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RHODE ISLAND v. INNIS (1980)

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RHODE ISLAND v. INNIS
Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: October 30, 1979
Decided: May 12, 1980
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Concurring
Warren Burger • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

RHODE ISLAND v. INNIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 12, 1980. The case was argued before the court on October 30, 1979.

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 Rhode Island State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Miranda warnings
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Rhode Island
  • Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 446 U.S. 291
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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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