51 Cited authorities

  1. Strickland v. Washington

    466 U.S. 668 (1984)   Cited 158,880 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. Smith v. Robbins

    528 U.S. 259 (2000)   Cited 8,555 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the proper standard for evaluating claim that appellate counsel was ineffective ... is that enunciated in Strickland"
  3. Miranda v. Arizona

    384 U.S. 436 (1966)   Cited 60,311 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. Batson v. Kentucky

    476 U.S. 79 (1986)   Cited 15,244 times   61 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Equal Protection Clause applies to the use of peremptory strikes
  5. Roe v. Flores-Ortega

    528 U.S. 470 (2000)   Cited 5,728 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding in criminal habeas context that counsel's failure to file a timely appeal is presumptively prejudicial, with no need for a "further showing from the defendant of the merits of his underlying claims"
  6. Brady v. Maryland

    373 U.S. 83 (1963)   Cited 43,434 times   133 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the prosecution violates due process when it suppresses material, favorable evidence
  7. Jones v. Barnes

    463 U.S. 745 (1983)   Cited 11,155 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
  8. Atkins v. Virginia

    536 U.S. 304 (2002)   Cited 3,124 times   54 Legal Analyses
    Holding that it violates the Eighth Amendment to execute intellectually disabled defendants
  9. Colorado v. Connelly

    479 U.S. 157 (1986)   Cited 4,825 times   12 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the government bears the burden of proving the validity of a Miranda waiver by a preponderance of the evidence
  10. Oregon v. Elstad

    470 U.S. 298 (1985)   Cited 2,921 times   15 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Fifth Amendment Miranda violations do not require that fruits of otherwise voluntary statements be suppressed as tainted