257 Cited authorities

  1. Strickland v. Washington

    466 U.S. 668 (1984)   Cited 158,786 times   176 Legal Analyses
    Holding an "error by counsel" doesn't "warrant setting aside the judgment of a criminal proceeding" where in the context of the whole proceeding the identified error "had no effect on the judgment"
  2. Apprendi v. New Jersey

    530 U.S. 466 (2000)   Cited 26,646 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”
  3. Jackson v. Virginia

    443 U.S. 307 (1979)   Cited 77,630 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"
  4. Estelle v. McGuire

    502 U.S. 62 (1991)   Cited 19,970 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a federal habeas court may not reexamine state court determinations of state law questions
  5. Bell v. Cone

    535 U.S. 685 (2002)   Cited 9,826 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that state court adjudication that “correctly identified the principles announced [by the Supreme Court] as those governing the analysis ... was [not] contrary to ... clearly established law”
  6. Cunningham v. California

    549 U.S. 270 (2007)   Cited 4,292 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the "jury-trial guarantee proscribes a sentencing scheme that allows a judge to impose a sentence above the statutory maximum based on a fact, other than a prior conviction, not found by the jury or admitted by the defendant"
  7. 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”
  8. Roper v. Simmons

    543 U.S. 551 (2005)   Cited 3,496 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding "that the death penalty cannot be imposed upon juvenile offenders"
  9. Faretta v. California

    422 U.S. 806 (1975)   Cited 12,552 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a defendant's right to self-representation was denied when he made his requests "weeks before trial" without any indication that the defendant was required to reassert his request during the trial
  10. Arizona v. Fulminante

    499 U.S. 279 (1991)   Cited 5,291 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Holding that involuntary confessions are subject to harmless-error review
  11. Section 187 - Murder

    Cal. Pen. Code § 187   Cited 19,826 times
    Defining murder as "the unlawful killing of a human being . . . with malice aforethought."
  12. Section 400 - "Preliminary fact" and "the admissibility or inadmissibility of evidence"

    Cal. Evid. Code § 400   Cited 127 times
    Defining "preliminary fact" to mean "a fact upon the existence or nonexistence of which depends the admissibility or inadmissibility of evidence"