Rivera v. Illinois
| Rivera v. Illinois | |
|---|---|
| Argued February 23, 2009 Decided March 31, 2009 | |
| Full case name | Michael Rivera, Petitioner v. Illinois |
| Docket no. | 07-9995 |
| Citations | 556 U.S. 148 (more) 129 S. Ct. 1446; 173 L. Ed. 2d 320 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Holding for the defendant, People v. Rivera, 227 Ill. 2d 1, 879 N.E.2d 876 (2007). |
| Holding | |
| Unintentional errors by the court, that would not have altered the proceedings of the case, do not warrant a new trial and do not violate the Sixth Amendment's clause of the right to a fair trial. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Ginsburg, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. VI | |
Rivera v. Illinois, 556 U.S. 148 (2009), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court involving whether the rejection of a defendant's peremptory challenge to a juror constituted harmless error.