Supreme Court of the United States
Danforth v. Minnesota
This writing
- Type
- Opinion of the Court
- Filed
- Feb. 20, 2008
- Case
- Danforth v. Minnesota
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court. New constitutional rules announced by this Court that place certain kinds of primary individual conduct beyond the power of the States to proscribe, as well as “watershed” rules of criminal procedure, must be applied in all future trials, all cases pending on direct review, and all federal habeas corpus proceedings. All other new rules of criminal procedure mu…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Concurrence | Not attributed | Feb. 20, 2008 |
| Dissent | Not attributed | Feb. 20, 2008 |