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SALVADOR GODINEZ, WARDEN v. RICHARD ALLAN MORAN

Term: 1992
Important Dates
Argued: April 21, 1993
Decided: June 24, 1993
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • Clarence Thomas • Byron White
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • John Paul Stevens

SALVADOR GODINEZ, WARDEN v. RICHARD ALLAN MORAN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 1993. The case was argued before the court on April 21, 1993.

In a 7-2 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 Nevada U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Plea bargaining: the constitutionality of and/or the circumstances of its exercise
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Nevada
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 509 U.S. 389
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: Clarence Thomas

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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