WAINWRIGHT, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. GREENFIELD (1986) - Ballotpedia

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WAINWRIGHT, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. GREENFIELD

Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: November 13, 1985
Decided: January 14, 1986
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
Warren Burger • William Rehnquist

WAINWRIGHT, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. GREENFIELD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 14, 1986. The case was argued before the court on November 13, 1985.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - self-incrimination (other than as pertains to Miranda or immunity from prosecution)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Florida
Respondent type: Person allegedly criminally insane or mentally incompetent to stand trial
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 474 U.S. 284
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: 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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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