Dawud Majid Mu'Min v. Virginia

Decided May 30, 1991. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 90-5193 · 500 U.S. 415 (1991) · Cited 804 times

Holding

The trial judge's refusal to question prospective jurors about the specific contents of the news reports to which they had been exposed did not violate Mu'Min's Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury or his right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Irvin v. Dowd · 366 U.S. 717 (1961)
• Patton v. Yount · 467 U.S. 1025 (1984)
• Rideau v. Louisiana · 373 U.S. 723 (1963)
• Murphy v. Florida · 421 U.S. 794 (1975)
• Ham v. South Carolina · 409 U.S. 524 (1973)
• Aldridge v. United States · 283 U.S. 308 (1931)
• Sheppard v. Maxwell · 384 U.S. 333 (1966)
• Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart · 427 U.S. 539 (1976)
• Rosales-Lopez v. United States · 451 U.S. 182 (1981)
• Ristaino v. Ross · 424 U.S. 589 (1976)
• Connors v. United States · 158 U.S. 408 (1895)
• Smith v. Phillips · 455 U.S. 209 (1982)
• Turner v. Murray · 476 U.S. 28 (1986)
• Gregg v. Georgia · 428 U.S. 153 (1976)
• Furman v. Georgia · 408 U.S. 238 (1972)
• Wainwright v. Witt · 469 U.S. 412 (1985)
• Cupp v. Naughten · 414 U.S. 141 (1973)
• Bose Corp. v. Consumers Union of United States, Inc. · 466 U.S. 485 (1984)
• Estes v. Texas · 381 U.S. 532 (1965)
• Ross v. Oklahoma · 487 U.S. 81 (1988)
• Turner v. Louisiana · 379 U.S. 466 (1965)
• Dennis v. United States · 339 U.S. 162 (1950)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• United States v. Tsarnaev · 595 U.S. 302 (2022)
• Morgan v. Illinois · 504 U.S. 719 (1992)
• Dickerson v. United States · 530 U.S. 428 (2000)
• Gentile v. State Bar of Nev. · 501 U.S. 1030 (1991)

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