RALPH HOWARD BLAKELY, JR. v. WASHINGTON (2004)

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RALPH HOWARD BLAKELY, JR. v. WASHINGTON
Term: 2003
Important Dates
Argued: March 23, 2004
Decided: June 24, 2004
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist

RALPH HOWARD BLAKELY, JR. v. WASHINGTON is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 2004. The case was argued before the court on March 23, 2004.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Washington State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Washington
  • Citation: 542 U.S. 296
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

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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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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