2001 term · Rehnquist Court · 6-3
Daryl Renard Atkins v. Virginia
536 U.S. 304 · 122 S. Ct. 2242 · 2002 U.S. LEXIS 4648
The record
- Term
- 2001
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 6-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Rehnquist Court
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Docket
- 00-8452
- U.S. Reports
- 536 U.S. 304
- S. Ct. citation
- 122 S. Ct. 2242
- LEXIS citation
- 2002 U.S. LEXIS 4648
How the bench divided
MMMMMMDDD
M 6 majorityD 3 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John Paul Stevens | Majority |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Majority |
| David Souter | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| William Rehnquist | Dissent |
| Antonin Scalia | Dissent |
| Clarence Thomas | Dissent |
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