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Supreme Court· 7/2/1976

Jurek v. Texas

Citations

  • 428 U.S. 262
  • 96 S. Ct. 2950
  • 49 L. Ed. 2d 929
  • 1976 U.S. LEXIS 84

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that it is “essential ... that the jury have before it all possible relevant information about the individual defendant whose fate it must determine”
  • noting that it was “essential” that the jury “have before it all possible relevant information about the individual whose fate it must determine”
  • suggesting that the future dangerousness special issue allowed the jury to consider prior criminal conduct, age, duress, and whether the defendant was under extreme mental pressure
  • holding that the Texas sentencing scheme “clearly assures that all possible relevant information about the defendant will be adduced;” facts presented at trial related that defendant was “22 years of age, had been drinking beer all afternoon” on the day of the offense
  • noting that the jury should “have before it all possible relevant information about the individual defendant whose fate it must determine.”
  • noting that the court held in Woodson that an individualized sentencing determination is required under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments

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Judges: Blackmun, Burger, Rehnquist, Stewart, White

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