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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jurek v. Texas canonical | 6 |
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Target entity: Jurek v. Texas Context triple: [Branch v. Texas, relatedToCase, Jurek v. Texas]
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Branch v. Texas
Branch v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the constitutionality and application of the death penalty in the wake of the landmark Furman v. Georgia decision.
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Escobedo v. Illinois
Escobedo v. Illinois is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded the Sixth Amendment right to counsel during police interrogations and helped lay the groundwork for the later Miranda warnings.
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Gebhart v. Belton
Gebhart v. Belton was a landmark Delaware school segregation case whose rulings in favor of Black students became one of the four consolidated cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education, contributing to the Supreme Court’s rejection of “separate but equal” in public education.
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Strickland v. Washington
Strickland v. Washington is a landmark 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the two-pronged test for determining when a criminal defendant’s right to effective assistance of counsel has been violated.
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E.
Van Orden v. Perry
Van Orden v. Perry is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument on Texas State Capitol grounds against an Establishment Clause challenge.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jurek v. Texas Target entity description: 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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A.
Branch v. Texas
Branch v. Texas is a U.S. Supreme Court case addressing the constitutionality and application of the death penalty in the wake of the landmark Furman v. Georgia decision.
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B.
Escobedo v. Illinois
Escobedo v. Illinois is a landmark 1964 U.S. Supreme Court case that expanded the Sixth Amendment right to counsel during police interrogations and helped lay the groundwork for the later Miranda warnings.
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C.
Gebhart v. Belton
Gebhart v. Belton was a landmark Delaware school segregation case whose rulings in favor of Black students became one of the four consolidated cases decided in Brown v. Board of Education, contributing to the Supreme Court’s rejection of “separate but equal” in public education.
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D.
Strickland v. Washington
Strickland v. Washington is a landmark 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case that established the two-pronged test for determining when a criminal defendant’s right to effective assistance of counsel has been violated.
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E.
Van Orden v. Perry
Van Orden v. Perry is a 2005 U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of a Ten Commandments monument on Texas State Capitol grounds against an Establishment Clause challenge.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| 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.
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The Texas capital sentencing procedure is not per se unconstitutional under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. ⓘ |
| joinedByInPlurality |
Byron R. White
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surface form:
Justice Byron White
Harry A. Blackmun ⓘ
surface form:
Justice Harry Blackmun
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| jurisdiction | federal ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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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
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| originatingCourt | Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 262 ⓘ |
| petitioner | Jerry Lane Jurek ⓘ |
| pluralityOpinionBy |
Potter Stewart
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surface form:
Justice Potter Stewart
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| 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
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surface form:
State of Texas
|
| result | death sentence affirmed ⓘ |
| stateInvolved | Texas ⓘ |
| topic |
bifurcated capital trial
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future dangerousness ⓘ guided discretion in death penalty sentencing ⓘ |
| volumeInUnitedStatesReports | 428 ⓘ |
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Subject: Jurek v. Texas Description of subject: 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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