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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	WHITFIELD v. UNITED STATES LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	January 13, 2015
Date Argument	December 02, 2014
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	2015 U.S. LEXIS 608
Docket	13-9026

Lower Court Detail

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

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Statutory Construction Of Criminal Laws: Bank Robbery INFREQUENTLY LITIGATED STATUTES Infrequently litigated statutes 18 U.S.C. 2113
Vote Coalition	9 - 0
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Scalia Kennedy Thomas Ginsburg Breyer Roberts Alito Sotomayor Kagan

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2014-026-01

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