Coker v. Georgia

1977 U.S. Supreme Court case prohibiting the use of capital punishment for adult rape
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Coker v. Georgia

Summary

Coker v. Georgia is a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of decision_of_the_supreme_court_of_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Coker v. Georgia is in the country of United States[3].
  • Coker v. Georgia's instance of is recorded as decision of the Supreme Court of the United States[4].
  • Coker v. Georgia's publication date is recorded as +1977-06-29T00:00:00Z[5].
  • Coker v. Georgia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/099x5t[6].
  • Coker v. Georgia's significant event is recorded as oral argument[7].
  • Coker v. Georgia's main subject is recorded as cruel and unusual punishment[8].
  • Coker v. Georgia's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United States[9].
  • Coker v. Georgia's legal citation of this text is recorded as 433 U.S. 584[10].
  • Coker v. Georgia's legal citation of this text is recorded as 97 S. Ct. 2861[11].
  • Coker v. Georgia's legal citation of this text is recorded as 53 L. Ed. 2d 982[12].
  • Coker v. Georgia's legal citation of this text is recorded as 1977 U.S. LEXIS 146[13].
  • Coker v. Georgia's published in is recorded as United States Reports[14].
  • Coker v. Georgia's defendant is recorded as Georgia[15].
  • Coker v. Georgia's United States Reports ID is recorded as 433/us/584[16].
  • Coker v. Georgia's court is recorded as Supreme Court of the United States[17].
  • Coker v. Georgia's New Georgia Encyclopedia ID is recorded as government-politics/coker-v-georgia-1977[18].
  • Coker v. Georgia's majority opinion by is recorded as Byron White[19].
  • Coker v. Georgia's U.S. Supreme Court docket number is recorded as 75-5444[20].
  • Coker v. Georgia's Google Scholar case ID is recorded as 13789703704209593383[21].

Why It Matters

Coker v. Georgia ranks in the top 8% of decision_of_the_supreme_court_of_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (100 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

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  6. [8] . 2019 Supreme Court Database, Version 2019 Release 1. wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . 2019 Supreme Court Database, Version 2019 Release 1. wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . 2019 Supreme Court Database, Version 2019 Release 1. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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