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October Term 2004 · decided Jun 13, 2005

Thomas Joe Miller-El v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division

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  • Thomas Joe Miller-El v. Doug Dretke, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, OT 2004, June 13, 2005.
  • Citation: 545 U.S. 231.
  • Vote: 6 to 3.
  • Issue area: Criminal Procedure.

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Decided 2005-06-13 (October Term 2004). Citation: 545 U.S. 231. Vote: 6–3. Issue area: Criminal Procedure. (Metadata from the Supreme Court Database.)

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