Woodson v. North Carolina

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Woodson_v._North_Carolina

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation	gptkb:428_U.S._280
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	July 2, 1976
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Justice_Byron_White gptkb:Justice_William_Rehnquist gptkb:Justice_William_Brennan Chief Justice Warren Burger
gptkbp:docketNumber	74-1173
gptkbp:fullName	gptkb:Woodson_v._North_Carolina
gptkbp:heldBy	Mandatory death penalty statutes are unconstitutional under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments
gptkbp:involvedState	gptkb:North_Carolina
gptkbp:joinedBy	gptkb:Justice_Harry_Blackmun gptkb:Justice_John_Paul_Stevens gptkb:Justice_Byron_White gptkb:Justice_Lewis_Powell
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkbp:principle	Prohibition of mandatory death sentences Requirement for individualized sentencing in capital cases
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:Roberts_v._Louisiana gptkb:Gregg_v._Georgia
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:Fourteenth_Amendment gptkb:Eighth_Amendment Death penalty
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Gregg_v._Georgia
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Woodson v. North Carolina