WorksheetsSection#2 Legal Terms Cases
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A landmark SCOTUS decision in which the Court established its power of judicial review.
Weeks v. United States (1914)
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Brown v. Mississippi (1936)
Ali vs Fraizer 1970
is a landmark SCOTUS decision that established the exclusionary rule in federal courts.
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Weeks v. United States (1914)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Brown v. Mississippi (1936)
The Due Process Clause prevents the prosecution from using information in a confession that resulted from the use of force by police
Wolf v. Colorado (1949)
Brown v. Mississippi (1936)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
A SCOTUS decision in which the court held that the exclusionary rule was not constitutionally required in state courts; effectively overruled by Mapp v. Ohio.
Wolf v. Colorado (1949)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Brown v. Mississippi (1936)
In Re Gault (1967)
The SCOTUS during the tenure of Earl Warren as Chief Justice (1953 to 1969); very liberal and can be credited as a major force in the Civil Rights Revolution.
Warren Court (1953 to 1969)
Burger Court (1969 –1986)
Rehnquist Court (1986–2005):
Roberts Court (2005- 2022)
A landmark SCOTUS decision in which the Court expanded the exclusionary rule to state courts.
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
A SCOTUS decision that established the right to appointed counsel for indigent offenders charged with serious offenses.
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
Terry v. Ohio (1968)
involved a ruling by the SCOTUS that the suspects have the right to have a lawyer present at police interrogations
Escobedo v. Illinois (1964)
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Gideon v. Wainwright (1963)
Terry v. Ohio (1968)
A landmark SCOTUS decision in which the Court determined that police must issue warnings about specific constitutional rights to suspects before a custodial interrogation begins.
Miranda v. Arizona (1966)
Terry v. Ohio (1968)
Chimel v. California (1969):
Mapp v. Ohio (1961)
A SCOTUS decision in which the Court held that juveniles accused of crimes in juvenile court must be afforded many of the same due process rights as adults, but not all.
In Re Gault (1967)
Terry v. Ohio (1968)
In Re Winship (1970)
McKeiver v. Pennsylvania (1971)
A landmark SCOTUS decision where the Court established the reasonable suspicion evidentiary standard for a stop and frisk.
Terry v. Ohio (1968)
Chimel v. California (1969):
McKeiver v. Pennsylvania (1971)
Furman v. Georgia (1972)
A SCOTUS decision that limited the scope of a search incident to an arrest to the area in the arrestee's immediate control.
Chimel v. California (1969):
Breed v. Jones (1975)
Furman v. Georgia (1972)
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
The era of the Supreme Court defined by the years that Warren Earl Burger presided as chief justice, (1969 –1986).
Burger Court (1969 –1986)
Rehnquist Court (1986–2005):
Warren Court (1953 to 1969)
John Roberts (2005- )
A SCOTUS decision in which the Court held that the evidentiary standard for juveniles accused of crimes was beyond a reasonable doubt, just as in an adult court.
In Re Winship (1970)
Furman v. Georgia (1972)
In Re Gault (1967)
Terry v. Ohio (1968)
A landmark SCOTUS decision in which the Court determined that juveniles are not entitled to a trial by jury in juvenile court proceedings
McKeiver v. Pennsylvania (1971)
U.S. v. Leon (1984)
Nix v. Williams (1984)
New York v. Quarles (1984)
A SCOTUS ruling that effectively made the death penalty unconstitutional; effectively overturned by Gregg v. Georgia 4 years later.
Furman v. Georgia (1972)
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
Coker v. Georgia
U.S. v. Leon (1984)
is a landmark SCOTUS decision in which the Court created the “good faith” exception to the exclusionary rule
U.S. v. Leon (1984)
Nix v. Williams (1984)
New York v. Quarles (1984)
Schall v. Martin (1984)
is a landmark SCOTUS decision in which the Court established a public safety exception to the Miranda warnings.
New York v. Quarles (1984)
Nix v. Williams (1984)
Schall v. Martin (1984)
Breed v. Jones (1975):
was a SCOTUS decision where the Court ruled that the death penalty for a convicted murderer was not in itself a violation of the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
Gregg v. Georgia (1976)
Furman v. Georgia (1972)
Breed v. Jones (1975)
New York v. Quarles (1984)
Extended the constitutional protection against Double Jeopardy to juveniles when it ruled that juveniles cannot be found delinquent in juvenile court and then transferred to adult court without a hearing on the transfer.
Breed v. Jones (1975):
U.S. v. Leon (1984)
Tennessee v. Garner (1985)
In Re Winship (1970)
is a landmark SCOTUS decision in which the Court established an inevitable discovery exception to the exclusionary rule
Nix v. Williams (1984)
New York v. Quarles (1984)
Tennessee v. Garner (1985)
Maryland v. Garrison (1987)
A SCOTUS decision that upheld a statute allowing for the pretrial detention of a juvenile judged to be a serious risk to the community.
Schall v. Martin (1984)
California v. Greenwood (1988)
Maryland v. Garrison (1987)
Tennessee v. Garner (1985)
is a landmark SCOTUS decision where the Court invalidated a Tennessee statute that codified the fleeing felon rule; the use of deadly force to apprehend an unarmed felon is unconstitutional.
Tennessee v. Garner (1985)
Maryland v. Garrison (1987)
California v. Greenwood (1988)
Weeks v. United States (1914)
The Supreme Court of the United States during the time that William Rehnquist was the chief justice; this court tended to vote very conservatively, (1986–2005)
Rehnquist Court (1986–2005):
Warren Court
(1953 - 1969)
John Roberts (2005 - )
Burger Court (1969 –1986)
A landmark SCOTUS decision in which the Court established a "good faith" exception to the exclusionary rule when police acted in reliance on a faulty warrant that they reasonably believed to be valid
Maryland v. Garrison (1987)
California v. Greenwood (1988)
Tennessee v. Garner (1985)
Nix v. Williams (1984)
A SCOTUS decision that established the rule that police do not need a warrant to search garbage left outside the curtilage of the home.
California v. Greenwood (1988)
Schall v. Martin (1984)
Maryland v. Garrison (1987)
Tennessee v. Garner (1985)
