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BOLES, WARDEN v. STEVENSON (1964)

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BOLES, WARDEN v. STEVENSON
Term: 1964
Important Dates
Decided: November 16, 1964
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black

BOLES, WARDEN v. STEVENSON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 16, 1964.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the West Virginia Northern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Involuntary confession
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: West Virginia
  • Respondent type: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 379 U.S. 43
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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 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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