Proffitt v. Florida
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Proffitt v. Florida is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Gregg v. Georgia, upheld the constitutionality of guided-discretion capital sentencing schemes under the Eighth Amendment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Proffitt v. Florida canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2797273 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proffitt v. Florida Context triple: [Gregg v. Georgia, decidedWith, Proffitt v. Florida]
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A.
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that significantly limited Congress’s power to subject non-consenting states to lawsuits in federal court, reinforcing state sovereign immunity.
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B.
Faragher v. City of Boca Raton
Faragher v. City of Boca Raton is a 1998 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified employer liability for workplace sexual harassment under Title VII, particularly when harassment is committed by supervisors.
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C.
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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D.
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.
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E.
Escobedo v. Illinois
Escobedo v. Illinois is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded the Sixth Amendment right to counsel during police interrogations and helped lay the groundwork for the later Miranda warnings.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Proffitt v. Florida Target entity description: Proffitt v. Florida is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Gregg v. Georgia, upheld the constitutionality of guided-discretion capital sentencing schemes under the Eighth Amendment.
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A.
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida
Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida is a 1996 U.S. Supreme Court case that significantly limited Congress’s power to subject non-consenting states to lawsuits in federal court, reinforcing state sovereign immunity.
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B.
Faragher v. City of Boca Raton
Faragher v. City of Boca Raton is a 1998 U.S. Supreme Court case that clarified employer liability for workplace sexual harassment under Title VII, particularly when harassment is committed by supervisors.
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C.
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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D.
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.
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E.
Escobedo v. Illinois
Escobedo v. Illinois is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded the Sixth Amendment right to counsel during police interrogations and helped lay the groundwork for the later Miranda warnings.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eighth Amendment case
ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ capital punishment case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
ⓘ
criminal law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ |
| arguedYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| citation | 428 U.S. 242 ⓘ |
| clarified | standards for guided discretion in capital sentencing ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy |
Byron R. White
ⓘ
Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ Warren E. Burger ⓘ |
| constitutionalProvision |
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 ⓘ |
| decidedYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1976-07-02 ⓘ |
| decisionType | plurality opinion ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Thurgood Marshall
ⓘ
William H. Rehnquist ⓘ William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ |
| fullName | Proffitt v. Florida self-link ⓘ |
| holding |
Florida’s guided-discretion capital sentencing statute is constitutional under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments
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guided-discretion capital sentencing schemes are not per se unconstitutional ⓘ |
| joinedBy |
John Paul Stevens
ⓘ
Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| legalIssue |
Eighth Amendment prohibition of cruel and unusual punishments
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constitutionality of capital punishment ⓘ guided-discretion capital sentencing schemes ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Potter Stewart ⓘ |
| page | 242 ⓘ |
| partOf | post-Furman death penalty jurisprudence ⓘ |
| petitioner | Proffitt ⓘ |
| precedentialStatus | binding precedent in the United States federal courts ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Furman v. Georgia
ⓘ
Gregg v. Georgia ⓘ Jurek v. Texas ⓘ Roberts v. Louisiana ⓘ
surface form:
Roberts v. Louisiana (1976)
Woodson v. North Carolina ⓘ |
| reporter | United States Reports ⓘ |
| respondent |
Florida
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Florida
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| result | death sentence affirmed ⓘ |
| shortName | Proffitt ⓘ |
| stateLawInvolved | Florida capital sentencing statute ⓘ |
| stateParty | Florida ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
capital sentencing
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death penalty ⓘ |
| volume | 428 ⓘ |
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Subject: Proffitt v. Florida Description of subject: Proffitt v. Florida is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that, alongside Gregg v. Georgia, upheld the constitutionality of guided-discretion capital sentencing schemes under the Eighth Amendment.
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