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Case Name	JASON PEPPER, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	March 02, 2011
Date Argument	December 06, 2010
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	131 S. Ct. 1229 2011 U.S. LEXIS 1902 179 L. Ed. 2d 196
Docket	09-6822

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	Iowa Northern U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
Petitioner	defendant
Respondent	United States

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 2)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Statutory Construction Of Criminal Laws: Sentencing Guidelines CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Sixth Amendment (right to trial by jury)
Vote Coalition	6 - 2
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Scalia Kennedy Ginsburg Roberts Sotomayor regular concurrence Breyer dissent Thomas Alito justice did not participate Kagan
Issue/Legal Provision (2 of 2)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Statutory Construction Of Criminal Laws: Sentencing Guidelines INFREQUENTLY LITIGATED STATUTES Infrequently litigated statutes
Vote Coalition	6 - 2
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Scalia Kennedy Ginsburg Roberts Sotomayor regular concurrence Breyer dissent Thomas Alito justice did not participate Kagan

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2010-024-01

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