Schriro v. Summerlin

Schriro v. Summerlin
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 19, 2004
Decided June 24, 2004
Full case nameDora B. Schriro, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections v. Warren Wesley Summerlin
Citations542 U.S. 348 (more)
124 S. Ct. 2519; 159 L. Ed. 2d 442; 2004 U.S. LEXIS 4574; 72 U.S.L.W. 4561; 17 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 425
Case history
PriorSummerlin v. Stewart, 267 F.3d 926 (9th Cir. 2001); opinion withdrawn, 281 F.3d 836 (9th Cir. 2002); on rehearing en banc, 341 F.3d 1082 (9th Cir. 2003); cert. granted, 540 U.S. 1045 (2003).
SubsequentSummerlin v. Schriro, 427 F.3d 623
Holding
Ring v. Arizona[1] does not apply retroactively to cases already final on direct review.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinions
MajorityScalia, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor, Kennedy, Thomas
DissentBreyer, joined by Stevens, Souter, Ginsburg

Schriro v. Summerlin, 542 U.S. 348 (2004), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that a requirement that a different Supreme Court decision requiring the jury rather than the judge to find aggravating factors would not be applied retroactively.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ring was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Schriro v. Summerlin, 542 U.S. 348 (2004).