Jackson v. Virginia

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"

Estelle v. McGuire

Holding that a federal habeas court may not reexamine state court determinations of state law questions

Brady v. Maryland

Holding that the prosecution violates due process when it suppresses material, favorable evidence

Chapman v. California

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

United States v. Jones

Holding that installation of a tracking device was "a physical intrusion would have been considered a ‘search’ within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment when it was adopted"

In re Winship

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

Dowling v. United States

Holding that admission of evidence must be fundamentally unfair to constitute a due process violation

Griffin v. California

Holding that prosecutor may not comment on a defendant's failure to testify

Patterson v. New York

Holding that due process does not create “a constitutional imperative, operative countrywide, that a State must disprove beyond a reasonable doubt every fact constituting any and all affirmative defenses related to the culpability of an accused.”

Washington v. Texas

Holding that a statute that categorically barred accomplices from testifying for a defendant on trial for the same crime "cannot ... be defended"

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