ALABAMA v. LEREED SHELTON (2002)

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ALABAMA v. LEREED SHELTON
Term: 2001
Important Dates
Argued: February 19, 2002
Decided: May 20, 2002
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

ALABAMA v. LEREED SHELTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 20, 2002. The case was argued before the court on February 19, 2002.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Right to counsel (cf. indigents appointment of counsel or inadequate representation)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Alabama
  • Respondent type: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 535 U.S. 654
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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 liberal.

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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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