2012 term · Roberts Court · 8-1
Matthew Robert Descamps, Petitioner v. United States
570 U.S. 254 · 133 S. Ct. 2276 · 2013 U.S. LEXIS 4698
The record
- Term
- 2012
- Decided
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Vote split
- 8-1
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 11-9540
- U.S. Reports
- 570 U.S. 254
- S. Ct. citation
- 133 S. Ct. 2276
- LEXIS citation
- 2013 U.S. LEXIS 4698
How the bench divided
MMMMMMCCD
M 6 majorityC 2 concurringD 1 dissenting
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Antonin Scalia | Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority |
| Stephen Breyer | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| Anthony Kennedy | Regular concurrence |
| Clarence Thomas | Special concurrence |
| Samuel Alito | Dissent |
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