In The
Supreme Court of the United States

Pensonv.Ohio

Decided November 29, 1988

Justice O’Connor, Concurrence

CASE DETAILS

Topic: Civil Rights

Court vote: 8-1

Note: No other Justices joined this opinion.

Citation: 488 U.S. 75

Docket: 87-6116

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Opinion

JUSTICE O'CONNOR, concurring.

I join the Court's opinion. I write separately to emphasize that nothing in the Court's opinion forecloses the possibility that a mere technical violation of Anders v. California, 386 U. S. 738 (1967), might be excusable. The violation in this case was not a mere technical violation, however, and, on that understanding, I concur.