Glen Whorton, Director, Nevada Department of Corrections v. Marvin Howard Bockting (549 U.S. 406)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided February 28, 2007 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 549 U.S. 406 · 127 S. Ct. 1173
- Decided
- February 28, 2007
- Term
- October Term 2006
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Alito
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
127 S. Ct. 1173 (2007) Glen WHORTON, Director, Nevada Department of Corrections, Petitioner, v. Marvin Howard BOCKTING. No. 05-595. Supreme Court of United States. Argued November 1, 2006. Decided February 28, 2007. *1176 Attorney General George J. Chanos, for petitioner, by Irving L. Gornstein for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the petitioner. Frances A. Forsman, Las Vegas, NV, for respondent. George J. Chanos, Attorney General of the State of Nevada, Gerald Gardner, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Counsel of Record, Victor-Hugo Schulze, II, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Rene L. Hulse, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Las Vegas, NV, for Petitioner. Franny A. Forsman, Counsel of Record, Federal Public Defender, Michael Pescetta, Assistant Federal Public Defender for District of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, for Respondent. *1177 Justice ALITO delivered the opinion of the Court. This case presents the question whether, under the rules set out in Teague v. Lane, 489 U.S. 288 , 109 S. Ct. 1060 , 103 L. Ed. 2d 334 (1989), our decision in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 , 124 S. Ct. 1354 , 158 L. Ed. 2d 177 (2004), is retroactive to cases already final on direct review. We hold that it is not. I A Respondent Marvin Bockting lived in Las Vegas, Nevada, with his wife, Laura Bockting, their 3-year-old daughter Honesty, and Laura's…
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