ALPHONSO JAMES, JR. v. UNITED STATES (2007)

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ALPHONSO JAMES, JR. v. UNITED STATES
Term: 2006
Important Dates
Argued: November 7, 2006
Decided: April 18, 2007
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • David Souter
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

ALPHONSO JAMES, JR. v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 2007. The case was argued before the court on November 7, 2006.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 550 U.S. 192
  • 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: Samuel Alito

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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