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ALEX BLUEFORD, PETITIONER v. ARKANSAS (2012)

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ALEX BLUEFORD, PETITIONER v. ARKANSAS
Term: 2011
Important Dates
Argued: February 22, 2012
Decided: May 24, 2012
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Sonia Sotomayor

ALEX BLUEFORD, PETITIONER v. ARKANSAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 24, 2012. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 2012.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Double jeopardy
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Arizona
  • Citation: 566 U.S. 599
  • 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: John Roberts

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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