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ROCHIN v. CALIFORNIA (1952)

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ROCHIN v. CALIFORNIA
Term: 1951
Important Dates
Argued: October 16, 1951
Decided: January 2, 1952
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Douglas

ROCHIN v. CALIFORNIA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 2, 1952. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1951.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1950s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Vinson Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Involuntary confession
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 342 U.S. 165
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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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