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WAINWRIGHT, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. WITT

Term: 1984
Important Dates
Argued: October 2, 1984
Decided: January 21, 1985
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

WAINWRIGHT, SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. WITT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 21, 1985. The case was argued before the court on October 2, 1984.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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 - Extra-legal jury influences: jurors and death penalty (cf. cruel and unusual punishment)
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Florida
Respondent type: Person convicted of crime
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 469 U.S. 412
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: William Rehnquist

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.

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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