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DEMARCUS ALI SEARS v. STEPHEN UPTON, WARDEN (2010)

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DEMARCUS ALI SEARS v. STEPHEN UPTON, WARDEN
Term: 2009
Important Dates
Decided: June 29, 2010
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sonia Sotomayor • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

DEMARCUS ALI SEARS v. STEPHEN UPTON, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 2010.

In a 5-4 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 Georgia State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Right to counsel (cf. indigents appointment of counsel or inadequate representation)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Georgia
  • Citation: 561 U.S. 945
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • 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 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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