Legal Opinion
Coker v. Georgia
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 29, 1977No. 75-5444PublishedCited by 1,143 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice White, joined by Justice Stewart, Justice Blackmun, and Justice Stevens,
Georgia Code Ann. § 26-2001 (1972) provides that “ [a] person convicted of rape shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for life, or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than 20 years." 1 Punishment is determined by a jury in a separate sentencing proceeding in which at least one of the statutory aggravating circumstances must be found before the death penalty may be imposed.2 Petitioner Coker was convicted of rape and sentenced to death. Both the conviction and the sentence were affirmed by the Georgia Supreme Court. Coker was granted a writ of certiorari, 429 U. S. 815,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Woodson v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by1,143 opinions
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- Tennessee v. GarnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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