| Missouri v. Frye | |
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| Argued October 31, 2011 Decided March 21, 2012 | |
| Full case name | Missouri, Petitioner v. Galin E. Frye |
| Docket no. | 10-444 |
| Citations | 566 U.S. 134 (more) 132 S. Ct. 1399, 182 L. Ed. 2d 379 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Motion for post-conviction relief denied, Circuit Court of Boone County, Missouri; reversed, 311 S.W.3d 350, 2010 Mo. App. LEXIS 353 (Mo. Ct. App. Mar. 23, 2010) |
| Subsequent | On remand, reversed and remanded, 392 S.W.3d 501, 2013 Mo. App. LEXIS 131 (Mo. Ct. App. Jan. 29, 2013) |
| Holding | |
| The right to effective counsel in criminal cases under the Sixth Amendment extends to all critical stages of criminal proceedings, including plea negotiations. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Kennedy, joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan |
| Dissent | Scalia, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Alito |
Missouri v. Frye, 566 U.S. 134 (2012), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court clarified the Sixth Amendment standard for reversing convictions due to ineffective assistance of counsel during plea bargaining.