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Supreme Court of the United States, 1979

Adams v. Texas

Adams v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided December 10, 1979
444 U.S. 990; 100 S. Ct. 519; 62 L. Ed. 2d 419; 1979 U.S. LEXIS 4045 (United States Reports)

Adams v. Texas

Opinion of the Court

Ct. Crim. App. Tex. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to the questions presented by the Court:

(1) Is the doctrine of Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U. S. 510, applicable to the bifurcated procedure employed by Texas in capital cases? (2) If so, did the exclusion from jury service in the present case of prospective jurors pursuant to Texas Penal Code § 12.31 (b) violate the doctrine of Witherspoon v. Illinois, supra?

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