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ADRIAN MARTELL DAVIS v. WASHINGTON (2006)

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ADRIAN MARTELL DAVIS v. WASHINGTON
Term: 2005
Important Dates
Argued: March 20, 2006
Decided: June 19, 2006
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Clarence Thomas

ADRIAN MARTELL DAVIS v. WASHINGTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 19, 2006. The case was argued before the court on March 20, 2006.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 2000s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Roberts Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Washington
  • Citation: 547 U.S. 813
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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