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MARCUS SYKES, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES (2011)

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MARCUS SYKES, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES
Term: 2010
Important Dates
Argued: January 12, 2011
Decided: June 9, 2011
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring
Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Antonin Scalia

MARCUS SYKES, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 2011. The case was argued before the court on January 12, 2011.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Indiana Southern U.S. District Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 2010s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Roberts Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
  • Petitioner: Defendant
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 564 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.

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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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