Supreme Court reinstates murder conviction in case of Etan Patz, missing New York City boy

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5. It was a federal habeas corpus case.

The federal court below reversed the state court conviction and sentence, and the state appealed to the US Supreme Court. The six conservatives on the court ruled that the statutory basis relied on by the lower federal court for revering the state court conviction did not apply and vacated the federal court order, reinstating the state court conviction and sentence.