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Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	BLACKLEDGE, WARDEN, et al. v. PERRY LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	May 20, 1974
Date Argument	February 19, 1974
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	417 U.S. 21 94 S. Ct. 2098 1974 U.S. LEXIS 54 40 L. Ed. 2d 628
Docket	72-1660

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	North Carolina Eastern U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Petitioner	State North Carolina
Respondent	person convicted of crime

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Plea Bargaining: The Constitutionality Of And/or The Circumstances Of Its Exercise CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Fourteenth Amendment (due process)
Vote Coalition	7 - 2
Decision Direction	Liberal
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Douglas Brennan Stewart White Marshall Burger Blackmun dissent Powell Rehnquist

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

1973-114-01

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