ANTHONY HEDGPETH, WARDEN v. MICHAEL ROBERT PULIDO (2008) - Ballotpedia

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ANTHONY HEDGPETH, WARDEN v. MICHAEL ROBERT PULIDO

Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: October 15, 2008
Decided: December 2, 2008
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

ANTHONY HEDGPETH, WARDEN v. MICHAEL ROBERT PULIDO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 2, 2008. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 2008.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: jury instructions (not necessarily in criminal cases)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 555 U.S. 57
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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