Supreme Court of the United States
Hedgpeth v. Pulido
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- Type
- Dissent
- Filed
- Dec. 2, 2008
- Case
- Hedgpeth v. Pulido
- Case status
- Decided
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*63Justice Stevens, with whom Justice Souter and Justice Ginsburg join, dissenting. The Court of Appeals misused the term “structural error” in its opinion affirming the District Court’s order granting Pulido’s application for a writ of habeas corpus. But the court’s misnomer was inconsequential because its decision rested on substantially the same analysi…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Not attributed | Dec. 2, 2008 |
| Opinion of the Court | Per curiam | Dec. 2, 2008 |