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Adams Vs. Texas

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 25, 1980

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  1. Witherspoon Vs. Illinois US Supreme Court · Jun 03, 1968
  2. Jurek Vs. Texas US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1976
  3. Gregg Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · Jul 02, 1976
  4. Godfrey Vs. Georgia US Supreme Court · May 19, 1980
  5. U.S. 38 (1980) U.S. Supreme Court Adams v. Texas
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  6. U.S. 38 (1980) Adams v. Texas
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  7. Appeals rejected petitioner's contention that the prospective jurors had been excluded in violation of Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  8. the question whether Texas contravened the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments as construed and applied in Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  9. the petitioner argued that prospective jurors had been excluded in violation of this Court's decision in Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  10. Is the doctrine of Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  11. b) violate the doctrine of Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  12. facts of a given case, would clearly be unable to follow the law of Illinois in assessing punishment. In Boulden v. Holman
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  13. And in Lockett v. Ohio
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  14. know that affirmative answers to the questions will result in the automatic imposition of the death penalty, Hovila v. State
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  15. than inability to follow the law or abide by their oaths, the death sentence cannot be carried out. Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  16. Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  17. to each of the statutory penalty questions. This system was adopted in response to the Court's judgment in Branch v. Texas
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  18. decided together with Furman v. Georgia
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  19. whether to impose the death penalty or not. The Court upheld the revised Texas capital punishment scheme in Jurek v. Texas
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  20. In Burns v. Estelle
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  21. In Davis v. Georgia
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  22. in that State. E.g., Woodkins v. State
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  23. Burns v. State
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  24. Brock v. State
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  25. Whitmore v. State
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  26. E.g., Moore v. State
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  27. Woodkins v. State
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  28. Shippy v. State
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  29. Freeman v. State
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  30. Hughes v. State
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  31. Bodde v. State
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  32. Garcia v. State
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  33. Burks v. State
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  34. Moore v. State
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  35. Chambers v. State
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  36. contrary to the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against imposition of cruel and unusual punishments. Gregg v. Georgia
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  37. is, under all circumstances, cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Furman v. Georgia
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  38. In addition, I agree with the Court that the exclusion of veniremen in this case violated the doctrine of Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  39. be imposed. Cf. Page 448 U. S. 52 Beck v. Alabama
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  40. in the judgment of the Court. MR. JUSTIE REHNQUIST, dissenting. The Court today holds that, under Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  41. of the death penalty leave little doubt that, contrary to this Court's only slightly less recent decision in McGautha v. California
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  42. U.S. Supreme Court Adams v. Texas
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  43. of Witherspoon v. Illinois
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  44. In Boulden v. Holman
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  45. Lockett v. Ohio
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  46. Hovila v. State
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  47. Branch v. Texas
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  48. Furman v. Georgia
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  49. State. E.g., Woodkins v. State
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  50. the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Furman v. Georgia
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