Case Name: Jurek v. Texas
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1976-01-22
Citations: 423 U.S. 1082
Docket Number: No. 75-5394
Parties: Jurek v. Texas.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 423
Pages: 1082–1082

Head Matter:
No. 75-5394.
Jurek v. Texas.

Opinion:
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?"