Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Jurek v. Texas
423 U.S. 1082
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1976-01-22
- Topic
- general
Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted.
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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?”