148 Cited authorities

  1. Apprendi v. New Jersey

    530 U.S. 466 (2000)   Cited 26,884 times   101 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 16,685 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 61,154 times   64 Legal Analyses
    Holding that officers must inform suspects that they have a right to remain silent, that anything they say may be used as evidence against them, and that they are entitled to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed, prior to the interrogation
  4. Batson v. Kentucky

    476 U.S. 79 (1986)   Cited 15,430 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 5,042 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 3,591 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 23,789 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 2,036 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that federal courts may not use "debatable inferences" to set aside a state court's factual conclusion
  9. Purkett v. Elem

    514 U.S. 765 (1995)   Cited 3,049 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 2,343 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “the protections announced in Miranda ” are “constitutionally required”