Legal Opinion
Richardson v. Ramirez
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 24, 1974No. 72-1589PublishedCited by 367 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice RehNquist
The three individual respondents in this case were convicted of felonies and have completed the service of their respective sentences and paroles. They filed a petition for a writ of mandate in the Supreme Court of California to compel California county election officials to register them as voters.1 They claimed, on behalf of *27themselves and others similarly situated, that application to them of the provisions of the California Constitution and implementing statutes which disenfranchised persons convicted of an “infamous crime” denied them the right to equal protection of the laws under the…
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