88 Cited authorities

Jackson v. Virginia
443 U.S. 307 (1979) Cited 77,575 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"
Lockyer v. Andrade
538 U.S. 63 (2003) Cited 11,083 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that pro se prisoner's timely motion for an extension to file an appeal was the functional equivalent of a notice of appeal
Graham v. Florida
560 U.S. 48 (2010) Cited 4,398 times 46 Legal Analyses
Holding life without parole sentences unconstitutional for non-homicide juvenile offenders
Chapman v. California
386 U.S. 18 (1967) Cited 23,463 times 28 Legal Analyses
Holding that error is harmless only if "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt"
Harmelin v. Michigan
501 U.S. 957 (1991) Cited 4,859 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that sentencing court not required to consider mitigating sentencing factors before imposing mandatory life sentence
Ewing v. California
538 U.S. 11 (2003) Cited 2,712 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding sentence of twenty-five years to life for theft of three golf clubs, valued at approximately $1200, was not violative of the Eighth Amendment, given defendant's prior felony convictions
In re Winship
397 U.S. 358 (1970) Cited 11,640 times 24 Legal Analyses
Holding that the government must prove every element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt
Sullivan v. Louisiana
508 U.S. 275 (1993) Cited 3,277 times 14 Legal Analyses
Holding that a constitutionally deficient reasonable doubt instruction constitutes structural error as the deprivation of the right to trial by jury has "necessarily unquantifiable and indeterminate" consequences and "unquestionably qualifies as ‘structural error’ "
Solem v. Helm
463 U.S. 277 (1983) Cited 4,001 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that a life sentence without the possibility of parole for a recidivist with seven underlying nonviolent felonies violated the Eighth Amendment
United States v. Gaudin
515 U.S. 506 (1995) Cited 1,657 times 15 Legal Analyses
Holding that a jury must decide whether a false statement under § 1001 is "material"
Section 17
Cal. Const. art. I § 17 Cited 1,406 times
Prohibiting cruel or unusual punishment

PEOPLE v. WILKINS

88 Cited authorities

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"

Holding that pro se prisoner's timely motion for an extension to file an appeal was the functional equivalent of a notice of appeal

Holding life without parole sentences unconstitutional for non-homicide juvenile offenders

Holding that error is harmless only if "harmless beyond a reasonable doubt"

Holding that sentencing court not required to consider mitigating sentencing factors before imposing mandatory life sentence

Holding sentence of twenty-five years to life for theft of three golf clubs, valued at approximately $1200, was not violative of the Eighth Amendment, given defendant's prior felony convictions

Holding that the government must prove every element of a crime beyond a reasonable doubt

Holding that a constitutionally deficient reasonable doubt instruction constitutes structural error as the deprivation of the right to trial by jury has "necessarily unquantifiable and indeterminate" consequences and "unquestionably qualifies as ‘structural error’ "

Holding that a life sentence without the possibility of parole for a recidivist with seven underlying nonviolent felonies violated the Eighth Amendment

Holding that a jury must decide whether a false statement under § 1001 is "material"

Prohibiting cruel or unusual punishment