GRIFFITH v. KENTUCKY (1987)
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| GRIFFITH v. KENTUCKY |
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| Term: 1986 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: October 14, 1986 |
| Decided: January 13, 1987 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 6-3 |
| Majority |
| Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens |
| Concurring |
| Lewis Powell |
| Dissenting |
| Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White |
GRIFFITH v. KENTUCKY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 13, 1987. The case was argued before the court on October 14, 1986.
In a 6-3 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 Kentucky State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Retroactivity (of newly announced or newly enacted constitutional or statutory rights)
- Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: Kentucky
- Citation: 479 U.S. 314
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Harry Blackmun
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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