Brady v. United States
1970 United States Supreme Court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the 1963 Supreme Court case establishing prosecutors' duty to share exonerating evidence, see Brady v. Maryland.
Brady v. United States, 397 U.S. 742 (1970), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court refused to hold that large sentencing discounts and threats of the death penalty are sufficient evidence of coercion.[1]
Quick Facts Brady v. United States, Argued November 18, 1969 Decided May 4, 1970 ...
Brady v. United States | |
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Argued November 18, 1969 Decided May 4, 1970 | |
Full case name | Robert Malvais Brady v. United States |
Citations | 397 U.S. 742 (more) 90 S. Ct. 1463, 25 L. Ed. 2d 747 |
Case history | |
Prior | 404 F.2d 601 (10th Cir. 1968); cert. granted, 395 U.S. 976 (1969). |
Subsequent | On remand, 433 F.2d 924 (10th Cir. 1970). |
Holding | |
The threat of the death penalty is not coercive if the guilty plea is made intelligently and willingly. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | White, joined by Burger, Harlan, Stewart |
Concurrence | Black |
Concurrence | Brennan, joined by Douglas, Marshall |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. V Federal Kidnapping Act |
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