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Jurek v. Texas

423 U.S. 1082 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1976-01-22 Docket No. 75-5394 English

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p. 1082
No. 75-5394.
Jurek v. Texas.

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari limited to Question 1 presented by the petition which reads as follows: “Does the imposition and carrying out of the sentence of death for the crime of murder under the law of Texas violate the Eighth or Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States?”

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