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In Re Winship
Keywords juvenile offender; juvenile rights; burden of proof; due process; Fourteenth Amendment(1970)
Leary v. United States
Keywords Fifth Amendment; due process; self-incrimination; marijuana; illegal importation; constitutional rights(1969)
People v. Moore
(1968)
Powell v. Texas
Keywords public intoxication; Eighth Amendment; conduct; status; Robinson v. California(1968)
United States v. Moore
Keywords heroin possession; diversion program; addiction; drug conviction; deference; scientific uncertainty(1968)
Bailey v. United States
Keywords federal case; warrantless search; probable cause; heroin offenses; jury instruction; addiction; criminal liability; convicted men; Fourth Amendment; due process(1967)
Driver v. Hinnant
Keywords public intoxication; chronic alcoholism; involuntary conduct; involuntary act(1966)
Easter v. District of Columbia
Keywords public intoxication; due process; cruel punishment; criminalizing illness; alcoholism defense; chronic alcoholism; alcoholism defense; criminalizing illness(1966)
People v. Victor
Keywords narcotics conviction; entrapment; drug conviction; drug-seeking behavior; prior drug use(1965)
Brown v. United States
Keywords Insanity defense; narcotics charges; addiction; court assistance; legal aid; D.C. Circuit; reversed and remanded; drug addiction defense; mental health defense; criminal appeal(1964)
Castle v. United States
Keywords Insanity defense; duress; addiction; criminal responsibility; legal insanity; D.C. Circuit; jury; conviction; appeal; affirmation(1964)
People v. Ortiz
Keywords heroin conviction; police entry; legal justification; illegal search and seizure; due process; exclusionary rule; Fourth Amendment(1964)
In re De La O
Keywords narcotic addict; civil commitment; drug users; treatment; chronic drug use; punishment(1963)
Robinson v. California
Keywords 8th Amendment; 14th Amendment; addiction; criminalizing addiction(1962)
Buck v. Bell
Keywords Virginia; forced sterilization; constitutionality; intellectual disability; incorrigibility(1927)