97 Cited authorities

  1. United States v. Booker

    543 U.S. 220 (2005)   Cited 25,387 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding the Sentencing Guidelines are advisory
  2. Apprendi v. New Jersey

    530 U.S. 466 (2000)   Cited 26,650 times   100 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “[o]ther than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum must be submitted to a jury, and proved beyond a reasonable doubt”
  3. Blakely v. Washington

    542 U.S. 296 (2004)   Cited 16,617 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “[w]hen a judge inflicts punishment that the jury's verdict alone does not allow, the jury has not found all the facts ‘which the law makes essential to the punishment,’ and the judge exceeds his proper authority”
  4. Jackson v. Virginia

    443 U.S. 307 (1979)   Cited 77,657 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"
  5. Batson v. Kentucky

    476 U.S. 79 (1986)   Cited 15,244 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Equal Protection Clause applies to the use of peremptory strikes
  6. Cunningham v. California

    549 U.S. 270 (2007)   Cited 4,293 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the "jury-trial guarantee proscribes a sentencing scheme that allows a judge to impose a sentence above the statutory maximum based on a fact, other than a prior conviction, not found by the jury or admitted by the defendant"
  7. Kyles v. Whitley

    514 U.S. 419 (1995)   Cited 7,263 times   36 Legal Analyses
    Holding the State's disclosure obligation turns on the cumulative effect of all suppressed evidence favorable to the defense
  8. Ring v. Arizona

    536 U.S. 584 (2002)   Cited 4,999 times   50 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “[i]f a State makes an increase in a defendant's authorized punishment contingent on the finding of a fact, that fact—no matter how the State labels it—must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt”
  9. Brady v. Maryland

    373 U.S. 83 (1963)   Cited 43,434 times   133 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the prosecution violates due process when it suppresses material, favorable evidence
  10. Chapman v. California

    386 U.S. 18 (1967)   Cited 23,491 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding that error is harmless only if "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt"
  11. Section 11590 - [Repealed]

    Cal. Health & Saf. Code § 11590   Cited 219 times
    Referencing specific controlled substances for offenses defined in § 11377