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· 4/17/1989

Jorge v. United States

Citations

  • 490 U.S. 1027
  • 109 S. Ct. 1762

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  • holding that results of polygraph test proffered by defendant were inadmissable at the guilt phase and the sentencing phase of a capital murder trial
  • holding term \deliberately\ sufficiently clear to permit jury to decide the first Texas capital sentencing special issue
  • potential jurors who indicate they would automatically vote for the death penalty for every eligible defendant must be excluded when challenged for cause
  • \A veniremember who believes that the death penalty should automatically be imposed in every capital case should be excused.\
  • potential jurors who indicated they would automatically vote for death penalty for every eligible defendant must be excluded *Page 476 when challenged for cause

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