. StateSearch
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Eberheart v. StateSearch
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