Criminal Law

Brown v. Mississippi: Landmark Case Banning Coerced Confessions

Mapp v. Ohio: What Happened in the Landmark Search and Seizure Case

Kennedy v. Louisiana: Supreme Court Limits Death Penalty for Non-Homicidal Crimes

Weeks v. United States: Landmark Case That Established the Exclusionary Rule

Illinois v. Wardlow: Defining Reasonable Suspicion in High-Crime Areas

Carroll v. United States: Defining the Automobile Search Exception

Coker v. Georgia: Supreme Court Limits Death Penalty for Rape

Sheppard v. Maxwell: Ensuring Fair Trials Amid Media Influence

Michigan v. Long: Expanding Vehicle Search Powers Under the Fourth Amendment

Kansas v. Glover: Supreme Court Defines Reasonable Suspicion

Kent v. United States: Landmark Case Reshaping Juvenile Due Process

City of Grants Pass v. Johnson: Supreme Court Ruling on Homelessness

Garland v. Cargill: Supreme Court Rules on Bump Stock Ban

Ramos v. Louisiana: Supreme Court Ends Non-Unanimous Jury Verdicts

Cohens v. Virginia: Supreme Court Authority Over State Laws

Wolf v. Colorado: Fourth Amendment Limits and State Court Evidence

Kolender v. Lawson: Supreme Court Limits Police Discretion

McCleskey v. Kemp: Supreme Court, Race, and the Death Penalty

Whren v. US: Supreme Court Ruling on Pretextual Traffic Stops

Weeks v. US: The Landmark Case That Established the Exclusionary Rule

Strickland v. Washington: Defining Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Robinson v. California: Supreme Court Ruling on Drug Addiction Laws

Colorado Man Daniel Larson Faces Federal Charges for Explosive Threats and Interstate Communications

Carpenter v. United States: Supreme Court Ruling on Digital Privacy