Strickland v. Washington

Holding that ineffective assistance of counsel requires two showings: one, that "counsel's performance was deficient," and two, that "the deficient performance prejudiced the defense"

Padilla v. Kentucky

Holding that counsel has a duty under the Sixth Amendment to inform a noncitizen defendant that his plea would make him eligible for deportation

Lafler v. Cooper

Holding that the standard for ineffective assistance of counsel under Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, was satisfied where, among other things, a defendant had rejected a favorable plea offer based on the unreasonable advice of counsel

Hill v. Lockhart

Holding that a Strickland claim can be brought to challenge a guilty plea, but rejecting the claim at issue

Missouri v. Frye

Holding that a defendant can show prejudice under Strickland even absent a showing that the deficient performance precluded him from going to trial

Brady v. Maryland

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

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"

California v. Trombetta

Holding that the Constitution does not require the state to preserve a breath sample used in a breath-analysis test in a DUI prosecution

Crane v. Kentucky

Holding that the defendant's "opportunity [to be heard] would be an empty one if the State were permitted to exclude competent, reliable evidence bearing on . . . the defendant's claim of innocence"

Chambers v. Mississippi

Holding that the application of the rule against hearsay to exclude exculpatory testimony violated the defendant's right to present a complete defense because the testimony was reliable

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 2702 - Voluntary disclosure of customer communications or records

Restricting use of Internet subscriber information without consent

Section 1524 - Grounds for search warrant

Noting that "[t]he property" listed in a search warrant "may be taken on the warrant from any place"

Section 1523 - Search warrant

Section 5.45 - Procedure when testimony or production of documents is sought; general

Requiring a litigant to "set forth in writing, and with as much specificity as possible, the nature and relevance of the official information sought" from Department of Homeland Security witnesses