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NORTH CAROLINA v. ALFORD

Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: November 17, 1969
Decided: November 23, 1970
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black
Dissenting
William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

NORTH CAROLINA v. ALFORD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 23, 1970. The case was argued before the court on November 17, 1969.

In a 6-3 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 North Carolina Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Plea bargaining: the constitutionality of and/or the circumstances of its exercise
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: North Carolina
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 400 U.S. 25
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

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.

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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