Furman v. Georgia (408 U.S. 238)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 29, 1972 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 408 U.S. 238 · 92 S. Ct. 2726
- Decided
- June 29, 1972
- Term
- October Term 1971
- Vote
- 5–4
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
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