CAROL HOWES, WARDEN, PETITIONER v. RANDALL LEE FIELDS (2012) - Ballotpedia

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CAROL HOWES, WARDEN, PETITIONER v. RANDALL LEE FIELDS

Term: 2011
Important Dates
Argued: October 4, 2011
Decided: February 21, 2012
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Samuel Alito • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sonia Sotomayor

CAROL HOWES, WARDEN, PETITIONER v. RANDALL LEE FIELDS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 21, 2012. The case was argued before the court on October 4, 2011.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Miranda warnings
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Michigan
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 565 U.S. 499
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.

See also

External links

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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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