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PEOPLE v. BRYANT

Appellant, Stanley Bryant, Opening Brief

803 Cited authorities

  1. 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”

  2. Crawford v. Washington

    541 U.S. 36 (2004)   Cited 17,419 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"

  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 77,659 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. Estelle v. McGuire

    502 U.S. 62 (1991)   Cited 19,985 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a federal habeas court may not reexamine state court determinations of state law questions

  6. Brecht v. Abrahamson

    507 U.S. 619 (1993)   Cited 11,817 times   30 Legal Analyses
    Holding that when a court has "never squarely addressed the issue, and ha at most assumed" something in a prior decision, it is "free to address the issue on the merits"

  7. Illinois v. Gates

    462 U.S. 213 (1983)   Cited 18,971 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a warrant may issue only when probable cause exists under the "totality-of-the-circumstances"

  8. Kyles v. Whitley

    514 U.S. 419 (1995)   Cited 7,265 times   36 Legal Analyses
    Holding the State's disclosure obligation turns on the cumulative effect of all suppressed evidence favorable to the defense

  9. 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”

  10. Brady v. Maryland

    373 U.S. 83 (1963)   Cited 43,445 times   133 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the prosecution violates due process when it suppresses material, favorable evidence

  11. Section Amendment VI - Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions

    U.S. Const. amend. VI   Cited 28,188 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Granting the accused the right to be tried "by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed."

  12. Section Amendment IV - Search and Seizure

    U.S. Const. amend. IV   Cited 26,700 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing that "[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized"

  13. Section 190.2 - Penalty for defendant found guilty of first-degree murder with special circumstance

    Cal. Pen. Code § 190.2   Cited 5,951 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Prescribing penalty of death or LWOP for special circumstance murder

  14. Section Amendment XIV - Rights Guaranteed: Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process, and Equal Protection

    U.S. Const. amend. XIV   Cited 11,428 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting deprivations by “State”

  15. Section 848 - Continuing criminal enterprise

    21 U.S.C. § 848   Cited 3,883 times   30 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing the court's authority in certain situations to "impose a sentence, other than death, authorized by law"

  16. Section 15

    Cal. Const. art. I § 15   Cited 3,314 times
    Affording “the right ... to compel attendance of witnesses in the defendant's behalf”

  17. Section 37.07 - Verdict Must Be General; Separate Hearing On Proper Punishment

    Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 37.07   Cited 2,411 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that "[r]egardless of the plea and whether the punishment be assessed by the judge or the jury, evidence may be offered by the state and the defendant as to any matter the court deems relevant to sentencing, including but not limited to the prior criminal record of the defendant, his general reputation, his character, an opinion regarding his character, the circumstances of the offense for which he is being tried"

  18. Section 7

    Cal. Const. art. I § 7   Cited 2,117 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Guaranteeing due process and equal protection

  19. Section 16

    Cal. Const. art. I § 16   Cited 1,777 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Stating that the right to a "trial by jury is an inviolate right"

  20. Section 17

    Cal. Const. art. I § 17   Cited 1,409 times
    Prohibiting cruel or unusual punishment