71 Cited authorities

  1. Crawford v. Washington

    541 U.S. 36 (2004)   Cited 17,484 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. Estelle v. McGuire

    502 U.S. 62 (1991)   Cited 20,085 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a federal habeas court may not reexamine state court determinations of state law questions
  3. St. Mary's Honor Ctr. v. Hicks

    509 U.S. 502 (1993)   Cited 12,279 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a trier of fact may infer discrimination upon rejecting an employer's proffered reason for termination
  4. Batson v. Kentucky

    476 U.S. 79 (1986)   Cited 15,288 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Equal Protection Clause applies to the use of peremptory strikes
  5. Davis v. Washington

    547 U.S. 813 (2006)   Cited 4,830 times   32 Legal Analyses
    Holding that statements made "in the course of police interrogation" are testimonial when made under "circumstances objectively indicat[ing] ... that the primary purpose of the interrogation [was] to establish or prove past events potentially relevant to later criminal prosecution"
  6. Melendez–Diaz v. Massachusetts

    557 U.S. 305 (2009)   Cited 3,574 times   46 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a certification that material seized by the police included cocaine was testimonial
  7. Chapman v. California

    386 U.S. 18 (1967)   Cited 23,561 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding that error is harmless only if "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt"
  8. Delaware v. Van Arsdall

    475 U.S. 673 (1986)   Cited 7,302 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a restriction on defendant's ability to crossexamine witness in violation of Sixth Amendment was non-structural error
  9. Miller-El v. Dretke

    545 U.S. 231 (2005)   Cited 2,712 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
  10. In re Winship

    397 U.S. 358 (1970)   Cited 11,667 times   24 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the government must prove every element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt
  11. Section 459 - Burglary

    Cal. Pen. Code § 459   Cited 11,934 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Providing that a "person who enters" certain locations "with intent to commit grand or petit larceny or any felony is guilty of burglary"
  12. Section 2 - Effective date

    Cal. Pen. Code § 2   Cited 656 times
    Amending § 3000.08