Kitrich Powell v. Nevada

Decided March 30, 1994. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 92-8841 · 511 U.S. 79 (1994) · Cited 190 times

Holding

The Nevada Supreme Court erred in failing to recognize that McLaughlin’s 48-hour rule must be applied retroactively, for under Griffith v.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• County of Riverside v. McLaughlin · 500 U.S. 44 (1991)
• Griffith v. Kentucky · 479 U.S. 314 (1987)
• New York v. Harris · 495 U.S. 14 (1990)
• Gerstein v. Pugh · 420 U.S. 103 (1975)
• Payton v. New York · 445 U.S. 573 (1980)
• Brown v. Illinois · 422 U.S. 590 (1975)
• Segura v. United States · 468 U.S. 796 (1984)
• Illinois v. Krull · 480 U.S. 340 (1987)
• Estelle v. Gamble · 429 U.S. 97 (1976)
• Illinois v. Gates · 462 U.S. 213 (1983)
• Coolidge v. New Hampshire · 403 U.S. 443 (1971)
• Teague v. Lane · 489 U.S. 288 (1989)
• Pierce v. Underwood · 487 U.S. 552 (1988)
• Dunaway v. New York · 442 U.S. 200 (1979)
• Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts · 472 U.S. 797 (1985)
• United States v. Crews · 445 U.S. 463 (1980)
• Vale v. Louisiana · 399 U.S. 30 (1970)
• MacKey v. United States · 401 U.S. 667 (1971)
• United States v. Ceccolini · 435 U.S. 268 (1978)
• Taylor v. Alabama · 457 U.S. 687 (1982)
• Butz v. Glover Livestock Commission Co. · 411 U.S. 182 (1973)
• Blum v. Bacon · 457 U.S. 132 (1982)
• United States v. Montalvo-Murillo · 495 U.S. 711 (1990)
• Black v. Cutter Laboratories · 351 U.S. 292 (1956)
• United States v. Shannon · 342 U.S. 288 (1952)

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