183 Cited authorities

  1. Estelle v. McGuire

    502 U.S. 62 (1991)   Cited 19,946 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a federal habeas court may not reexamine state court determinations of state law questions
  2. Chapman v. California

    386 U.S. 18 (1967)   Cited 23,458 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding that error is harmless only if "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt"
  3. Delaware v. Van Arsdall

    475 U.S. 673 (1986)   Cited 7,272 times   9 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a restriction on defendant's ability to crossexamine witness in violation of Sixth Amendment was non-structural error
  4. Arizona v. Fulminante

    499 U.S. 279 (1991)   Cited 5,281 times   20 Legal Analyses
    Holding that involuntary confessions are subject to harmless-error review
  5. Darden v. Wainwright

    477 U.S. 168 (1986)   Cited 6,557 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"
  6. Smith v. Phillips

    455 U.S. 209 (1982)   Cited 4,848 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a juror's pending job application with the prosecutor's office required a post-trial hearing on juror bias
  7. Bruton v. United States

    391 U.S. 123 (1968)   Cited 8,922 times   26 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause is violated when the court admits an incriminating out-of-court statement by a nontestifying codefendant
  8. Donnelly v. DeChristoforo

    416 U.S. 637 (1974)   Cited 6,210 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
  9. Crane v. Kentucky

    476 U.S. 683 (1986)   Cited 3,276 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an opportunity to present a complete defense "would be an empty one if the State were permitted to exclude competent, reliable evidence bearing on the credibility of a confession when such evidence is central to the defendant's claim of innocence"
  10. Davis v. Alaska

    415 U.S. 308 (1974)   Cited 5,683 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding that this confrontation right is applicable to state and federal defendants alike
  11. Section Amendment VI - Rights of Accused in Criminal Prosecutions

    U.S. Const. amend. VI   Cited 28,088 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Granting the accused the right to be tried "by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed."
  12. Section 13

    Cal. Const. art. VI § 13   Cited 4,508 times
    Requiring a "miscarriage of justice"
  13. Section 15

    Cal. Const. art. I § 15   Cited 3,311 times
    Affording “the right ... to compel attendance of witnesses in the defendant's behalf”
  14. Section 28

    Cal. Const. art. I § 28   Cited 2,118 times
    Granting crime victims the right "[t]o reasonable notice of all public proceedings, including delinquency proceedings, upon request, at which the defendant and the prosecutor are entitled to be present"