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PICCIRILLO v. NEW YORK (1971)

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PICCIRILLO v. NEW YORK
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 1970
Decided: January 25, 1971
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

PICCIRILLO v. NEW YORK is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 25, 1971. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1970.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the New York State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Self-incrimination, immunity from prosecution
  • Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: New York
  • Citation: 400 U.S. 548
  • 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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