Home › Cases › 1980-1989 › 1988 › Alabama v. Smith ›

Alabama v. Smith

Media Items
Oral Argument
Get Adobe Flash Player
Expanded View
Download MP3
Advocates
P. David Bjurberg (on behalf of the Petitioner)
Delores R. Boyd (on behalf of the Respondent)
Paul J. Larkin, Jr. (amicus curiae, supporting the Petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
88-333
Petitioner: 
Alabama
Respondent: 
Smith
Decided By: 
Rehnquist Court (1988-1990)
Opinion: 
490 U.S. 794 (1989)
Argued: 
Monday, April 24, 1989
Decided: 
Monday, June 12, 1989
Issues: 
Criminal Procedure, Double Jeopardy

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, Alabama v. Smith , 490 U.S. 794 (1989)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1988/1988_88_333)
(last visited Thursday, November 26, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

None

Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Alabama, 1 vote(s) against
Legal provision: Double Jeopardy

Sort by Ideology

Wrote the majority opinion
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote a dissent
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Scalia
Voted with the majority
Kennedy

Full Opinion by Justice William H. Rehnquist