Holbrook v. Flynn

Holbrook v. Flynn
Argued January 14, 1986
Decided March 26, 1986
Full case nameTerrance HOLBROOK, Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Norfolk, Massachusetts, et al. v. Charles FLYNN
Citations475 U.S. 560 (more)
106 S.Ct. 1340, 89 L.Ed.2d 525
ArgumentOral argument
Holding
The visible presence of armed, uniformed, security officers in a courtroom is not inherently prejudicial to a defendant's right to a fair trial
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinions
MajorityMarshall, joined by unanimous
ConcurrenceBurger
Laws applied
U.S. Const. amend. VI

Holbrook v. Flynn, 475 U.S. 560 (1986), was a case decided by the United States Supreme Court regarding the Sixth Amendment's right to an impartial jury.