Criminal Law Leading Case

Johnson v. United States

Vol. 129 No. 1 The Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (ACCA) imposes a mandatory minimum fifteen-year prison sentence on predicate felons who have three prior convictions for...
Capital Punishment Leading Case

Glossip v. Gross

Vol. 129 No. 1 In 2008, in Baze v. Rees, the Supreme Court considered an Eighth Amendment challenge to the use of a particular three-drug lethal injection protocol....
Fourth Amendment Leading Case

City of Los Angeles v. Patel

Vol. 129 No. 1 The distinction between “facial” and “as-applied” challenges is a notoriously confusing area of law. Judicial review of Fourth Amendment reasonableness claims, however, has generally...