# Brown v. North Carolina

> Supreme Court of the United States · November 3, 1986 · 479 U.S. 940

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9430814

## Case

- **Full name:** David J. Brown v. North Carolina
- **Court:** Supreme Court of the United States
- **Decided:** November 3, 1986
- **Citations:** 479 U.S. 940; 107 S. Ct. 423; 93 L. Ed. 2d 373; 1986 U.S. LEXIS 4619
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** O'Connor, Brennan, Marshall
- **Cited by:** 200 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9430814

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that attorney may waive defendant’s constitutional right to be informed of his right to jury trial
- acknowledging that Witherspoon applies only to challenges for cause and disagreeing with the Court’s refusal to consider extending it to peremptory challenges

## Opinion text

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