Pennsylvania v. Finley

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

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) 107 S. Ct. 1990; 95 L. Ed. 2d 539
Case history
Prior	Cert. to the Superior 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

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 of Pennsylvania v. Finley, 481 U.S. 551 (1987) is available from: Findlaw Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio)