64 Cited authorities

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"
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"
Neder v. United States
527 U.S. 1 (1999) Cited 4,952 times 31 Legal Analyses
Holding that the failure to submit an uncontested element of an offense to a jury may be harmless
Ohio v. Roberts
448 U.S. 56 (1980) Cited 4,632 times 16 Legal Analyses
Holding that the question of good-faith effort is a question of reasonableness, and a prosecutor is not required to do a futile act
Furman v. Georgia
408 U.S. 238 (1972) Cited 3,612 times 27 Legal Analyses
Holding that death penalty cannot be imposed using sentencing procedures that create a risk of arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement
People v. Doolin
45 Cal.4th 390 (Cal. 2009) Cited 3,874 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding defendant's request to represent himself was untimely where he sought self-representation at sentencing hearing only after his Marsden motion was denied
Giles v. California
554 U.S. 353 (2008) Cited 818 times 13 Legal Analyses
Holding that exception applies "only when the defendant engaged in conduct designed to prevent the witness from testifying"
Schad v. Arizona
501 U.S. 624 (1991) Cited 1,371 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding constitutional Arizona's scheme of providing general verdicts for first-degree murder based on either premeditation or felony murder, without requiring jury unanimity
Maynard v. Cartwright
486 U.S. 356 (1988) Cited 1,136 times 15 Legal Analyses
Holding that Oklahoma's "especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel" aggravating circumstance was unconstitutionally vague
People v. Bolin
18 Cal.4th 297 (Cal. 1998) Cited 3,661 times
Holding that defendant's act of retrieving gun after arguing with victim supported finding that murder was premeditated
Section 13
Cal. Const. art. VI § 13 Cited 4,516 times
Requiring a "miscarriage of justice"

PEOPLE v. STREETER (HOWARD L.)

64 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 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"

Holding that the failure to submit an uncontested element of an offense to a jury may be harmless

Holding that the question of good-faith effort is a question of reasonableness, and a prosecutor is not required to do a futile act

Holding that death penalty cannot be imposed using sentencing procedures that create a risk of arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement

Holding defendant's request to represent himself was untimely where he sought self-representation at sentencing hearing only after his Marsden motion was denied

Holding that exception applies "only when the defendant engaged in conduct designed to prevent the witness from testifying"

Holding constitutional Arizona's scheme of providing general verdicts for first-degree murder based on either premeditation or felony murder, without requiring jury unanimity

Holding that Oklahoma's "especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel" aggravating circumstance was unconstitutionally vague

Holding that defendant's act of retrieving gun after arguing with victim supported finding that murder was premeditated

Requiring a "miscarriage of justice"