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IRIZARRY v. UNITED STATES (2008)

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IRIZARRY v. UNITED STATES
Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: April 15, 2008
Decided: June 12, 2008
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter

IRIZARRY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 12, 2008. The case was argued before the court on April 15, 2008.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Alabama Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
  • Petitioner: Prisoner, inmate of penal institution
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 553 U.S. 708
  • 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: John Paul Stevens

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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