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

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TURNER v. MURRAY, DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: December 12, 1985
Decided: April 30, 1986
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall
Dissenting
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist

TURNER v. MURRAY, DIRECTOR, VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 30, 1986. The case was argued before the court on December 12, 1985.

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 Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Extra-legal jury influences: voir dire (not necessarily a criminal case)
Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Virginia
Citation: 476 U.S. 28
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: Byron White

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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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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