Strickland v. Washington
466 U.S. 668 (1984) Cited 158,509 times 176 Legal AnalysesHolding 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"
Williams v. Taylor
529 U.S. 362 (2000) Cited 37,715 times 66 Legal AnalysesHolding that counsel's performance was deficient when their investigation failed to uncover "extensive records" filled with mitigation evidence concerning the defendant's family history, education, mental health, and rehabilitation
United States v. Booker
543 U.S. 220 (2005) Cited 25,353 times 28 Legal AnalysesHolding the Sentencing Guidelines are advisory
Apprendi v. New Jersey
530 U.S. 466 (2000) Cited 26,616 times 100 Legal AnalysesHolding 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”
Blakely v. Washington
542 U.S. 296 (2004) Cited 16,608 times 17 Legal AnalysesHolding that “[w]hen a judge inflicts punishment that the jury's verdict alone does not allow, the jury has not found all the facts ‘which the law makes essential to the punishment,’ and the judge exceeds his proper authority”
Jackson v. Virginia
443 U.S. 307 (1979) Cited 77,527 times 16 Legal AnalysesHolding 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"
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
509 U.S. 579 (1993) Cited 26,206 times 224 Legal AnalysesHolding that a trial judge must ensure that all admitted expert testimony "is not only relevant, but reliable"
Brecht v. Abrahamson
507 U.S. 619 (1993) Cited 11,796 times 30 Legal AnalysesHolding that when a court has "never squarely addressed the issue, and ha at most assumed" something in a prior decision, it is "free to address the issue on the merits"
Batson v. Kentucky
476 U.S. 79 (1986) Cited 15,224 times 61 Legal AnalysesHolding that the Equal Protection Clause applies to the use of peremptory strikes
Tennard v. Dretke
542 U.S. 274 (2004) Cited 5,491 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that petitioner was entitled to a COA on his Penry claim where his evidence of low IQ and impaired intellectual functioning had "mitigating dimension beyond the impact it has on the individual's ability to act deliberately"
Section 15
Cal. Const. art. I § 15 Cited 3,311 timesAffording “the right ... to compel attendance of witnesses in the defendant's behalf”
Section 7
Cal. Const. art. I § 7 Cited 2,107 times 5 Legal AnalysesGuaranteeing due process and equal protection
Section 16
Cal. Const. art. I § 16 Cited 1,774 times 2 Legal AnalysesStating that the right to a "trial by jury is an inviolate right"
Section 24
Cal. Const. art. I § 24 Cited 193 timesMaking explicit that "[r]ights guaranteed by this Constitution are not dependent on those guaranteed by the United States Constitution"
Section 2280 - General
Cal. Code Regs. tit. 15 § 2280 Cited 22 timesListing section 3041 as a statutory reference
Section 3 CCR 714-1-F-2
3 Colo. Code Regs. § 714-1-F-2 Cited 7 timesThe Board or its Executive Secretary may issue a Temporary License pursuant to Section 12-51.5-103(3)(f), C.R.S., to applicants who are eligible for such a license upon receipt of a complete application including all fees, fingerprint card, and all parts of the application being filled out and signed. 3 CCR 714-1-F-2
Section 3 CCR 714-1-F-4
3 Colo. Code Regs. § 714-1-F-4 Cited 4 timesDuring the period of temporary licensure, the temporary licensee shall be scheduled for the licensing examination, no more than two times. His application shall be evaluated by the Board and disposition of the application shall be made. 3 CCR 714-1-F-4