SALVADOR MARTINEZ v. COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT (2000)

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SALVADOR MARTINEZ v. COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT
Term: 1999
Important Dates
Argued: November 9, 1999
Decided: January 12, 2000
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia

SALVADOR MARTINEZ v. COURT OF APPEAL OF CALIFORNIA, FOURTH APPELLATE DISTRICT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 2000. The case was argued before the court on November 9, 1999.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Right to counsel (cf. indigents appointment of counsel or inadequate representation)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Court or judicial district
  • Respondent state: California
  • Citation: 528 U.S. 152
  • 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: John Paul Stevens

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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