Morris, Superintendent, Southern Ohio Correctional Facility v. Mathews
Decided February 26, 1986. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 84-1636 · 475 U.S. 237 (1986) · Cited 145 times
Holding
Reducing respondent's concededly jeopardy-barred conviction for aggravated murder to a conviction for murder that concededly was not jeopardy barred was an adequate remedy for the double jeopardy violation.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 5
- Byron Raymond White · delivered the opinion of the Court
- John Paul Stevens
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- Warren Earl Burger
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
Concurring · 2
- Harry Andrew Blackmun · filed a concurring opinion
- Lewis Franklin Powell Jr.
Dissenting · 2
- Thurgood Marshall · filed a dissenting opinion
- William Joseph Brennan Jr. · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- Price v. Georgia · 398 U.S. 323 (1970)
- Chapman v. California · 386 U.S. 18 (1967)
- Strickland v. Washington · 466 U.S. 668 (1984)
- Benton v. Maryland · 395 U.S. 784 (1969)
- Fahy v. Connecticut · 375 U.S. 85 (1963)
- United States v. Bagley · 473 U.S. 667 (1985)
- Ashe v. Swenson · 397 U.S. 436 (1970)
- Butner v. United States · 440 U.S. 48 (1979)
- Green v. United States · 355 U.S. 184 (1957)
- United States v. Hasting · 461 U.S. 499 (1983)
- Illinois v. Vitale · 447 U.S. 410 (1980)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Jones v. Thomas · 491 U.S. 376 (1989)
- Strickler v. Greene · 527 U.S. 263 (1999)
- United States v. Halper · 490 U.S. 435 (1989)
- Rutledge v. United States · 517 U.S. 292 (1996)
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