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BRADY v. UNITED STATES (1970)

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BRADY v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1969
Important Dates
Argued: November 18, 1969
Decided: May 4, 1970
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-0
Majority
Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Concurring
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

BRADY v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 4, 1970. The case was argued before the court on November 18, 1969.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New Mexico U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Plea bargaining: the constitutionality of and/or the circumstances of its exercise
  • Petitioner: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 397 U.S. 742
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Byron White

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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