Furman v. Georgia
403 U.S. 952
SCOTUS1971Check TreatmentSup. Ct. Ga. Reported below: 225 Ga. 253, 167 S. E. 2d 628;
Sup. Ct. Ga. Reported below: 225 Ga. 790, 171 S. E. 2d 501; and
Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Reported below: 447 S. W. 2d 932. Certiorari granted limited to the-following question: “Does the imposition and carrying out of the death penalty in [these cases] constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments?”