40 Cited authorities

  1. Crawford v. Washington

    541 U.S. 36 (2004)   Cited 17,415 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"
  2. Yarborough v. Alvarado

    541 U.S. 652 (2004)   Cited 7,995 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Holding that habeas relief from a state court judgment is appropriate only when "the necessity to apply [an] earlier rule [set forth by the Supreme Court is] beyond doubt"
  3. Miranda v. Arizona

    384 U.S. 436 (1966)   Cited 60,297 times   64 Legal Analyses
    Holding that statements obtained by custodial interrogation of a criminal defendant without warning of constitutional rights are inadmissible under the Fifth Amendment
  4. Terry v. Ohio

    392 U.S. 1 (1968)   Cited 38,169 times   73 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a police officer who has reasonable suspicion of criminal activity may conduct a brief investigative stop
  5. Florida v. Bostick

    501 U.S. 429 (1991)   Cited 4,595 times   16 Legal Analyses
    Holding that police officers' search of a bus passenger's luggage can be based on consent
  6. Florida v. Royer

    460 U.S. 491 (1983)   Cited 6,705 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the government bears the burden of demonstrating reasonable suspicion
  7. Brendlin v. California

    551 U.S. 249 (2007)   Cited 2,087 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that when police make a traffic stop, a passenger in the vehicle, like the driver, is seized for Fourth Amendment purposes and may challenge the stop's constitutionality
  8. Schriro v. Summerlin

    542 U.S. 348 (2004)   Cited 2,206 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding "[n]ew substantive rules generally apply retroactively"
  9. Thompson v. Keohane

    516 U.S. 99 (1995)   Cited 2,429 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that factual determinations consist of "basic, primary, or historical facts" (quoting Townsend v. Sain , 372 U.S. 293, 309 n.6, 83 S.Ct. 745, 9 L.Ed.2d 770 (1963) )
  10. Donnelly v. DeChristoforo

    416 U.S. 637 (1974)   Cited 6,218 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, because a prosecutor's statement during closing argument was ambiguous, it was not so misleading and prejudicial that it deprived the defendant of due process