Adams v. Texas
Adams v. Texas, 448 U.S. 38 (1980), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held on an 8–1 vote that, consistent with its prior opinion in Witherspoon v. Illinois, a Texas requirement that jurors swear an oath that the mandatory imposition of a death sentence would not interfere with their consideration of factual matters such as guilt or innocence during a trial was unconstitutional.
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Adams v. Texas
Adams v. Texas, 448 U.S. 38 (1980), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held on an 8–1 vote that, consistent with its prior opinion in Witherspoon v. Illinois, a Texas requirement that jurors swear an oath that the mandatory imposition of a death sentence would not interfere with their consideration of factual matters such as guilt or innocence during a trial was unconstitutional.
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Adams v. Texas, 448 U.S. 38 (1 ...... 1988 movie The Thin Blue Line.
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A Texas requirement that juror ...... g a trial is unconstitutional.
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Adams v. Texas, 448 U.S. 38 (1 ...... a trial was unconstitutional.
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Randall Dale Adams v. State of Texas
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