147 Cited authorities

  1. United States v. Booker

    543 U.S. 220 (2005)   Cited 25,404 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding the Sentencing Guidelines are advisory
  2. Apprendi v. New Jersey

    530 U.S. 466 (2000)   Cited 26,659 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. Blakely v. Washington

    542 U.S. 296 (2004)   Cited 16,620 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Holding 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”
  4. Cunningham v. California

    549 U.S. 270 (2007)   Cited 4,294 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the "jury-trial guarantee proscribes a sentencing scheme that allows a judge to impose a sentence above the statutory maximum based on a fact, other than a prior conviction, not found by the jury or admitted by the defendant"
  5. Ring v. Arizona

    536 U.S. 584 (2002)   Cited 5,001 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. Jones v. Barnes

    463 U.S. 745 (1983)   Cited 11,165 times   21 Legal Analyses
    Holding that it was not ineffective assistance for appellate counsel to decline to make every nonfrivolous argument requested by the defendant
  7. Roper v. Simmons

    543 U.S. 551 (2005)   Cited 3,503 times   38 Legal Analyses
    Holding "that the death penalty cannot be imposed upon juvenile offenders"
  8. Chapman v. California

    386 U.S. 18 (1967)   Cited 23,519 times   28 Legal Analyses
    Holding that error is harmless only if "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt"
  9. Faretta v. California

    422 U.S. 806 (1975)   Cited 12,577 times   23 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a defendant's right to self-representation was denied when he made his requests "weeks before trial" without any indication that the defendant was required to reassert his request during the trial
  10. Boykin v. Alabama

    395 U.S. 238 (1969)   Cited 13,240 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a silent record is insufficient for a waiver of certain specified rights not at issue here