Tumey v. Ohio, 273 U.S. 510; 47 S. Ct. 437; 71 L. Ed. 749 (1927) Facts—Tumey was arrested and brought before Mayor Pugh of North College Hill, Ohio, on the charge of unlawfully possessing intoxicating liquor. The mayor, under statutes of Ohio, had the authority to hear a case of one charged with violating this …
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Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania, 123 S. Ct. 732; 2003 U.S. LEXIS 748; 71 U.S.L.W. 4023 (2003) Facts—Pennsylvania law requires that a jury must consider aggravating and mitigating factors in the verdict phase of a capital crime. If the jury does not unanimously agree on the penalty, the judge must enter a life sentence. After a jury …
Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania, 123 S. Ct. 732; 2003 U.S. LEXIS 748; 71 U.S.L.W. 4023 (2003) Read More »
Coy v. Iowa, 487 U.S. 1012; 108 S. Ct. 2798; 101 L. Ed. 2d 857 (1988) Facts—Iowa law provided for a screen to be employed when juveniles testified against their accusers in sexual cases. In the case at hand, two thirteen-year-old girls who were witnesses against Coy (convicted of sexually molesting them as they slept …
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United States v. Lanza, 260 U.S. 377; 43 S. Ct. 141; 7 L. Ed. 314 (1922) Facts—The state of Washington passed a prohibition law before the passage of the National Prohibition Act. Lanza was charged in the federal court of Washington and in the supreme court of Whatcom County, Washington, for the violation of each …
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Safford Unified School District # 1 v. Redding, 129 S. Ct. 2633; 174 L. Ed. 2d. 354; 009 U.S. LEXIS 4735 (2009) Facts—An assistant principal escorted thirteen-year-old Savana Redding from her middle school classroom to his office where he confronted her with contraband in a day planner she had lent to another student and asked …
Thornton v. United States, 541 U.S. 615; 124 S. Ct. 2127; 158 L. Ed. 2d 905 (2004) Facts—After Marcus Thornton exited his car, Officer Deion Nichols of the Norfolk, Virginia, Police Department stopped him for having improper license tags. After discovering drugs on his person from a consensual patdown search, the officer arrested Thornton and …
Thornton v. United States, 541 U.S. 615; 124 S. Ct. 2127; 158 L. Ed. 2d 905 (2004) Read More »
Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls, 536 U.S. 822; 122 S. Ct. 2559; 153 L. Ed. 2d 73 (2002) Facts—Pottawatomie County School District in Oklahoma instituted a Student Activities Drug Testing Policy requiring students participating in extracurricular activities to be subject to random urine tests. Samples were …
Knowles v. Iowa, 525 U.S. 113; 119 S. Ct. 484; 142 L. Ed. 2d 492 (1998) Facts—An officer stopped Knowles for speeding. He issued Knowles a citation but did not arrest him. He did, however, perform a full search of the car, for which he had neither Knowles’s consent nor probable cause, and discovered marijuana …
Knowles v. Iowa, 525 U.S. 113; 119 S. Ct. 484; 142 L. Ed. 2d 492 (1998) Read More »
California v. Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35; 108 S. Ct. 1625; 100 L. Ed. 2d 30 (1988) Facts—Acting on information that Greenwood might be in the narcotics trade, the Laguna Beach Police Department asked the neighborhood’s regular trash collector to pick up the plastic garbage bags at the curb in front of Greenwood’s home. Before doing …
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California v. Ciraolo, 476 U.S. 207; 106 S. Ct. 1809; 90 L. Ed. 2d 210 (1986) Facts—Policemen acted on a tip that Ciraolo was growing marijuana in his backyard. Because of an inner and outer high fence it was difficult to see anything. The police secured a private plane and at an altitude of 1,000 …
California v. Ciraolo, 476 U.S. 207; 106 S. Ct. 1809; 90 L. Ed. 2d 210 (1986) Read More »
