Taylor v. United States

Holding that the term "burglary" as used in the Armed Career Criminal Act was to be given its "generic, contemporary meaning" to avoid a scenario in which "a person ... would, or would not, receive a sentence enhancement based on exactly the same conduct, depending on whether the State of his prior conviction happened to call that conduct ‘burglary’ "

Payton v. New York

Holding that a New York statute "authoriz[ing] police officers to enter a private residence without a warrant and with force, if necessary, to make a routine felony arrest" was "not consistent with the Fourth Amendment"

U.S. v. Bennett

Holding that the prejudice requirement of the plain error test was met where the defendant had been sentenced under an erroneously high guidelines range, and the “the district judge expressly indicated a desire to impose a sentence near the low end of the sentencing Guidelines range”

Cuevas-Gaspar v. Gonzales

Holding that “for purposes of satisfying the seven-years of continuous residence ‘after having been admitted in any status' required for cancellation of removal under 8 U.S.C. § 1229b, a parent's admission for permanent resident status is imputed to the parent's unemancipated minor children residing with the parent”

Delgado v. State

Holding that decision ruling that crime by guest or invitee does not constitute burglary would not apply retroactively to final convictions

U.S. v. Pinto

Holding that the Sentencing Guidelines do not violate a defendant's due process right to an individualized sentence

Robertson v. State

Finding the death sentence disproportionate where HAC and other aggravation was offset by the mitigating factors of age, impaired capacity, childhood abuse, and mental mitigation

Miller v. State

Holding that if a defendant can establish that the premises were open to the public, then this is a complete defense to burglary

R.J.K. v. State

P.D.T. v. State

Reversing adjudication of delinquency for burglary of a dwelling and observing that the "intent to commit an offense therein" under the statute "is an essential element of the offense"

Section 924 - Penalties

Holding that conviction for eluding police, under Maine statute which provides that "[w]hoever, after being requested or signaled to stop, attempts to elude a law enforcement officer by driving a vehicle at a reckless rate of speed which results in a high-speed chase between the operator's vehicle and any law enforcement vehicle using a blue light and siren is guilty" of a felony-level crime, involves conduct that presents a serious potential risk of physical injury to another for purposes of 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)

Section 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

Holding deportable aliens who have been convicted of "crimes involving moral turpitude"

Section 810.02 - Burglary

Defining "burglary" for "offenses committed on or before July 1, 2001"

Section 810.015 - Legislative findings and intent; burglary

Reinstating Ray