212 Cited authorities

  1. Strickland v. Washington

    466 U.S. 668 (1984)   Cited 158,093 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 26,583 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 77,383 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. Wiggins v. Smith

    539 U.S. 510 (2003)   Cited 9,429 times   45 Legal Analyses
    Holding that counsel's performance was deficient when they failed to expand their investigation into the defendant's life history "after having acquired only rudimentary knowledge of his history from a narrow set of sources," especially when those sources indicated the existence of helpful mitigation evidence
  5. Ring v. Arizona

    536 U.S. 584 (2002)   Cited 4,991 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”
  6. Chapman v. California

    386 U.S. 18 (1967)   Cited 23,424 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding that error is harmless only if "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt"
  7. Atkins v. Virginia

    536 U.S. 304 (2002)   Cited 3,110 times   54 Legal Analyses
    Holding that it violates the Eighth Amendment to execute intellectually disabled defendants
  8. Arizona v. Fulminante

    499 U.S. 279 (1991)   Cited 5,271 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Holding that involuntary confessions are subject to harmless-error review
  9. Darden v. Wainwright

    477 U.S. 168 (1986)   Cited 6,538 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"
  10. Harmelin v. Michigan

    501 U.S. 957 (1991)   Cited 4,849 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that sentencing court not required to consider mitigating sentencing factors before imposing mandatory life sentence
  11. Section Amendment XIV - Rights Guaranteed: Privileges and Immunities of Citizenship, Due Process, and Equal Protection

    U.S. Const. amend. XIV   Cited 11,333 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting deprivations by “State”
  12. Section 848 - Continuing criminal enterprise

    21 U.S.C. § 848   Cited 3,662 times   30 Legal Analyses
    Recognizing the court's authority in certain situations to "impose a sentence, other than death, authorized by law"
  13. Section 15

    Cal. Const. art. I § 15   Cited 3,304 times
    Affording “the right ... to compel attendance of witnesses in the defendant's behalf”
  14. Section 2C:11-3 - Murder

    N.J. Stat. § 2C:11-3   Cited 2,354 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Requiring courts to either sentence juvenile homicide offenders to 30 years without parole or to make them eligible for parole after 30 years
  15. Section 7

    Cal. Const. art. I § 7   Cited 2,100 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Guaranteeing due process and equal protection
  16. Section 37.071 - Procedure In Capital Case

    Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 37.071   Cited 1,039 times   7 Legal Analyses
    Identifying "special issues" to be considered by the sentencer when determining the appropriate sentence
  17. Section 190.3 - Death penalty for defendant found guilty of first degree murder with special circumstance

    Cal. Pen. Code § 190.3   Cited 819 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Providing that, "[i]n determining the penalty, the trier of fact shall take into account" any relevant listed factors
  18. Section 9711 - Sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree

    42 Pa. C.S. § 9711   Cited 739 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the victim's statements about the defendant that were communicated to the defendant were not hearsay when the statements were offered to prove the defendant's motive for killing the victim
  19. Section 2929.05 - Supreme court review upon appeal of sentence of death

    Ohio Rev. Code § 2929.05   Cited 479 times
    Directing the reviewing court to "independently weigh all facts and other evidence disclosed in the record in the case and consider the offense and the offender to determine . . . whether the sentence of death is appropriate"
  20. Section 13A-5-53 - Appellate review of death sentence; scope; remand; specific determinations to be made by court; authority of court following review

    Ala. Code § 13A-5-53   Cited 432 times
    Requiring the appellate court to determine whether the sentence of death is excessive or disproportionate to the penalty imposed in similar cases