Francois Holloway, Aka Abdu Ali v. United States
Decided March 2, 1999. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 97-7164 · 526 U.S. 1 (1999) · Cited 425 times
Holding
A district court’s failure to advise a defendant of his right to appeal does not entitle him to habeas relief if he knew of his right and hence suffered no prejudice from the omission.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- John Paul Stevens · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- David Hackett Souter
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
Dissenting · 2
- Antonin Scalia · filed a dissenting opinion
- Clarence Thomas · filed a dissenting opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Bell v. United States · 349 U.S. 81 (1955)
- Ladner v. United States · 358 U.S. 169 (1958)
- Bailey v. United States · 516 U.S. 137 (1995)
- Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
- United States v. Turkette · 452 U.S. 576 (1981)
- United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc. · 513 U.S. 64 (1994)
- Brown v. Gardner · 513 U.S. 115 (1994)
- United States v. Wiltberger · 18 U.S. 76 (1820)
- Muscarello v. United States · 524 U.S. 125 (1998)
- King v. St. Vincent's Hospital · 502 U.S. 215 (1991)
- Green v. Bock Laundry MacHine Co. · 490 U.S. 504 (1989)
- United States v. Wells · 519 U.S. 482 (1997)
- John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Harris Trust & Savings Bank · 510 U.S. 86 (1993)
- Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. · 514 U.S. 122 (1995)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Johnson v. United States · 529 U.S. 694 (2000)
- Branch v. Smith · 538 U.S. 254 (2003)
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