SMITH v. MURRAY, DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS (1986) - Ballotpedia

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SMITH v. MURRAY, DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: March 4, 1986
Decided: June 26, 1986
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

SMITH v. MURRAY, DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 1986. The case was argued before the court on March 4, 1986.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Habeas corpus
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Virginia
Citation: 477 U.S. 527
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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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External links

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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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