SMITH v. ILLINOIS (1984)

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SMITH v. ILLINOIS
Term: 1984
Important Dates
Decided: December 10, 1984
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

SMITH v. ILLINOIS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1984.

In a 6-3 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 Illinois State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Miranda warnings
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Illinois
  • Citation: 469 U.S. 91
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • 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 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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