MARISCAL v. UNITED STATES (1981)

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MARISCAL v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1980
Important Dates
Decided: January 19, 1981
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry BlackmunWilliam BrennanWarren BurgerThurgood MarshallLewis PowellJohn Paul StevensPotter Stewart
Dissenting
William RehnquistByron White

MARISCAL v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 19, 1981.

In a 7-2 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 Arizona U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: confession of error
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 449 U.S. 405
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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