Case Name: Roberts v. Louisiana
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1976-11-29
Citations: 429 U.S. 975
Docket Number: No. 76-5206
Parties: Roberts v. Louisiana.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 429
Pages: 975–975

Head Matter:
No. 76-5206.
Roberts v. Louisiana.

Opinion:
C. A. 4th Cir. Certiorari having been granted on November 8, 1976 [ante, p. 938], grant is hereby limited to the following question: "Whether the imposition and carrying out of the sentence of death for the crime of first-degree murder of a police officer under the law of Louisiana violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States."