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HENRY JOSE ESPINOSA v. FLORIDA (1992)

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HENRY JOSE ESPINOSA v. FLORIDA
Term: 1991
Important Dates
Decided: June 29, 1992
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White

HENRY JOSE ESPINOSA v. FLORIDA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 29, 1992.

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 Florida State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Florida
  • Citation: 505 U.S. 1079
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • 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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