WASHINGTON v. ARTURO R. RECUENCO (2006) - Ballotpedia

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WASHINGTON v. ARTURO R. RECUENCO

Term: 2005
Important Dates
Argued: April 17, 2006
Decided: June 26, 2006
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
7-2
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Anthony Kennedy
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Paul Stevens

WASHINGTON v. ARTURO R. RECUENCO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 26, 2006. The case was argued before the court on April 17, 2006.

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 Washington State Trial Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: sentencing guidelines
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: Washington
Respondent type: Defendant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 548 U.S. 212
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Clarence Thomas

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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