45 Cited authorities

Jackson v. Virginia
443 U.S. 307 (1979) Cited 77,635 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that courts conducting review of the sufficiency of the evidence to support a criminal conviction should view the "evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution"
Katz v. United States
389 U.S. 347 (1967) Cited 12,467 times 74 Legal Analyses
Holding that failure to recognize a reasonable expectation of privacy in a telephone booth would "ignore the vital role that the public telephone has come to play in private communication"
Colorado v. Bertine
479 U.S. 367 (1987) Cited 1,843 times 13 Legal Analyses
Holding that the decision to seize need be "on the basis of something other than suspicion of evidence of criminal activity"
Ulster County Court v. Allen
442 U.S. 140 (1979) Cited 1,857 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that criminal defendants could not mount a facial challenge to a statute that had been constitutionally applied at their trial
Florida v. Wells
495 U.S. 1 (1990) Cited 1,041 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that the inventory "search was not sufficiently regulated to satisfy the Fourth Amendment" because "the Florida Highway Patrol had no policy whatever with respect to the opening of closed containers encountered during an inventory search"
Berger v. United States
295 U.S. 78 (1935) Cited 4,155 times 19 Legal Analyses
Holding there was no prejudice when four defendants were tried for a single conspiracy and two separate conspiracies were proven
United States v. Jeffers
342 U.S. 48 (1951) Cited 1,049 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that no person can have a legally protected interest in contraband per se
People v. Galloway
54 N.Y.2d 396 (N.Y. 1981) Cited 1,426 times
Agreeing that reversal of a conviction "'is properly shunned when the [prosecutorial] misconduct has not substantially prejudiced a defendant's trial'"
U.S. v. Duguay
93 F.3d 346 (7th Cir. 1996) Cited 176 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding impoundment unconstitutional when another occupant of the vehicle was present at the arrest and could "provide for the speedy and efficient removal of the car from public thoroughfares or parking lots"
People v. Johnson
1 N.Y.3d 252 (N.Y. 2003) Cited 111 times
Following a lawful arrest of the driver of an automobile that must then be impounded, the police may conduct an inventory search of the vehicle

The People, Respondent,v.Kenneth Padilla, Appellant.

45 Cited authorities

Holding that courts conducting review of the sufficiency of the evidence to support a criminal conviction should view the "evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution"

Holding that failure to recognize a reasonable expectation of privacy in a telephone booth would "ignore the vital role that the public telephone has come to play in private communication"

Holding that the decision to seize need be "on the basis of something other than suspicion of evidence of criminal activity"

Holding that criminal defendants could not mount a facial challenge to a statute that had been constitutionally applied at their trial

Holding that the inventory "search was not sufficiently regulated to satisfy the Fourth Amendment" because "the Florida Highway Patrol had no policy whatever with respect to the opening of closed containers encountered during an inventory search"

Holding there was no prejudice when four defendants were tried for a single conspiracy and two separate conspiracies were proven

Holding that no person can have a legally protected interest in contraband per se

Agreeing that reversal of a conviction "'is properly shunned when the [prosecutorial] misconduct has not substantially prejudiced a defendant's trial'"

Holding impoundment unconstitutional when another occupant of the vehicle was present at the arrest and could "provide for the speedy and efficient removal of the car from public thoroughfares or parking lots"

Following a lawful arrest of the driver of an automobile that must then be impounded, the police may conduct an inventory search of the vehicle