Section#2 Legal Terms Cases

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)