167 Cited authorities

  1. Strickland v. Washington

    466 U.S. 668 (1984)   Cited 159,597 times   179 Legal Analyses
    Holding that to establish ineffective assistance prejudice a petitioner "must show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's unprofessional errors, the result of the proceeding would have been different," and " reasonable probability is a probability sufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome"
  2. Crawford v. Washington

    541 U.S. 36 (2004)   Cited 17,495 times   82 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Confrontation Clause applies only to testimonial statements
  3. Jackson v. Virginia

    443 U.S. 307 (1979)   Cited 77,889 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 20,092 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a federal habeas court may not reexamine state court determinations of state law questions
  5. United States v. Olano

    507 U.S. 725 (1993)   Cited 11,315 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding that plain error review requires a reviewing court to refrain from correcting an error unless it is plain and affects "substantial rights," such that the error "seriously affect the fairness, integrity or public reputation of judicial proceedings"
  6. Davis v. Washington

    547 U.S. 813 (2006)   Cited 4,833 times   32 Legal Analyses
    Holding that statements made "in the course of police interrogation" are testimonial when made under "circumstances objectively indicat[ing] ... that the primary purpose of the interrogation [was] to establish or prove past events potentially relevant to later criminal prosecution"
  7. Neder v. United States

    527 U.S. 1 (1999)   Cited 4,973 times   31 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the failure to submit an uncontested element of an offense to a jury may be harmless
  8. Chapman v. California

    386 U.S. 18 (1967)   Cited 23,567 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding that error is harmless only if "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt"
  9. Delaware v. Van Arsdall

    475 U.S. 673 (1986)   Cited 7,304 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a restriction on defendant's ability to crossexamine witness in violation of Sixth Amendment was non-structural error
  10. Darden v. Wainwright

    477 U.S. 168 (1986)   Cited 6,600 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding comments casting the death penalty as the only guarantee against future similar acts do not deprive the defendant of a fair trial as long as they "d[o] not manipulate or misstate the evidence"