Wilkerson v. Utah

Wilkerson v. Utah

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Litigants= Wilkerson v. Utah
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ArgueYear= 1878
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DecideYear= 1878
FullName= Wilkerson v. Territory of Utah
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USVol= 99
USPage=130
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Holding=Utah Territory court's sentence of death by firing squad was not cruel and unusual punishment, Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah affirmed.
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SCOTUS=1877-1880
Majority= Nathan Clifford
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Wilkerson v. Utah 99 U.S. 130 (1878) is a United States Supreme Court case [ [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=99&invol=130 FindLaw | Cases and Codes ] ] in which the Court affirmed the judgement of the Supreme Court of the Territory of Utah in stating that death by firing squad, as prescribed by the Utah territorial statute, was not cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment.

ee also

* Capital punishment
* Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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