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JOSE PADILLA v. KENTUCKY

Term: 2009
Important Dates
Argued: October 13, 2009
Decided: March 31, 2010
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sonia Sotomayor • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Samuel Alito • John Roberts
Dissenting
Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

JOSE PADILLA v. KENTUCKY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 2010. The case was argued before the court on October 13, 2009.

In a 7-2 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 - Right to counsel (cf. indigents appointment of counsel or inadequate representation)
Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Kentucky
Citation: 559 U.S. 356
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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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