Hurst v. Florida
577 U.S. 92 (2016) Cited 961 times 5 Legal AnalysesHolding Florida's former death penalty sentencing scheme unconstitutional because "[t]he Sixth Amendment requires a jury, not a judge, to find each fact necessary to impose a sentence of death"
People v. Sanchez
63 Cal.4th 665 (Cal. 2016) Cited 1,452 timesHolding that case-specific out-of-court statements offered by an expert and not otherwise admissible are necessarily offered for their truth, in violation of the Confrontation Clause
People v. Brooks
2 Cal.5th 674 (Cal. 2017) Cited 712 timesFinding no prejudice due to erroneous exclusion of impeachment evidence under Evid. Code, § 1202, after examining other evidence presented to jury