Seizure of man’s Land Rover violated protections against excessive fines under the Eighth Amendment applicable to the States under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.
R. Ginsburg
McCoy v. Louisiana, No.16-8255, __US__ (May 14, 2018).
The Sixth Amendment guarantees a defendant the right to choose the objective of his defense and to insist that his counsel refrain from admitting guilt, even when counsel’s experienced-based view is that confessing guilt offers the defendant the best chance to avoid the death penalty.
Betterman v. Montana, No.14-1457, __US__ (May 19, 2016).
The Sixth Amendment’s speedy trial guarantee does not apply once a defendant has been found guilty at trial or has pleaded guilty to criminal charges.
Rodriguez v. United States, No. 13-9972, __ U.S. __ (April 21, 2015).
Fourth Amendment does not allow police to extend duration of a traffic stop, even for a “de minimis” time period, for reasons unrelated the matter for which the stop was made.
Howes v. Fields, No. 10–680, 565 U.S. __ (Feb. 21, 2012).
There is no brightline rule that when an inmate is questioned in prison about events in the outside world there is custody for Miranda purposes.