72 Cited authorities

  1. Whren v. United States

    517 U.S. 806 (1996)   Cited 8,590 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, upon observing traffic violation, officer may stop vehicle regardless of his subjective motivations, "as long as the circumstances, viewed objectively, justify that action"
  2. Arizona v. Gant

    556 U.S. 332 (2009)   Cited 3,880 times   41 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a search incident to a lawful arrest is one conducted "as long as the administrative processes incident to the arrest and custody have not been completed."
  3. Rawlings v. Kentucky

    448 U.S. 98 (1980)   Cited 2,283 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a defendant could not benefit from the unconstitutional search of another person's purse
  4. Knowles v. Iowa

    525 U.S. 113 (1998)   Cited 864 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Holding that when an officer cited a driver for speeding, the need to find evidence did not justify a search of a car because the officer had already obtained all the evidence necessary to prosecute the offense and no more evidence would be found in the car
  5. People v. Robinson

    97 N.Y.2d 341 (N.Y. 2001)   Cited 492 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Declining to distinguish between criminal and traffic violations for the purposes of searches and seizures under New York law
  6. State v. O'Neal

    190 N.J. 601 (N.J. 2007)   Cited 313 times
    Holding "[i]t is not ineffective assistance of counsel for defense counsel not to file a meritless motion"
  7. U.S. v. Williams

    436 F.3d 706 (6th Cir. 2006)   Cited 276 times
    Holding that "a properly calculated within-Guidelines sentence will be afforded a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness on appeal"
  8. United States v. Lugo

    170 F.3d 996 (10th Cir. 1999)   Cited 262 times
    Holding that the defendant waived the right to dismissal under § 3162 when he did not file a motion to dismiss before trial
  9. People v. Landy

    59 N.Y.2d 369 (N.Y. 1983)   Cited 190 times   1 Legal Analyses
    In People v Landy (59 N.Y.2d 369), this Court rejected defendant's claim that his pro se summation — with counsel present throughout — was a basis for reversal, unanimously holding that the trial court "sufficiently complied with the rules requiring that it inquire of the defendant and obtain defendant's knowing and intelligent waiver of the assistance of counsel" (id., at 377).
  10. State v. Clark

    255 Conn. 268 (Conn. 2001)   Cited 99 times
    Describing factors providing objectively reasonable basis for frisk of defendant, including connection between narcotics trade and weapons, visible nervousness in dealing with police officers, and evidence confirming his connection to narcotics trafficking under investigation