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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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TypeAuthorFiled
Concurrence Not attributed Feb. 20, 2008
Dissent Not attributed Feb. 20, 2008