27 Cited authorities

  1. Apprendi v. New Jersey

    530 U.S. 466 (2000)   Cited 26,625 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”
  2. Morrissey v. Brewer

    408 U.S. 471 (1972)   Cited 10,670 times   5 Legal Analyses
    Holding that parolees "must have an opportunity to be heard and to show . . . that circumstances in mitigation suggest that the violation does not warrant revocation"
  3. Hoffman Estates v. Flipside, Hoffman Estates

    455 U.S. 489 (1982)   Cited 3,175 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the possible inhibition of a constitutional right is "perhaps the most important factor"
  4. Grayned v. City of Rockford

    408 U.S. 104 (1972)   Cited 4,708 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statute's words, even when "marked by flexibility and reasonable breadth, rather than meticulous specificity," are clear based on "what the ordinance as a whole prohibits"
  5. Shapiro v. Thompson

    394 U.S. 618 (1969)   Cited 2,287 times
    Holding a federal law that applied to residents of the District of Columbia violated the right to travel
  6. United States v. Mazurie

    419 U.S. 544 (1975)   Cited 861 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that Congress, which regulated the introduction of alcoholic beverages in "Indian country" could validly delegate to Indian tribes its authority to regulate that subject matter because Indian tribes themselves possessed independent authority over the subject matter
  7. Auto Equity Sales, Inc. v. Superior Court

    57 Cal.2d 450 (Cal. 1962)   Cited 5,905 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Explaining the "rule requiring a court exercising inferior jurisdiction to follow the decisions of a court exercising a higher jurisdiction"
  8. Connally v. General Const. Co.

    269 U.S. 385 (1926)   Cited 2,758 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a statute violates due process for vagueness if “men of common intelligence must necessarily guess at its meaning and differ as to its application”
  9. People v. Lent

    15 Cal.3d 481 (Cal. 1975)   Cited 1,696 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a probationer who agreed to a search term cannot avoid an imminent search by refusing law enforcement permission to conduct it
  10. Meyer v. Nebraska

    262 U.S. 390 (1923)   Cited 2,664 times   10 Legal Analyses
    Holding a Nebraska statute prohibiting the teaching of any subject in any language other than the English language unconstitutional
  11. Section 288 - Lewd or lascivious act upon child under age of 14 years

    Cal. Pen. Code § 288   Cited 9,304 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Defining crime of conviction
  12. Section 288a - [Renumbered]

    Cal. Pen. Code § 288a   Cited 3,506 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Defining oral copulation as "the act of copulating the mouth of one person with the sexual organ or anus of another person"
  13. Section 286 - Sodomy

    Cal. Pen. Code § 286   Cited 1,954 times
    Defining sodomy
  14. Section 3003.5 - Restriction on residency

    Cal. Pen. Code § 3003.5   Cited 160 times
    Making violation of residency restriction “unlawful”
  15. Section 13663 - Ineligibility of dangerous sex offenders for admission to public housing

    42 U.S.C. § 13663   Cited 29 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting those who are subject to a lifetime registration requirement from public housing