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KEVIN D. GRAY v. MARYLAND (1998)

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KEVIN D. GRAY v. MARYLAND
Term: 1997
Important Dates
Argued: December 8, 1997
Decided: March 9, 1998
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

KEVIN D. GRAY v. MARYLAND is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9, 1998. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 1997.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Maryland State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Confrontation (right to confront accuser, call and cross-examine witnesses)
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Maryland
  • Citation: 523 U.S. 185
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Breyer

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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