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AKINS v. TEXAS (1945)

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AKINS v. TEXAS
Term: 1944
Important Dates
Argued: April 30, 1945
Decided: June 4, 1945
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
William Douglas • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts
Concurring
Wiley Rutledge
Dissenting
Hugo Black • Frank Murphy • Harlan Fiske Stone

AKINS v. TEXAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 4, 1945. The case was argued before the court on April 30, 1945.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Texas State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1940s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Stone Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Miscellaneous criminal procedure (cf. due process, prisoners' rights, comity: criminal procedure)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 325 U.S. 398
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Harlan Fiske Stone
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Stanley Reed

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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