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Williams v. Pennsylvania | |
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Argued February 29, 2016 Decided June 9, 2016 | |
Full case name | Terrance Williams, Petitioner v. Pennsylvania |
Docket no. | 15–5040 |
Citations | 579 U.S. ___ (more) 136 S. Ct. 1899; 195 L. Ed. 2d 132 |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Case history | |
Prior | Commonwealth v. Williams, 629 Pa. 533, 105 A.3d 1234 (2014); cert. granted, 136 S. Ct. 28 (2015). |
Holding | |
Chief Justice Castille's denial of the recusal motion and his subsequent judicial participation violated the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Kennedy, joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan |
Dissent | Roberts, joined by Alito |
Dissent | Thomas |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amends. VIII, XIV |
Williams v. Pennsylvania, 579 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a prosecutor involved in seeking the death penalty for a defendant should recuse himself if asked to judge an appeal in the capital case.[1][2][not verified in body]