Griffith v. Kentucky

Griffith v. Kentucky
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 14, 1986
Decided January 13, 1987
Full case nameRandall Lamont Griffith, Petitioner v. Kentucky
Citations479 U.S. 314 (more)
107 S. Ct. 708; 93 L. Ed. 2d 649; 1987 U.S. LEXIS 283
Holding
The Court held that after a new rule had been decided in a particular case, "the integrity of judicial review requires that we apply that rule to all similar cases pending on direct review."
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
MajorityBlackmun, joined by Brennan, Marshall, Powell, Stevens, Scalia
ConcurrencePowell
DissentRehnquist
DissentWhite, joined by Rehnquist, O'Connor
Laws applied
U.S. Const. Amend. XIV

Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U.S. 314 (1987), is a case decided by the United States Supreme Court.

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