Jurek v. Texas
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Jurek v. Texas is a 1976 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of Texas’s capital sentencing scheme and helped define the modern framework for death penalty procedures under the Eighth Amendment.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jurek v. Texas canonical | 6 |
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Eighth Amendment case
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United States Supreme Court case ⓘ capital punishment case ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
constitutional law
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criminal law ⓘ criminal procedure ⓘ |
| argued | 1976-03-30 ⓘ |
| citation | 428 U.S. 262 ⓘ |
| concurrenceBy |
Warren E. Burger
ⓘ
surface form:
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger
John Paul Stevens ⓘ
surface form:
Justice John Paul Stevens
Lewis F. Powell Jr. ⓘ
surface form:
Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr.
|
| constitutionalProvisionInterpreted |
Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
surface form:
Eighth Amendment
Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ |
| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decidedWith |
Gregg v. Georgia
ⓘ
Proffitt v. Florida ⓘ Roberts v. Louisiana ⓘ
surface form:
Roberts v. Louisiana (1976)
Woodson v. North Carolina ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1976-07-02 ⓘ |
| dissentBy |
Byron R. White
ⓘ
surface form:
Justice Byron White
Thurgood Marshall ⓘ
surface form:
Justice Thurgood Marshall
William J. Brennan Jr. ⓘ
surface form:
Justice William J. Brennan Jr.
William O. Douglas ⓘ
surface form:
Justice William O. Douglas
|
| docketNumber | 75-5394 ⓘ |
| fullCaseName | Jurek v. Texas self-link ⓘ |
| holding |
Guided discretion in capital sentencing can satisfy Eighth Amendment requirements.
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The Texas capital sentencing procedure is not per se unconstitutional under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. ⓘ |
| joinedByInPlurality |
Byron R. White
ⓘ
surface form:
Justice Byron White
Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
surface form:
Justice Harry Blackmun
|
| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
ⓘ
capital punishment ⓘ cruel and unusual punishment ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy |
Byron R. White
ⓘ
surface form:
Justice Byron White
Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
surface form:
Justice Harry Blackmun
Potter Stewart ⓘ
surface form:
Justice Potter Stewart
|
| originatingCourt | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 262 ⓘ |
| petitioner | Jerry Lane Jurek ⓘ |
| pluralityOpinionBy |
Potter Stewart
ⓘ
surface form:
Justice Potter Stewart
|
| reargued | 1976-04-28 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Furman v. Georgia
ⓘ
Gregg v. Georgia ⓘ Proffitt v. Florida ⓘ Roberts v. Louisiana ⓘ
surface form:
Roberts v. Louisiana (1976)
Woodson v. North Carolina ⓘ |
| respondent |
Texas
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Texas
|
| result | death sentence affirmed ⓘ |
| stateInvolved | Texas ⓘ |
| topic |
bifurcated capital trial
ⓘ
future dangerousness ⓘ guided discretion in death penalty sentencing ⓘ |
| volumeInUnitedStatesReports | 428 ⓘ |
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