BURKS v. UNITED STATES (1978)

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BURKS v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1977
Important Dates
Argued: November 28, 1977
Decided: June 14, 1978
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White

BURKS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 14, 1978. The case was argued before the court on November 28, 1977.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Tennessee Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Double jeopardy
  • Petitioner: Person allegedly criminally insane or mentally incompetent to stand trial
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 437 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger

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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