87 Cited authorities

  1. Crawford v. Washington

    541 U.S. 36 (2004)   Cited 17,381 times   82 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause bars "admission of testimonial statements of a witness who did not appear at trial unless he was unavailable to testify, and the defendant had had a prior opportunity for cross-examination"
  2. Illinois v. Gates

    462 U.S. 213 (1983)   Cited 18,905 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a warrant may issue only when probable cause exists under the "totality-of-the-circumstances"
  3. Whren v. United States

    517 U.S. 806 (1996)   Cited 8,585 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"
  4. Batson v. Kentucky

    476 U.S. 79 (1986)   Cited 15,224 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Equal Protection Clause applies to the use of peremptory strikes
  5. Miller-El v. Dretke

    545 U.S. 231 (2005)   Cited 2,695 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a prosecutor “would have cleared up any misunderstanding by asking further questions” if he truly considered a race-neutral characteristic grounds for a peremptory strike
  6. Hernandez v. New York

    500 U.S. 352 (1991)   Cited 3,861 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that evaluation of a prosecutor's credibility "lies `peculiarly within a trial judge's province'"
  7. Michigan v. Bryant

    562 U.S. 344 (2011)   Cited 1,577 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that statements made to police concerning an ongoing emergency are not testimonial
  8. United States v. Knights

    534 U.S. 112 (2001)   Cited 1,804 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a "warrantless search . . ., supported by reasonable suspicion and authorized by a condition of probation, was reasonable . . . [under] the Fourth Amendment"
  9. United States v. Ross

    456 U.S. 798 (1982)   Cited 4,136 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that search under the automobile exception extends only to areas "that may conceal the object of the search"
  10. Snyder v. Louisiana

    552 U.S. 472 (2008)   Cited 1,363 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that District Court determinations as to discriminatory intent are findings of fact reviewed only for clear error