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WALTER MICKENS, JR. v. JOHN TAYLOR, WARDEN

Term: 2001
Important Dates
Argued: November 5, 2001
Decided: March 27, 2002
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

WALTER MICKENS, JR. v. JOHN TAYLOR, WARDEN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 27, 2002. The case was argued before the court on November 5, 2001.

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 - Right to counsel (cf. indigents appointment of counsel or inadequate representation)
Petitioner: Person convicted of crime
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Virginia
Citation: 535 U.S. 162
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

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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