Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Eberheart v. Georgia
433 U.S. 917
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1977-06-29
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- holding unconstitutional in light of Coker a sentence of death for the kidnaping and rape of an adult woman
- holding that aggravated kidnaping did not warrant a death sentence
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Sup. Ct. Ga. Petitioners in these cases were sentenced to death. Imposition and carrying out of the death penalty constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Coker v. Georgia, ante, p. 584. Motions for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and certiorari granted. Judgments vacated insofar as they leave undisturbed the death penalties imposed, and cases remanded for further proceedings. Reported below: No. 74-5174, 232 Ga. 247, 206 S. E. 2d 12; No. 75-5954, 233 Ga. 149, 210 S. E. 2d 668.