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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	JAMES GOMEZ AND DANIEL VASQUEZ v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, et al. LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	April 21, 1992
Date Argument	none
Decision Type	per curiam (no oral argument)
Citations	503 U.S. 653 112 S. Ct. 1652 1992 U.S. LEXIS 2691 118 L. Ed. 2d 293
Docket	A-767

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	California Northern U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Petitioner	person convicted of crime
Respondent	court or judicial district United States

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Death Penalty (cf. Extra Legal Jury Influence, Death Penalty)
Vote Coalition	7 - 2
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality White Rehnquist O'Connor Scalia Kennedy Souter Thomas dissent Blackmun Stevens

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1991-065-01

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