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Nix v. Whiteside

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Case Basics
Docket No.: 
84-1321
Petitioner: 
Nix
Respondent: 
Whiteside
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
475 U.S. 157 (1986)
Argued: 
Tuesday, November 5, 1985
Decided: 
Wednesday, February 26, 1986
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Right to Counsel
Categories: 
attorneys, right to counsel, criminal

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The Oyez Project, Nix v. Whiteside , 475 U.S. 157 (1986)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1985/1985_84_1321)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Nix, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Right to Counsel

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Wrote the majority opinion
Burger
Wrote a special concurrence, joined Blackmun's concurrence
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority, joined Blackmun's concurrence
Marshall
Wrote a special concurrence
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote a special concurrence, joined Blackmun's concurrence
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor

Full Opinion by Justice Warren E. Burger