Kyles v. Whitley

Holding the State's disclosure obligation turns on the cumulative effect of all suppressed evidence favorable to the defense

Riley v. California

Holding that an employee had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the call records and text messages contained on a cell phone owned by his employer because he "had a right to exclude others from using the phone" and explaining that "a property interest in the item searched is only one factor in the analysis, and lack thereof is not dispositive"

Brady v. Maryland

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

Mathews v. Eldridge

Holding that federal procedural due process claims are subject to a balancing test, not heightened scrutiny

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"

Lugar v. Edmondson Oil Co.

Holding that an individual who uses a state replevin, garnishment, or attachment statute later declared to be unconstitutional acts under color of state law for purposes of § 1983

Holmes v. South Carolina

Holding that a rule that categorically barred evidence of third-party guilt when strong forensic evidence of the defendant's guilt was presented "is arbitrary in the sense that it does not rationally serve the end that ... [it was] designed to further"

United States v. Scheffer

Holding that the blanket exclusion of polygraph evidence didn't violate the right to present a defense, as the law was "a rational and proportional means of advancing the legitimate interest in barring unreliable evidence"

Davis v. Alaska

Holding that this confrontation right is applicable to state and federal defendants alike

Pennsylvania v. Ritchie

Holding that "criminal defendants have the right to the government’s assistance in compelling the attendance of favorable witnesses at trial and the right to put before a jury evidence that might influence the determination of guilt"

Section 2510 - Definitions

Defining "[i]nvestigative or law enforcement officer" as an officer "empowered by law to conduct investigations of or to make arrests for [certain] offenses . . . and any attorney authorized by law to prosecute or participate in the prosecution of such offenses"

Section 28

Granting crime victims the right "[t]o reasonable notice of all public proceedings, including delinquency proceedings, upon request, at which the defendant and the prosecutor are entitled to be present"

Section 2701 - Unlawful access to stored communications

Holding liable any person who "intentionally accesses without authorization a facility through which an electronic communication service is provided ... and thereby obtains, alters, or prevents authorized access to a wire or electronic communication while it is in electronic storage"

Section 2703 - Required disclosure of customer communications or records

Recognizing that these providers "shall disclose" such information "when the governmental entity uses an administrative subpoena authorized by a Federal or State statute"

Section 2707 - Civil action

Granting relief to those "aggrieved by any violation of this chapter in which the conduct constituting the violation is engaged in with a knowing or intentional state of mind"

Section 2702 - Voluntary disclosure of customer communications or records

Restricting use of Internet subscriber information without consent

Section 2711 - Definitions for chapter

Adopting terms defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2510

Section 793 - Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information

Referring to § 793 "for the purpose aforesaid"

Rule 8.520 - Briefs by parties and amici curiae; judicial notice