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RANDY WHITE, WARDEN, PETITIONER v. ROGER L. WHEELER (2015)

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RANDY WHITE, WARDEN, PETITIONER v. ROGER L. WHEELER
Term: 2015
Important Dates
Decided: December 14, 2015
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

RANDY WHITE, WARDEN, PETITIONER v. ROGER L. WHEELER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 14, 2015.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Kentucky State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty (cf. extra legal jury influence, death penalty)
  • Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: Kentucky
  • Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 577 U.S. 73
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • 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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