148 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. 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”
  3. Miranda v. Arizona

    384 U.S. 436 (1966)   Cited 60,313 times   64 Legal Analyses
    Holding that statements obtained by custodial interrogation of a criminal defendant without warning of constitutional rights are inadmissible under the Fifth Amendment
  4. Batson v. Kentucky

    476 U.S. 79 (1986)   Cited 15,246 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Equal Protection Clause applies to the use of peremptory strikes
  5. 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”
  6. Roper v. Simmons

    543 U.S. 551 (2005)   Cited 3,500 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding "that the death penalty cannot be imposed upon juvenile offenders"
  7. Chapman v. California

    386 U.S. 18 (1967)   Cited 23,494 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding that error is harmless only if "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt"
  8. Rice v. Collins

    546 U.S. 333 (2006)   Cited 1,953 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding the state court's decision was not unreasonable because the record did not "compel the conclusion that the trial court had no permissible alternative" than to decide otherwise
  9. Purkett v. Elem

    514 U.S. 765 (1995)   Cited 3,011 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding a Court of Appeals erred by combining Batson’s second and third steps
  10. Dickerson v. United States

    530 U.S. 428 (2000)   Cited 2,290 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “the protections announced in Miranda ” are “constitutionally required”