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Allen v. McCurry
The respondent, Willie McCurry, invoked the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to suppress evidence that had been seized by the petitioner, Allen, and the other police officers who searched his home. McCurry sought redress in federal court for the alleged constitutional violation by bringing a damages suit under 42 U.
United States Supreme Court | 449 U.S. 90 (1980)
Barker v. Wingo
Barker had committed murder along with an accomplice named Manning, and to convict Barker, the prosecutor needed Manning to testify, but Manning refused to do so on Fifth Amendment grounds. So, the prosecutor decided to try Manning first, convict him, and remove his reason for no longer testifying against Barker.
United States Supreme Court | 407 U.S. 514; 92 S. Ct. 2182; 33 L. Ed. 2d 101 (1972)
California v. Greenwood
Local police suspected Billy Greenwood was dealing drugs from his residence. Because the police did not have enough evidence for a warrant to search his home, they searched the garbage bags Greenwood had left at the curb for pickup.
United States Supreme Court | 486 U.S. 35, 108 S.Ct. 1625, 100 L.Ed.2d 30 (1988)
Crummey v. Commissioner
Petitioners decided to establish living trusts for their two children by filing gift tax returns of $3,000 per beneficiary. Respondent claimed that petitioners were entitled to just one exclusion per year, because trusts for minors count as future interests.
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | 397 F.2d 82 (1968)
Edwards v. Aguillard
A Louisiana law entitled the "Balanced Treatment for Creation-Science and Evolution-Science in Public School Instruction Act" prohibited the teaching of the theory of evolution in the public schools unless that instruction was accompanied by the teaching of creation science, a Biblical belief that advanced forms of life appeared abruptly on Earth. Schools were not forced to teach creation science.
United States Supreme Court | 482 U.S. 578 (1987)
Ewing v. California
Under California's "three strikes"
California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District | 538 U.S. 11, 123 S. Ct. 1179, 155 L. Ed. 2d 108 (U.S. 2003)
Florida v. J.L.
After an anonymous caller reported to the Miami-Dade Police that a young black male standing at a particular bus stop and wearing a plaid shirt was carrying a gun, officers went to the bus stop and saw three black males, one of whom, J.L.
United States Supreme Court | 529 U.S. 266 (2000)
Green v. Georgia
Green (plaintiff) was convicted of rape and murder by the state of Georgia (defendant). At his trial, the defense tried to introduce the testimony of a man who claimed that Green's accomplice, Moore, had told him that he had killed the victim by himself.
United States Supreme Court | 442 U.S. 95 (1979)
Hardesty v. Smith
Smith, defendant, promises to pay money for the rights to improve lamp in the form of an IOU, a signed paper stating the specific amount owed and often bearing the letters IOU. IOU gets passed along until it gets to Hardesty, the plaintiff.
Supreme Court of Indiana | 3 Ind. 39 (1851)
Hudson v. Michigan
Booker T. Hudson was convicted of drug and firearm possesion in state court after police found cocaine and a gun in his home.
United States Supreme Court | 547 U.S. , 126 S.Ct. 2159 (2006)
Key v. State
Key, the defendant, was convicted of misdemeanor assault in the state of Texas, the plaintiff. During the trial, an officer testified about statements that the victim made to him at the scene of the crime.
Twelfth District of Texas Court of Appeals | 2005 WL 467167 (Tex. 2005)
Mercer v. Buie
On February 3, 1986, two men committed an armed robbery of a pizza parlor in Prince George's County Maryland. One of the robbers was wearing a red jogging suit.
United States Supreme Court | 494 U.S. 325; 110 S. Ct. 1093; 108 L. Ed. 2d 276;
Ohio v. Roberts
Roberts, the defendant, was charged with stealing credit cards by the state of Ohio, the plaintiff. A witness, Anita, testified at a preliminary hearing that she knew Roberts and that he used her apartment while she was away.
Supreme Court | 448 U.S. 56 (1980)
Payne v. Tennessee
Payne (petitioner) was convicted of the first-degree murders of Charisse Christopher and her two-year-old daughter, and first-degree assault upon, with intent to murder, her three-year-old son Nicholas. The crimes occurred after Christopher resisted Payne's sexual advances.
United States Supreme Court | 501 U.S. 808, 111 S.Ct. 2597, 115 L.Ed.2d 720 (1991)
Ratzlaf v. United States
Ratzlaf ran up a $160,000 debt playing blackjack. When time came to pay the bill, he arrived at the casino with $100,000 cash in hand.
United States Supreme Court | 510 U.S. 135 (1994)
Roviaro v. United States
In 1955, Petitioner Albert Roviaro was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that he sold heroin in violation of 26 United States Code section 2554(a), and that he knowingly possessed and transported heroin in violation of 21 United States Code section 174. Evidence was provided by an alleged undercover informant known as "John Doe".
Supreme Court of the United States | 353 U.S. 53 (1957)
Sanders-El v. Wencewicz
Police stopped a car driven by the Appellant and arrested him pursuant to an arrest warrant. They handcuffed him and placed him in the back of the police car.
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | 987 F.2d 483 (8th Cir. 1993)
State v. Herndon
Herndon, the Defendant, was prosecuted by the State of Wisconsin, for sexual assault. The Defendant claimed that the juvenile propositioned him.
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin | 145 Wis.2d 91, 426 N.W. 347 (1988)
United States v. Barrett
A collection of postage stamps was stolen. 'Bucky' Barrett was implicated by two witnesses as being involved.
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | 111 F.3d 947, 953 (D.C. Cir. 1997)
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