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DUTTON, WARDEN v. EVANS

Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: October 15, 1969
Decided: December 15, 1970
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Judgment of the court
Potter Stewart
Majority
Byron White
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • John Harlan II
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

DUTTON, WARDEN v. EVANS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 15, 1970. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1969.

In a 5-4 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 Georgia Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Georgia
Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 400 U.S. 74
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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

The Supreme Court Database

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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