Legal Opinion
Brady v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 4, 1970No. 270PublishedCited by 6,067 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
In 1959, petitioner was charged with kidnaping in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 1201 (a). Since the indictment charged that the victim of the kidnaping was not liberated unharmed, petitioner faced a maximum penalty of death if the verdict of the jury should so recommend. Petitioner, represented by competent counsel throughout, first elected to plead not guilty. Apparently because the trial judge was unwilling to try the case without a jury, petitioner made no serious attempt to reduce the possibility of a death penalty by waiving a jury trial. Upon learning that his codefendant, who had…
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