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GILES v. CALIFORNIA (2008)

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GILES v. CALIFORNIA
Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: April 22, 2008
Decided: June 25, 2008
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
John Roberts • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Paul Stevens

GILES v. CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 2008. The case was argued before the court on April 22, 2008.

In a 6-3 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 California State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 554 U.S. 353
  • 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: Antonin Scalia

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.

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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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