466 U.S. 109 466 U.S. 109 104 S.Ct. 1652 80 L.Ed.2d 85 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.Bradley Thomas JACOBSEN and Donna Marie Jacobsen. No. 82-1167. Argued Dec. 7, 1983. Decided April 2, 1984. Syllabus During their examination of a damaged package, consisting of a cardboard box wrapped in brown paper, the employees of a private freight carrier […]
460 U.S. 730 103 S.Ct. 1535 75 L.Ed.2d 502 TEXAS, Petitioner, v. Clifford James BROWN. No. 81-419. Argued Jan. 12, 1983. Decided April 19, 1983. Syllabus A Fort Worth, Tex., police officer stopped respondent’s automobile at night at a routine driver’s license checkpoint, asked him for his license, shined his flashlight into the car, and […]
458 U.S. 782 102 S.Ct. 3368 73 L.Ed.2d 1140 Earl ENMUND, Petitioner v. FLORIDA. No. 81-5321. Argued March 23, 1982. Decided July 2, 1982. Syllabus Petitioner and a codefendant, at a jury trial in a Florida court, were convicted of first-degree murder and robbery of two elderly persons at their farmhouse, and were sentenced to […]
456 U.S. 798 456 U.S. 798 102 S.Ct. 2157 72 L.Ed.2d 572 UNITED STATES, Petitionerv.Albert ROSS, Jr. No. 80-2209. Argued March 1, 1982. Decided June 1, 1982. Syllabus Acting on information from an informant that a described individual was selling narcotics kept in the trunk of a certain car parked at a specified location, District […]
453 U.S. 420 453 U.S. 420 101 S.Ct. 2841 69 L.Ed.2d 744 Jeffrey Richard ROBBINS, Petitioner,v.State of CALIFORNIA. No. 80-148. Argued April 27, 1981. Decided July 1, 1981. Rehearing Denied Sept. 23, 1981. See 453 U.S. 950, 102 S.Ct. 26. Syllabus When California Highway Patrol officer stopped petitioner’s station wagon for proceeding erratically, they smelled […]
453 U.S. 454 101 S.Ct. 2860 69 L.Ed.2d 768 State of NEW YORK, Petitioner, v. Roger BELTON. No. 80-328. Argued April 27, 1981. Decided July 1, 1981. Headnotes: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Searches and Seizures — Automobile Search Incident to Arrest — Jacket Pockets. Search of respondent’s jacket was a search incident to a lawful custodial […]
451 U.S. 477 101 S.Ct. 1880 68 L.Ed.2d 378 Robert EDWARDS, Petitioner, v. State of ARIZONA. No. 79-5269. Argued Nov. 5, 1980. Decided May 18, 1981. Rehearing Denied June 22, 1981. See 452 U.S. 973, 101 S.Ct. 3128. Syllabus After being arrested on a state criminal charge, and after being informed of his rights […]
448 U.S. 56 100 S.Ct. 2531 65 L.Ed.2d 597 State of OHIO, Petitioner, v. Herschel ROBERTS. No. 78-756. Argued Nov. 26, 1979. Decided June 25, 1980. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] Ohio v. Roberts, 448 U.S. 56 (1980), is a United States Supreme Court decision dealing with the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States […]
446 U.S. 620 100 S.Ct. 1912 64 L.Ed.2d 559 UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. J. Lee HAVENS. No. 79-305. Argued March 19, 1980. Decided May 27, 1980. Rehearing Denied Aug. 11, 1980. See 448 U.S. 911, 101 S.Ct. 25. Syllabus After respondent and another man (McLeroth) arrived at the Miami Airport on a flight from Peru, […]
445 U.S. 573 445 U.S. 573 100 S.Ct. 1371 63 L.Ed.2d 639 Theodore PAYTON, Applicant,v.NEW YORK. Obie RIDDICK, Applicant, v. NEW YORK. Nos. 78-5420, 78-5421. Argued March 26, 1979. Reargued Oct. 9, 1979. Decided April 15, 1980. Syllabus These appeals challenge the constitutionality of New York statutes authorizing police officers to enter a private residence […]
500 U.S. 614 111 S.Ct. 2077 114 L.Ed.2d 660 Thaddeus Donald EDMONSON, Petitioner v. LEESVILLE CONCRETE COMPANY, INC. No. 89-7743. Argued Jan. 15, 1991. Decided June 3, 1991. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] Summary:??The Supreme Court of the United States held that peremptory challenges may not be used to exclude jurors on the basis of race in?civil trials. […]
500 U.S. 565 500 U.S. 565 111 S.Ct. 1982 114 L.Ed.2d 619 CALIFORNIA, Petitionerv.Charles Steven ACEVEDO. No. 89-1690. Argued Jan. 8, 1991. Decided May 30, 1991. Syllabus Police observed respondent Acevedo leave an apartment, known to contain marijuana, with a brown paper bag the size of marijuana packages they had seen earlier. He placed the […]
499 U.S. 400 111 S.Ct. 1364 113 L.Ed.2d 411 Larry Joe POWERS, Petitioner, v. OHIO. No. 89-5011. Argued Oct. 9, 1990. Decided April 1, 1991. Syllabus During jury selection at his state-court trial for aggravated murder and related offenses, petitioner Powers, a white man, objected to the State’s use of peremptory challenges to remove seven […]
497 U.S. 805 110 S.Ct. 3139 111 L.Ed.2d 638 IDAHO, Petitioner v. Laura Lee WRIGHT. No. 89-260. Argued April 18, 1990. Decided June 27, 1990. Counsel: James T. Jones, Jerome, Idaho, for the petitioner. William C. Bryson, Washington, D.C., for the U.S. as amicus curiae supporting the petitioner by special leave of Court. Rolf Michael […]
497 U.S. 836 110 S.Ct. 3157 111 L.Ed.2d 666 MARYLAND, Petitioner v. Sandra Ann CRAIG. No. 89-478. Argued April 18, 1990. Decided June 27, 1990. Syllabus Respondent Craig was tried in a Maryland court on several charges related to her alleged sexual abuse of a 6-year-old child. Before the trial began, the State sought […]
496 U.S. 444 496 U.S. 444 110 S.Ct. 2481 110 L.Ed.2d 412 MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF STATE POLICE, et al., Petitionersv.Rick SITZ, et al. No. 88-1897. Argued Feb. 27, 1990. Decided June 14, 1990. Syllabus Petitioners, the Michigan State Police Department and its Director, established a highway sobriety checkpoint program with guidelines governing checkpoint operations, site […]
494 U.S. 325 494 U.S. 325 110 S.Ct. 1093 108 L.Ed.2d 276 MARYLAND, Petitionerv.Jerome Edward BUIE. No. 88-1369. Argued Dec. 4, 1989. Decided Feb. 28, 1990. Syllabus Following a Maryland armed robbery by two men, one of whom was wearing a red running suit, police obtained arrest warrants for respondent Buie and his suspected accomplice […]
514 U.S. 1 115 S.Ct. 1185 131 L.Ed.2d 34 ARIZONA, Petitioner, v. Isaac EVANS. No. 93-1660. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Dec. 7, 1994. Decided March 1, 1995. HEADNOTES: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Searches and Seizures — Exclusionary Rule — Clerical Errors. Exclusionary rule does not require suppression of evidence seized in violation of […]
511 U.S. 127 114 S.Ct. 1419 128 L.Ed.2d 89 J.E.B., Petitioner v. ALABAMA ex rel. T.B. No. 92-1239. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Nov. 2, 1993. Decided April 19, 1994. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] The Supreme Court of the United States held that making peremptory challenges based solely on a prospective juror’s sex is unconstitutional.J.E.B. […]
502 U.S. 346 112 S.Ct. 736 116 L.Ed.2d 848 Randall D. WHITE, Petitioner v. ILLINOIS. No. 90-6113. Argued Nov. 5, 1991. Decided Jan. 15, 1992. Counsel: Gary R. Peterson, Springfield, Ill., for the petitioner. Arleen C. Anderson, Chicago, Ill., for respondent. Stephen L. Nightingale, Washington, D.C., as amicus curiae, supporting the respondent. [hr] Headnotes: Admission […]