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.

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Jurek v. Texas canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Eighth Amendment case ⓘ
United States Supreme Court case ⓘ
capital punishment case ⓘ
areaOfLaw constitutional law ⓘ
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. ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Branch v. Texas → relatedToCase → Jurek v. Texas ⓘ
Gregg v. Georgia → decidedWith → Jurek v. Texas ⓘ
Jurek v. Texas → fullCaseName → Jurek v. Texas self-link ⓘ
Proffitt v. Florida → relatedCase → Jurek v. Texas ⓘ
Woodson v. North Carolina → relatedCase → Jurek v. Texas ⓘ
Roberts v. Louisiana → relatedCase → Jurek v. Texas ⓘ