Robinson v. State of California

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation	370 U.S. 660
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy	gptkb:Justice_Hugo_Black gptkb:Justice_William_O._Douglas
gptkbp:date	1962-06-25
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Justice_Byron_White gptkb:Justice_Tom_C._Clark
gptkbp:docketNumber	554
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Robinson_v._State_of_California
gptkbp:heldBy	A state law criminalizing addiction to narcotics is unconstitutional under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Robinson v. State of California
gptkbp:involvedState	gptkb:California
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkbp:principle	Criminalizing a status, rather than an act, violates the Constitution.
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Powell_v._Texas
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution gptkb:Eighth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution Cruel and unusual punishment
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Robinson_v._California
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7