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HARRIS v. NEW YORK (1971)

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HARRIS v. NEW YORK
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: December 17, 1970
Decided: February 24, 1971
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

HARRIS v. NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 24, 1971. The case was argued before the court on December 17, 1970.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Miranda warnings
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New York
  • Citation: 401 U.S. 222
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger

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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