264 Cited authorities

Crawford v. Washington
541 U.S. 36 (2004) Cited 17,394 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"
Bell v. Wolfish
441 U.S. 520 (1979) Cited 17,353 times 10 Legal Analyses
Holding that a "prohibition against receipt of hardback books unless mailed directly from publishers, book clubs, or bookstores does not violate the First Amendment rights of MCC inmates"
Hudson v. Palmer
468 U.S. 517 (1984) Cited 12,345 times 13 Legal Analyses
Holding that prisoners have no reasonable expectation of privacy
Turner v. Safley
482 U.S. 78 (1987) Cited 10,134 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding a regulation unconstitutional after noting that the prison "pointed to nothing in the record suggesting" the existence of a rational connection between the regulation and the asserted government interest and that "[c]ommon sense likewise suggests that there is no [such] connection"
Roper v. Simmons
543 U.S. 551 (2005) Cited 3,490 times 38 Legal Analyses
Holding "that the death penalty cannot be imposed upon juvenile offenders"
Chapman v. California
386 U.S. 18 (1967) Cited 23,461 times 28 Legal Analyses
Holding that error is harmless only if "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt"
Delaware v. Van Arsdall
475 U.S. 673 (1986) Cited 7,273 times 9 Legal Analyses
Holding that a restriction on defendant's ability to crossexamine witness in violation of Sixth Amendment was non-structural error
Old Chief v. United States
519 U.S. 172 (1997) Cited 3,026 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that the district court had abused its discretion in admitting the record of conviction when the defendant in that case offered to stipulate to a prior felony conviction
Manson v. Brathwaite
432 U.S. 98 (1977) Cited 5,588 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that, if police procedures are unduly suggestive, identification will be excluded if its reliability does not outweigh corrupting influence of suggestive procedure
United States v. Scheffer
523 U.S. 303 (1998) Cited 1,979 times 6 Legal Analyses
Holding that the blanket exclusion of polygraph evidence didn't violate the right to present a defense, as the law was "a rational and proportional means of advancing the legitimate interest in barring unreliable evidence"
Section 2510 - Definitions
18 U.S.C. § 2510 Cited 4,240 times 76 Legal Analyses
Defining "[i]nvestigative or law enforcement officer" as an officer "empowered by law to conduct investigations of or to make arrests for [certain] offenses . . . and any attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of such offenses"
Section 2511 - Interception and disclosure of wire, oral, or electronic communications prohibited
18 U.S.C. § 2511 Cited 2,776 times 42 Legal Analyses
Imposing a penalty on persons who “intentionally intercept ... any wire, oral, or electronic communication”
Section 2515 - Prohibition of use as evidence of intercepted wire or oral communications
18 U.S.C. § 2515 Cited 739 times 3 Legal Analyses
Codifying the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine for wiretapping evidence

PEOPLE v. CLARK (WILLIAM CLINTON)

264 Cited authorities

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"

Holding that a "prohibition against receipt of hardback books unless mailed directly from publishers, book clubs, or bookstores does not violate the First Amendment rights of MCC inmates"

Holding that prisoners have no reasonable expectation of privacy

Holding a regulation unconstitutional after noting that the prison "pointed to nothing in the record suggesting" the existence of a rational connection between the regulation and the asserted government interest and that "[c]ommon sense likewise suggests that there is no [such] connection"

Holding "that the death penalty cannot be imposed upon juvenile offenders"

Holding that error is harmless only if "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt"

Holding that a restriction on defendant's ability to crossexamine witness in violation of Sixth Amendment was non-structural error

Holding that the district court had abused its discretion in admitting the record of conviction when the defendant in that case offered to stipulate to a prior felony conviction

Holding that, if police procedures are unduly suggestive, identification will be excluded if its reliability does not outweigh corrupting influence of suggestive procedure

Holding that the blanket exclusion of polygraph evidence didn't violate the right to present a defense, as the law was "a rational and proportional means of advancing the legitimate interest in barring unreliable evidence"

Defining "[i]nvestigative or law enforcement officer" as an officer "empowered by law to conduct investigations of or to make arrests for [certain] offenses . . . and any attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of such offenses"

Imposing a penalty on persons who “intentionally intercept ... any wire, oral, or electronic communication”

Codifying the fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine for wiretapping evidence