52 Cited authorities

  1. Miranda v. Arizona

    384 U.S. 436 (1966)   Cited 60,244 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
  2. 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"
  3. Edwards v. Arizona

    451 U.S. 477 (1981)   Cited 6,423 times   25 Legal Analyses
    Holding that continued questioning violates Fifth Amendment if suspect clearly asserts right to counsel
  4. Colorado v. Connelly

    479 U.S. 157 (1986)   Cited 4,817 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
  5. 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’ "
  6. Missouri v. Seibert

    542 U.S. 600 (2004)   Cited 1,990 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[s]trategists dedicated to draining the substance out of" constitutional protections cannot accomplish by planning around these protections because it "effectively threatens to thwart [their] purpose"
  7. Dickerson v. United States

    530 U.S. 428 (2000)   Cited 2,284 times   18 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “the protections announced in Miranda ” are “constitutionally required”
  8. Moran v. Burbine

    475 U.S. 412 (1986)   Cited 4,085 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Sixth Amendment does not apply to statements a defendant makes to police before he is indicted
  9. McNeil v. Wisconsin

    501 U.S. 171 (1991)   Cited 1,800 times   6 Legal Analyses
    Holding that the Sixth Amendment's right to counsel is "offense specific," and once invoked, does not automatically apply to all future charges.
  10. North Carolina v. Butler

    441 U.S. 369 (1979)   Cited 2,340 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding they are not
  11. Section 24

    Cal. Const. art. I § 24   Cited 193 times
    Making explicit that "[r]ights guaranteed by this Constitution are not dependent on those guaranteed by the United States Constitution"