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STONEHAM v. TEXAS. (1967)

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STONEHAM v. TEXAS.
Term: 1966
Important Dates
Decided: February 13, 1967
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
6-3
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas • Abe Fortas • Earl Warren

STONEHAM v. TEXAS. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 13, 1967.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Texas State Trial Court.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: jury instructions (not necessarily in criminal cases)
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Texas
  • Citation: 386 U.S. 11
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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 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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