NEW MEXICO v. EARNEST (1986)

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NEW MEXICO v. EARNEST
Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: April 1, 1986
Decided: June 27, 1986
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

NEW MEXICO v. EARNEST is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 27, 1986. The case was argued before the court on April 1, 1986.

In a 9-0 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 New Mexico 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: State
  • Petitioner state: New Mexico
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 477 U.S. 648
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • 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 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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