Case Name: NEW MEXICO v. EARNEST
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1986-06-27
Citations: 477 U.S. 648
Docket Number: No. 85-162
Parties: NEW MEXICO v. EARNEST
Judges: with whom The Chief Justice, Justice Powell, and Justice O’Connor join,
Reporter: United States Reports
Volume: 477
Pages: 648–650

Head Matter:
NEW MEXICO v. EARNEST
No. 85-162.
Argued April 1, 1986
Decided June 27, 1986
Paul Bardacke, Attorney General of New Mexico, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was William McEuen, Assistant Attorney General.
J. Thomas Sullivan argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Gary C. Mitchell.
A brief of amici curiae urging reversal was filed for the State of Indiana et al. by Linley E. Pearson, Attorney General of Indiana, William E. Daily and Lisa M. Paunicka, Deputy Attorneys General, Robert K. Corbin, Attorney General of Arizona, John J. Kelly, Chief State’s Attorney of Connecticut, Charles M. Oberly, Attorney General of Delaware, Richard Opper, Attorney General of Guam, Corinne K. A. Watanabe, Attorney General of Hawaii, Jim Jones, Attorney General of Idaho, Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General of Illinois, William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General of Louisiana, Mike Greely, Attorney General of Montana, Irwin I. Kimmelman, Attorney General of New Jersey, Anthony Celebrezze, Attorney General of Ohio, Michael Turpén, Attorney General of Oklahoma, Travis Medlock, Attorney General of South Carolina, W. J. Michael Cody, Attorney General of Tennessee, Jim Mattox, Attorney General of Texas, David L. Wilkinson, Attorney General of Utah, Jeffrey Amestoy, Attorney General of Vermont, William G. Broaddus, Attorney General of Virginia, Bronson C. La Follette, Attorney General of Wisconsin, and Archie G. McClintock, Attorney General of Wyoming.
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed for the New Mexico Public Defender Department by David Stafford and Susan Gibbs; and for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Burt Neubome and Charles S. Sims. .

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
We vacate the judgment of the Supreme Court of New Mexico and remand for further proceedings not inconsistent with the opinion in Lee v. Illinois, 476 U. S. 530 (1986).
It is so ordered.