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Corbitt v. New Jersey

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
77-5903
Appellee: 
New Jersey
Appellant: 
Corbitt
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1975-1981)
Opinion: 
439 U.S. 212 (1978)
Argued: 
Tuesday, October 3, 1978
Decided: 
Monday, December 11, 1978
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Plea Bargaining

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The Oyez Project, Corbitt v. New Jersey , 439 U.S. 212 (1978)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1978/1978_77_5903)
(last visited Tuesday, November 24, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

None

Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for New Jersey, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Right to Trial By Jury

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent
Brennan
Wrote a special concurrence
Stewart
Wrote the majority opinion
White
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote a dissent
Stevens

Full Opinion by Justice Byron R. White