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Gray v. Mississippi

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Advocates
Andru H. Volinsky (on behalf of Petitioner)
Marvin L. White, Jr. (on behalf of Respondent)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
85-5454
Petitioner: 
Gray
Respondent: 
Mississippi
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1986-1987)
Opinion: 
481 U.S. 648 (1987)
Argued: 
Wednesday, November 12, 1986
Decided: 
Monday, May 18, 1987
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Extra-Legal Jury Influences, Jurors and Death Penalty

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The Oyez Project, Gray v. Mississippi , 481 U.S. 648 (1987)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1986/1986_85_5454)
(last visited Monday, November 23, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 5 votes for Gray, 4 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Amendment 6: Other Sixth Amendment Provisions

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Voted with the minority, joined Scalia's dissent
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the minority, joined Scalia's dissent
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Wrote the majority opinion
Blackmun
Wrote a regular concurrence
Powell
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the minority, joined Scalia's dissent
O'Connor
Wrote a dissent
Scalia

Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun