State of Tennessee v. Letalvis Cobbins

Target entity: State of Tennessee v. Letalvis Cobbins
Context triple: [Christopher Newsom, legalCase, State of Tennessee v. Letalvis Cobbins]

• A. Coker v. Georgia
  Coker v. Georgia is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the death penalty is a disproportionate punishment for the crime of raping an adult woman, thereby limiting the application of capital punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
• B. McCleskey v. Kemp
  McCleskey v. Kemp is a landmark 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court rejected a constitutional challenge to the death penalty based on statistical evidence of racial disparities in its application.
• C. Alabama v. Shelton
  Alabama v. Shelton is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a suspended sentence that may result in imprisonment cannot be imposed unless the defendant was afforded the right to counsel.
• D. Furman v. Georgia
  Furman v. Georgia is a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that temporarily halted capital punishment nationwide by ruling existing death penalty schemes unconstitutional under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
• E. Lockett v. Ohio
  Lockett v. Ohio is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly expanded the range of mitigating factors a sentencer must be allowed to consider before imposing the death penalty.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: State of Tennessee v. Letalvis Cobbins
Target entity description: State of Tennessee v. Letalvis Cobbins is a criminal case arising from the 2007 kidnapping, rape, and murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom in Knoxville, Tennessee, which led to multiple high-profile prosecutions.

• A. Coker v. Georgia
  Coker v. Georgia is a 1977 U.S. Supreme Court decision that held the death penalty is a disproportionate punishment for the crime of raping an adult woman, thereby limiting the application of capital punishment under the Eighth Amendment.
• B. McCleskey v. Kemp
  McCleskey v. Kemp is a landmark 1987 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the Court rejected a constitutional challenge to the death penalty based on statistical evidence of racial disparities in its application.
• C. Alabama v. Shelton
  Alabama v. Shelton is a 2002 U.S. Supreme Court case that held a suspended sentence that may result in imprisonment cannot be imposed unless the defendant was afforded the right to counsel.
• D. Furman v. Georgia
  Furman v. Georgia is a landmark 1972 U.S. Supreme Court case that temporarily halted capital punishment nationwide by ruling existing death penalty schemes unconstitutional under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.
• E. Lockett v. Ohio
  Lockett v. Ohio is a 1978 U.S. Supreme Court decision that significantly expanded the range of mitigating factors a sentencer must be allowed to consider before imposing the death penalty.
• F. None of above. chosen