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COKER v. GEORGIA (1977)

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COKER v. GEORGIA
Term: 1976
Important Dates
Argued: March 28, 1977
Decided: June 29, 1977
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Judgment of the court
Byron White
Majority
Harry Blackmun • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart
Concurring
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell
Dissenting
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist

COKER v. GEORGIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 1977. The case was argued before the court on March 28, 1977.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Georgia State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Georgia
  • Citation: 433 U.S. 584
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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