FURMAN v. GEORGIA (1972)

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FURMAN v. GEORGIA
Term: 1971
Important Dates
Argued: January 17, 1972
Decided: June 29, 1972
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Concurring
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

FURMAN v. GEORGIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 1972. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 1972.

In a 5-4 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: 408 U.S. 238
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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