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LARRY BEGAY v. UNITED STATES

Term: 2007
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 2008
Decided: April 16, 2008
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • David Souter • Clarence Thomas

LARRY BEGAY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 16, 2008. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 2008.

In a 6-3 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 New Mexico U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: miscellaneous
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 553 U.S. 137
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: 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.

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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