Q: Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court When the State
Justice Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court When the State of Michigan rested its case at petitioner Lamar Evans’ arson trial, the court entered a directed verdict of acquittal, based upon it...
See AnswerQ: Facts On September 13, 1981, Kenneth Roy and one Jesse
Facts On September 13, 1981, Kenneth Roy and one Jesse McHargue, while hitchhiking near Gridley, California, met Archie Mannix and James Clark outside a liquor store and began drinking beer with them....
See AnswerQ: A jury convicted appellant of aggravated kidnapping and assessed his punishment at
A jury convicted appellant of aggravated kidnapping and assessed his punishment at confinement for fifteen years in the penitentiary. The conviction was affirmed. We granted discretionary review to de...
See AnswerQ: After prevailing against the Government on a claim originating in the Department
After prevailing against the Government on a claim originating in the Department of Transportation’s Board of Contract Appeals, petitioner (Richlin) filed an application with the Board for reimburseme...
See AnswerQ: Gerald Gault, 15 years old, was taken into custody as
Gerald Gault, 15 years old, was taken into custody as the result of a complaint that he had made lewd telephone calls. After hearings before a juvenile court judge, Gerald was ordered committed to the...
See AnswerQ: We granted certiorari to decide whether the prosecution of respondent as an
We granted certiorari to decide whether the prosecution of respondent as an adult, after Juvenile Court proceedings which resulted in a finding that respondent had violated a criminal statute and a su...
See AnswerQ: In each of these cases, a 14-year-old
In each of these cases, a 14-year-old was convicted of murder and sentenced to a mandatory term of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. In the first case, petitioner Jackson accompanie...
See AnswerQ: Petitioner was convicted under an indictment charging him with transmitting wagering information
Petitioner was convicted under an indictment charging him with transmitting wagering information by telephone across state lines in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1084. Evidence of petitioner’s end of the c...
See AnswerQ: After his 2009 arrest on first- and second-degree assault
After his 2009 arrest on first- and second-degree assault charges, respondent King was processed through a Wicomico County, Maryland, facility, where booking personnel used a cheek swab to take a DNA...
See AnswerQ: In the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), Congress
In the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), Congress empowered the President “to use all necessary and appropriate force against those . . . he determines planned, authorized, committed, or...
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