Brady v. United States

For the 1963 Supreme Court case establishing prosecutors' duty to share exonerating evidence, see Brady v. Maryland.

Brady v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 18, 1969
Decided May 4, 1970
Full case nameRobert Malvais Brady v. United States
Citations397 U.S. 742 (more)
90 S. Ct. 1463, 25 L. Ed. 2d 747
Case history
Prior404 F.2d 601 (10th Cir. 1968); cert. granted, 395 U.S. 976 (1969).
SubsequentOn 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
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
Hugo Black · William O. Douglas
John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall
Case opinions
MajorityWhite, joined by Burger, Harlan, Stewart
ConcurrenceBlack
ConcurrenceBrennan, joined by Douglas, Marshall
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. V
Federal Kidnapping Act

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]

  1. ^ Brady v. United States, 397 U.S. 742 (1970).