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People v. Lorentzen
Keywords mandatory minimum sentence; marijuana sale; cruel and unusual punishment; disproportionality; nonviolent offender; rehabilitation; shorter sentences; drug sentencing(1972)
People v Sinclair
Keywords marijuana conviction; cannabis; narcotic; equal protection; scientific evidence; less harmful; less addictive; opiates; marijuana(1972)
Papachristou v. Jacksonville
Keywords vagrancy law; due process; arbitrary arrests; marginalized people; addicts; pushers; unconstitutional(1972)
People v. McCabe
Keywords Marijuana; rational basis; drug classification; mandatory sentence; hard narcotics; drug classification(1971)
Smith v. Follette
Keywords sentencing law; drug addiction; prison; treatment; due process; equal protection; felonies; judicial sentencing(1971)
Holt v. Sarver
Keywords Eighth Amendment; prisons; medical care; rehab; cruel and unusual punishment; totality test(1971)
Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents
Keywords warrantless drug raids; federal agents; narcotics enforcement; drug raids; police misconduct; civil rights(1971)
Sostre v Rockefeller
Keywords solitary confinement; 8th amendment; prisoner sanity; psychological harm; political activity; cruel and unusual punishment; prisoner rights; isolation(1970)
In Re Winship
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile rights; burden of proof; due process; Fourteenth Amendment(1970)
Brady v. United States
(1970)
North Carolina v. Alford
(1970)
Leary v. United States
Keywords Fifth Amendment; due process; self-incrimination; marijuana; illegal importation; constitutional rights(1969)
Boykin v. Alabama
(1969)
McCarthy v. United States
(1969)
Dillon v. Legg
Keywords emotional distress; child's death; injuries; foreseeability factors; recover(1968)