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Roberts v. Louisiana, 431 U.S. 633 (1977)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Roberts v. Louisiana, 431 U.S. 633 (1977)
Roberts v. Louisiana No. 76-5206 Argued March 28, 1977 Decided June 6, 1977 431 U.S. 633
CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
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The mandatory death sentence imposed upon petitioner pursuant to a Louisiana statute for the first-degree murder of a police officer engaged in the performance of his lawful duties held to violate the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, since the statute allows for no consideration of particularized mitigating factors in deciding whether the death sentence should be imposed.
331 So.2d 11, reversed and remanded.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Roberts v. Louisiana, 431 U.S. 633 (1977) in 431 U.S. 633 Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=B78WG7NSBJRS3GL.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Roberts v. Louisiana, 431 U.S. 633 (1977), in 431 U.S. 633, Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=B78WG7NSBJRS3GL.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Roberts v. Louisiana, 431 U.S. 633 (1977). cited in 1977, 431 U.S. 633. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=B78WG7NSBJRS3GL.
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