Mabry, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Correction v. Johnson

Decided June 11, 1984. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 83-328 · 467 U.S. 504 (1984) · Cited 1,007 times

Holding

Respondent's acceptance of the prosecutor's first proposed plea bargain did not create a constitutional right to have the bargain specifically enforced, and he may not successfully attack his subsequent guilty plea.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Santobello v. New York · 404 U.S. 257 (1971)
• Brady v. United States · 397 U.S. 742 (1970)
• McMann v. Richardson · 397 U.S. 759 (1970)
• Tollett v. Henderson · 411 U.S. 258 (1973)
• Parker v. North Carolina · 397 U.S. 790 (1970)
• Boykin v. Alabama · 395 U.S. 238 (1969)
• North Carolina v. Alford · 400 U.S. 25 (1970)
• United States v. Agurs · 427 U.S. 97 (1976)
• United States v. Cronic · 466 U.S. 648 (1984)
• Townsend v. Sain · 372 U.S. 293 (1963)
• Blackledge v. Allison · 431 U.S. 63 (1977)
• Meachum v. Fano · 427 U.S. 215 (1976)
• Olim v. Wakinekona · 461 U.S. 238 (1983)
• Bordenkircher v. Hayes · 434 U.S. 357 (1978)
• United States v. Goodwin · 457 U.S. 368 (1982)
• Jones v. Cunningham · 371 U.S. 236 (1963)
• Henderson v. Morgan · 426 U.S. 637 (1976)
• Kercheval v. United States · 274 U.S. 220 (1927)
• Menna v. New York · 423 U.S. 61 (1975)
• Hensley v. Municipal Court, San Jose-Milpitas Judicial Dist., Santa Clara Cty. · 411 U.S. 345 (1973)
• Connecticut Board of Pardons v. Dumschat · 452 U.S. 458 (1981)
• Justices of Boston Municipal Court v. Lydon · 466 U.S. 294 (1984)
• Corbitt v. New Jersey · 439 U.S. 212 (1978)
• Jago v. Van Curen · 454 U.S. 14 (1981)
• Shelton v. United States · 356 U.S. 26 (1958)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Puckett v. United States · 556 U.S. 129 (2009)
• Gonzalez v. Crosby · 545 U.S. 524 (2005)
• Ricketts v. Adamson · 483 U.S. 1 (1987)
• Bousley v. United States · 523 U.S. 614 (1998)
• United States v. Broce · 488 U.S. 563 (1989)
• Bradshaw v. Stumpf · 545 U.S. 175 (2005)
• Gilmore v. Taylor · 508 U.S. 333 (1993)

Official text

Read the official opinion (U.S. Reports, govinfo.gov)

Explore from here

John Paul Stevens’s profile · All Supreme Court opinions · The Supreme Court

Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1984). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).