JEFFREY UTTECHT, SUPERINTENDENT, WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY v. CAL COBURN BROWN (2007)

JEFFREY UTTECHT, SUPERINTENDENT, WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY v. CAL COBURN BROWN
	Term: 2006
Important Dates
	Argued: April 17, 2007
	Decided: June 4, 2007
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

JEFFREY UTTECHT, SUPERINTENDENT, WASHINGTON STATE PENITENTIARY v. CAL COBURN BROWN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 4, 2007. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 2007.

In a 5-4 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 Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: jurors and death penalty (cf. cruel and unusual punishment)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Washington
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 551 U.S. 1
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: Anthony Kennedy

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.