Pennsylvania v. Finley

1987 United States Supreme Court case

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

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

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

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United States Sixth Amendment case law

Speedy Trial Clause
Klopfer v. North Carolina (1967) Barker v. Wingo (1972) Doggett v. United States (1992) Betterman v. Montana (2016)

Public Trial Clause
In re Oliver (1948) Presley v. Georgia (2010)

Impartial Jury Clause

Availability	Cheff v. Schnackenberg (1966) Duncan v. Louisiana (1968) Blanton v. City of North Las Vegas (1989)
Impartiality	Reynolds v. United States (1878) Glasser v. United States (1942) Irvin v. Dowd (1961) Sheppard v. Maxwell (1966) Witherspoon v. Illinois (1968) Ham v. South Carolina (1973) Ristaino v. Ross (1976) Adams v. Texas (1980) Rosales-Lopez v. United States (1981) Wainwright v. Witt (1985) Morgan v. Illinois (1992) Skilling v. United States (2010) McDonnell v. United States (2016) United States v. Tsarnaev (2022)
Facts found	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) Alleyne v. United States (2013) Hurst v. Florida (2016) United States v. Haymond (2019) Erlinger v. United States (2024)
Size and unanimity	Maxwell v. Dow (1900) Rassmussen v. United States (1905) Williams v. Florida (1970) Apodaca v. Oregon (1972) Ballew v. Georgia (1978) Burch v. Louisiana (1979) Ramos v. Louisiana (2020) Edwards v. Vannoy (2021)
Vicinage Clause	United States v. Dawson (1853) Burton v. United States (1905, 1906) Smith v. United States (2023)
Impeachment of verdicts	Tanner v. United States (1987) Warger v. Shauers (2014) Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado (2017)

Information Clause
Rabe v. Washington (1972)

Confrontation Clause

Out-of-court statements	Reynolds v. United States (1878) Dowdell v. United States (1911) Pointer v. Texas (1965) Bruton v. United States (1968) Frazier v. Cupp (1969) Illinois v. Allen (1970) Ohio v. Roberts (1980) 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) Hemphill v. New York (2022) Samia v. United States (2023) Smith v. Arizona (2024)
Face-to-face confrontation	Maryland v. Craig (1990)
Restrictions on cross-examination	Chambers v. Mississippi (1973)

Compulsory Process Clause
Washington v. Texas (1967) United States v. Valenzuela-Bernal (1982) Taylor v. Illinois (1988)

Assistance of Counsel Clause

Choice	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) Pennsylvania v. Finley (1987) Nichols v. United States (1994) Alabama v. Shelton (2002)
Conflict-free	Glasser v. United States (1942)
Ineffective assistance	Strickland v. Washington (1984) Nix v. Whiteside (1986) Kimmelman v. Morrison (1986) Lockhart v. Fretwell (1993) 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) Wright v. Van Patten (2008) Bobby v. Van Hook (2009) Wong v. Belmontes (2009) Porter v. McCollum (2009) Padilla v. Kentucky (2010) Sears v. Upton (2010) Premo v. Moore (2011) Lafler v. Cooper (2012) Buck v. Davis (2017) Garza v. Idaho (2019)
Uncounseled statements	Massiah v. United States (1963) Brewer v. Williams (1977)
Pro se representation	Faretta v. California (1975) McKaskle v. Wiggins (1984) Rock v. Arkansas (1987) Martinez v. Court of Appeal of California (2000) Indiana v. Edwards (2008)

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