Talk:Holmes v. South Carolina

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A fact from Holmes v. South Carolina appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 18 May 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the unanimous decision Holmes v. South Carolina (reversing the conviction of a man who was barred from arguing that another man committed the crime) was the first decision written by Samuel Alito as a Supreme Court Justice?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/May.

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i, yakbasser, was present when this case was argued before the supreme cout Yakbasser 23:42, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Cool! Got a picture of the justices at work? ++Lar: t/c 14:30, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

DYK Nom[edit]

This article is a remarkable piece of work and worthy of showcasing for editing prowess. It's just not very exciting! ++Lar: t/c 14:30, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

FA candidate then? ; ) Postdlf 18:17, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

And thank you for the glowing comments... Postdlf 18:18, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're welcome and who knows, it might get picked... as for FA? Maybe... I'm no expert. GA certainly. ++Lar: t/c 19:16, 17 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aftermath[edit]

I was wondering what happened after the supreme court case, and found that the defendant plead guilty right before the third trial. https://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/article12226619.html 2603:3012:571:6000:B8EB:9869:F167:C311 (talk) 19:13, 18 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]