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Case Name	DORSIE LEE JOHNSON, JR. v. TEXAS LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	June 24, 1993
Date Argument	April 26, 1993
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	509 U.S. 350 113 S. Ct. 2658 1993 U.S. LEXIS 4398 125 L. Ed. 2d 290
Docket	92-5653

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	State Trial Court Texas
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	State Supreme Court Texas
Petitioner	person convicted of crime
Respondent	State Texas

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Death Penalty (cf. Extra Legal Jury Influence, Death Penalty) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Eighth Amendment (cruel and unusual punishment)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality White Rehnquist Kennedy regular concurrence Scalia Thomas dissent Blackmun Stevens O'Connor Souter
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Cruel And Unusual Punishment, Death Penalty (cf. Extra Legal Jury Influence, Death Penalty) CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Fourteenth Amendment (due process)
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality White Rehnquist Kennedy regular concurrence Scalia Thomas dissent Blackmun Stevens O'Connor Souter

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1992-108-01

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