Pennsylvania v. Finley

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued March 2, 1987
Decided May 18, 1987

Full case name

Pennsylvania v. Finley

Citations

481 U.S. 551 (more)

Prior history

Cert. to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Holding

The court below improperly relied on the Federal Constitution to extend the Anders procedures to these collateral postconviction proceedings. Denial of counsel to indigents on first appeal as of right amounts to discrimination against the poor in violation of the Fourteenth Amdnement.

Court membership

Chief Justice William Rehnquist

Associate Justices William J. Brennan, Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell, Jr. · John P. Stevens Sandra Day O'Connor · Antonin Scalia

Case opinions

Majority

Rehnquist, joined by White, Powell, O'Connor, Scalia

Concurrence

Blackmun

Dissent

Brennan, joined by Marshall

Dissent

Stevens

Laws applied

U.S. Const. amend. XIV

Pennsylvania v. Finley, 481 U.S. 551 (1987) was a United States Supreme Court case involving the right to counsel.

External links

United States Sixth Amendment case law

Speedy Trial Clause

Beavers v. Haubert (1905)
United States v. Provoo (1955)
Pollard v. United States (1957)
United States v. Ewell (1966)
Klopfer v. North Carolina (1967)
Smith v. Hooey (1969)
Dickey v. Florida (1970)
United States v. Marion (1971)
Barker v. Wingo (1972)
Strunk v. United States (1973)
United States v. Lovasco (1977)
United States v. MacDonald (1982)
United States v. Loud Hawk (1986)
Doggett v. United States (1992)
Vermont v. Brillon (2009)

Public Trial Clause

Gaines v. Washington (1928) In re Oliver (1948) Gannett Co., Inc. v. DePasquale (1979) Waller v. Georgia (1984) Presley v. Georgia (2010)

Impartial Jury Clause

Availability	Callan v. Wilson (1888) Natal v. State (1891) Schick v. United States (1904) District of Columbia v. Colts (1930) District of Columbia v. Clawans (1937) United States v. Barnett (1964) Cheff v. Schnackenberg (1966) Duncan v. Louisiana (1968) Bloom v. Illinois (1968) DeStefano v. Woods (1968) Frank v. United States (1969) Baldwin v. New York (1970) Mayberry v. Pennsylvania (1971) Taylor v. Haynes (1974) Codispoti v. Pennsylvania (1974) Blanton v. North Las Vegas (1989) United States v. Nachtigal (1993) Lewis v. United States (1996)

Impartiality	Reynolds v. United States (1878) Connors v. United States (1895) Aldridge v. United States (1931) Glasser v. United States (1942) Dennis v. United States (1950) Irvin v. Dowd (1961) Beck v. Washington (1962) Rideau v. Louisiana (1963) Sheppard v. Maxwell (1966) Witherspoon v. Illinois (1968) Ham v. South Carolina (1973) Murphy v. Florida (1975) Ristaino v. Ross (1976) Adams v. Texas (1980) Rosales-Lopez v. United States (1981) Patton v. Yount (1984) Wainwright v. Witt (1985) Turner v. Murray (1986) Lockhart v. McCree (1986) Gray v. Mississippi (1987) Ross v. Oklahoma (1988) Mu'Min v. Virginia (1991) Morgan v. Illinois (1992) United States v. Martinez-Salazar (2000) Skilling v. United States (2010)

Facts found	McMillan v. Pennsylvania (1986) Walton v. Arizona (1990) Almendarez-Torres v. United States (1998) Jones v. United States (1999 Apprendi v. New Jersey (2000) Harris v. United States (2002) Ring v. Arizona (2002) Blakely v. Washington (2004) Schriro v. Summerlin (2004) United States v. Booker (2005) Washington v. Recuenco (2006) Cunningham v. California (2007) Oregon v. Ice (2009) Southern Union Co. v. United States (2012)

Size and unanimity	Thompson v. Utah (1898) Maxwell v. Dow (1900) Rassmussen v. United States (1905) Patton v. United States (1930) Williams v. Florida (1970) Apodaca v. Oregon (1972) Ballew v. Georgia (1978) Burch v. Louisiana (1979)

Vicinage Clause	United States v. Dawson (1853) Jones v. United States (1890) Cook v. United States (1891) Burton v. United States (1905, 1906) Ruthenberg v. United States (1918) Lewis v. United States (1929) United States v. Cabrales (1998)

Information Clause

Twitchell v. Pennsylvania (1868) Cole v. Arkansas (1948) Russell v. United States (1962)

Confrontation Clause

Out-of-court statements	Reynolds v. United States (1878) Mattox v. United States (1895) Kirby v. United States (1899) Motes v. United States (1900) Dowdell v. United States (1911) Pointer v. Texas (1965) Brookhart v. Janis (1966) Barber v. Page (1968) Bruton v. United States (1968) Berger v. California (1969) Frazier v. Cupp (1969) California v. Green (1970) Dutton v. Evans (1970) Mancusi v. Stubbs (1972) Ohio v. Roberts (1980) Tennessee v. Street (1985) Delaware v. Fensterer (1985) United States v. Inadi (1986) Lee v. Illinois (1986) Crawford v. Washington (2004) Davis v. Washington (2006) Whorton v. Bockting (2007) Giles v. California (2008) Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts (2009) Michigan v. Bryant (2011) Bullcoming v. New Mexico (2011) Williams v. Illinois (2012) Ohio v. Clark (2015)

Face-to-face confrontation	Snyder v. Massachusetts (1934) Kentucky v. Stincer (1987) Coy v. Iowa (1988) Maryland v. Craig (1990)

Restrictions on cross-examination	Douglas v. Alabama (1965) McCray v. Illinois (1967) Smith v. Illinois (1968) Chambers v. Mississippi (1973) Davis v. Alaska (1974) Delaware v. Fensterer (1985) Delaware v. Van Arsdall (1986)

Right to present relevant evidence	Cooper v. California (1967) McCray v. Illinois (1967) Pennsylvania v. Ritchie (1987) Olden v. Kentucky (1988) Michigan v. Lucas (1991)

Compulsory Process Clause

Washington v. Texas (1967) United States v. Valenzuela-Bernal (1982) Pennsylvania v. Ritchie (1987) Rock v. Arkansas (1987) Taylor v. Illinois (1988)

Assistance of Counsel Clause

Choice	Chandler v. Fretag (1954) Morris v. Slappy (1983) Wheat v. United States (1988) Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered v. United States (1989) United States v. Gonzalez-Lopez (2006)

Appointment	Powell v. Alabama (1932) Johnson v. Zerbst (1938) Betts v. Brady (1942) Hamilton v. Alabama (1961) Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) Anders v. California (1967) Argersinger v. Hamlin (1972) Gagnon v. Scarpelli (1973) Scott v. Illinois (1979) Baldasar v. Illinois (1980) Pennsylvania v. Finley (1987) McCoy v. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin (1988) Penson v. Ohio (1988) Murray v. Giarratano (1989) Nichols v. United States (1994) Smith v. Robbins (2000) Alabama v. Shelton (2002)

Constructive denial	Avery v. Alabama (1940) Ferguson v. Georgia (1961) Brooks v. Tennessee (1972) Herring v. New York (1975) Geders v. United States (1976) Perry v. Leeke (1989)

Conflict-free	Glasser v. United States (1942) Dukes v. Warden (1972) Holloway v. Arkansas (1978) Cuyler v. Sullivan (1980) Burger v. Kemp (1987) Wheat v. United States (1988) Mickens v. Taylor (2002)

Ineffective assistance	McMann v. Richardson (1970) Jones v. Barnes (1983) United States v. Cronic (1984) Strickland v. Washington (1984) Hill v. Lockhart (1985) Nix v. Whiteside (1986) Kimmelman v. Morrison (1986) Lockhart v. Fretwell (1993) Smith v. Robbins (2000) Roe v. Flores-Ortega (2000) Williams v. Taylor (2000) Glover v. United States (2001) Bell v. Cone (2002) Woodford v. Visciotti (2002) Wiggins v. Smith (2003) Holland v. Jackson (2004) Florida v. Nixon (2004) Rompilla v. Beard (2005) Schriro v. Landrigan (2007) Wright v. Van Patten (2008) Knowles v. Mirzayance (2009) Bobby v. Van Hook (2009) Wong v. Belmontes (2009) Porter v. McCollum (2009) Wood v. Allen (2010) Padilla v. Kentucky (2010) Sears v. Upton (2010) Premo v. Moore (2011) Harrington v. Richter (2011) Cullen v. Pinholster (2011) Missouri v. Frye (2012) Lafler v. Cooper (2012)

Pro se representation	Faretta v. California (1975) McKaskle v. Wiggins (1984) Rock v. Arkansas (1987) Martinez v. California Court of Appeals (2000) Indiana v. Edwards (2008)

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Pennsylvania v. Finley

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