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KANSAS v. DONNIE RAY VENTRIS (2009)

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KANSAS v. DONNIE RAY VENTRIS
Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: January 21, 2009
Decided: April 29, 2009
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens

KANSAS v. DONNIE RAY VENTRIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 29, 2009. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 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 Kansas State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Involuntary confession
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Kansas
  • Respondent type: Defendant
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 556 U.S. 586
  • 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: Antonin Scalia

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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