Pennsylvania v. Finley

Pennsylvania v. Finley
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 2, 1987 Decided May 18, 1987
Full case name	Pennsylvania v. Finley
Citations	481U.S.551(more) 107 S. Ct. 1990; 95L. Ed. 2d539
Case history
Prior	Cert.to theSuperior Court of Pennsylvania
Holding
Anders v. California(1967) applies only to direct appeals, not collateral postconviction proceedings.
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 aUnited States Supreme Courtcase involving theright to counsel.

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 476
• List of United States Supreme Court cases
• Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume
• List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Rehnquist Court

External links

• Text ofPennsylvania v. Finley,481U.S.551 (1987) is available from:FindlawJustiaLibrary of CongressOyez (oral argument audio)