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CARELLA v. CALIFORNIA (1989)

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CARELLA v. CALIFORNIA
Term: 1988
Important Dates
Argued: April 26, 1989
Decided: June 15, 1989
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Antonin Scalia

CARELLA v. CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 15, 1989. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1989.

In a 9-0 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 California State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: jury instructions (not necessarily in criminal cases)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 491 U.S. 263
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • 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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