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Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242 (1986) Set the standard for what parties must establish in evidence to be granted summary judgement in federal civil cases and how courts should evaluate those motions. Since such motions are extremely common, Anderson has become the most-cited Supreme Court case. Daubert v.
Louisiana, 590 U.S. 83 (2020), is a U.S. Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled that the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution requires that guilty verdicts be unanimous in criminal trials. See 590 U.S. 83 at 90 (2020) "Wherever we might look to determine what the term “trial by an impartial jury” meant at the time of the Sixth ...
Whether exhaustion of state administrative remedies is required to bring claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in state court. January 12, 2024: October 7, 2024 Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Todd Heath: 23-1127
Three men imprisoned since the 1990s for a fatal New Orleans drive-by shooting were ordered freed Wednesday, with prosecutors citing the role of two notoriously corrupt police officers ...
Dozens of family and friends of Atatiana Jefferson sat waiting Thursday as the jury continued its deliberations. “It’s been very tense. It has been difficult to have to sit through this ...
Harris, 465 U.S. 37 (1984) — A state appellate court, before it affirms a death sentence, is not required to compare the sentence in the case before it with the penalties imposed in similar cases if requested to do so by the prisoner. Whitmore v. Arkansas, 495 U.S. 149 (1990) — Mandatory appellate review is not required in death penalty cases.
A court granted Joe a new trial, and in 1997, prosecutors dismissed the case. In 2005, an appeals court vacated Mary Ann's conviction. [153] 1983: Maurice Hastings: Murder, rape Inglewood, California: Life in prison 38 years Yes Hastings was charged with the rape and murder of Roberta Wydermyer.
The guilty verdict capped four days of often emotional testimony and argument in the cold case which was reopened a second time in 2021, after Hibbs family and friends offered a $50,000 reward for ...