Supreme Court of the United States, 1971

Furman v. Georgia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided June 28, 1971

403 U.S. 952; 91 S. Ct. 2287 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

16 later published cases cite this decision.

United States of America Ex Rel. Frank Phelan v. Joseph R. Brierley, Warden, State Correctional Institution, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (3d Cir. 1971)
State v. Waddell (N.C. 1973)
Commonwealth. v. Hoss (Pa. 1971)
Colston v. State (Tex. Crim. App. 1974)
State v. Anderson (N.C. 1972)
State v. Funicello (N.J. 1972)
State v. Hill (N.C. 1971)
Commonwealth v. Yount (Pa. Super. Ct. 1992)
State v. McKoy (N.C. 1990)
United States v. Matthews (United States Court of Military Appeals 1983)
Tarpley v. State (Tex. Crim. App. 1978)
Opinion of the Justices (Ala. 1975)
Pilcher v. State (Tex. Crim. App. 1974)
State v. Caldwell (N.C. Ct. App. 1972)
State v. Chance (N.C. 1971)
State v. Doss (N.C. 1971)

This list shows which later cases cite this one. It does not say how they treated it, and no review of that has been done. Not a substitute for Shepard’s or KeyCite — verify before relying.

Opinion of the Court

Sup. Ct. Ga. Reported below: 225 Ga. 253, 167 S. E. 2d 628;

Sup. Ct. Ga. Reported below: 225 Ga. 790, 171 S. E. 2d 501; and

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Reported below: 447 S. W. 2d 932. Certiorari granted limited to the-following question: “Does the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in [these cases] constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments?”

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