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The facts and the citation for every case that has appeared in GUILTY or NOT?. 75 cases and counting — a new one is added each day.

Each entry gives you the case as the court had it, the full citation, and a link to the decision itself. What each court actually decided, and why, is revealed when you play the case.

• Arizona v. Johnson 555 U.S. 323 (2009) · Unlawful Possession of a Weapon; Possession of Marijuana
• Berkemer v. McCarty 468 U.S. 420 (1984) · Driving Under the Influence (Misdemeanor)
• California v. Hodari D. 499 U.S. 621 (1991) · Possession of Cocaine
• Collins v. Virginia 584 U.S. 586 (2018) · Receiving Stolen Property
• Commonwealth v. Carroll 412 Pa. 525, 194 A.2d 911 (Pa. 1963) · Murder — First Degree
• Commonwealth v. Feinberg 433 Pa. 558, 253 A.2d 636 (Pa. 1969) · Involuntary Manslaughter — Multiple Counts
• Commonwealth v. Welansky 316 Mass. 383, 55 N.E.2d 902 (Mass. 1944) · Involuntary Manslaughter — 19 Counts
• Dunaway v. New York 442 U.S. 200 (1979) · Attempted Murder; Robbery
• Fernandez v. California 571 U.S. 292 (2014) · Robbery; Assault with a Deadly Weapon
• Florida v. Jardines 569 U.S. 1 (2013) · Trafficking in Cannabis
• Georgia v. Randolph 547 U.S. 103 (2006) · Possession of Cocaine
• Groh v. Ramirez 540 U.S. 551 (2004) · Possession of Unregistered Firearms
• Heien v. North Carolina 574 U.S. 54 (2014) · Trafficking in Cocaine
• Herring v. United States 555 U.S. 135 (2009) · Possession of Methamphetamine; Illegal Possession of a Firearm by a Felon
• Hoffa v. United States 385 U.S. 293 (1966) · Jury Tampering; Bribery
• Illinois v. Gates 462 U.S. 213 (1983) · Unlawful Possession of Controlled Substances
• Illinois v. Lafayette 462 U.S. 640 (1983) · Possession of a Controlled Substance
• Illinois v. Lidster 540 U.S. 419 (2004) · Driving Under the Influence
• Kansas v. Glover 589 U.S. 376 (2020) · Driving as a Habitual Violator
• Katz v. United States 389 U.S. 347 (1967) · Transmitting Wagering Information by Telephone Across State Lines
• Keeler v. Superior Court 2 Cal.3d 619, 87 Cal.Rptr. 481, 470 P.2d 617 (Cal. 1970) · Murder — Second Degree
• Kuhlmann v. Wilson 477 U.S. 436 (1986) · Murder; Robbery
• Kyllo v. United States 533 U.S. 27 (2001) · Manufacturing Marijuana (Federal)
• Lambert v. California 355 U.S. 225, 78 S.Ct. 240, 2 L.Ed.2d 228 (1957) · Failure to Register as a Convicted Felon — Los Angeles Municipal Ordinance
• Lange v. California 594 U.S. 295 (2021) · Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol
• Lo-Ji Sales, Inc. v. New York 442 U.S. 319 (1979) · Promoting Obscenity
• Massiah v. United States 377 U.S. 201 (1964) · Federal Drug Trafficking
• Michigan v. Long 463 U.S. 1032 (1983) · Possession of Marijuana
• Navarette v. California 572 U.S. 393 (2014) · Transportation of Marijuana and Possession of Marijuana for Sale
• Papachristou v. City of Jacksonville 405 U.S. 156, 92 S.Ct. 839, 31 L.Ed.2d 110 (1972) · Violation of Jacksonville, Florida Vagrancy Ordinance
• Payton v. New York 445 U.S. 573 (1980) · Murder (First Degree)
• Pennsylvania v. Muniz 496 U.S. 582 (1990) · Driving Under the Influence
• People v. Beeman 35 Cal.3d 547, 199 Cal.Rptr. 60, 674 P.2d 1318 (Cal. 1984) · Robbery; Burglary; False Imprisonment; Assault with Intent to Commit a Felony (Aiding and Abetting)
• People v. Berry 18 Cal.3d 509, 556 P.2d 777, 134 Cal.Rptr. 415 (Cal. 1976) · Murder — First Degree
• People v. Casassa 49 N.Y.2d 668, 427 N.Y.S.2d 769, 404 N.E.2d 1310 (N.Y. 1980) · Murder — Second Degree
• People v. Decina 2 N.Y.2d 133, 157 N.Y.S.2d 558, 138 N.E.2d 799 (N.Y. 1956) · Criminal Negligence in Operation of a Motor Vehicle Resulting in Death
• People v. Goetz 68 N.Y.2d 96, 506 N.Y.S.2d 18, 497 N.E.2d 41 (N.Y. 1986) · Attempted Murder — Second Degree (4 Counts)
• People v. Kibbe 35 N.Y.2d 407, 362 N.Y.S.2d 848, 321 N.E.2d 773 (N.Y. 1974) · Murder — Second Degree (Depraved Indifference)
• People v. Knoller 41 Cal.4th 139, 158 P.3d 731, 59 Cal.Rptr.3d 157 (Cal. 2007) · Murder — Second Degree
• People v. Lauria 251 Cal.App.2d 471, 59 Cal.Rptr. 628 (Cal. Ct. App. 1967) · Conspiracy to Commit Prostitution
• People v. Marrero 69 N.Y.2d 382, 514 N.Y.S.2d 43, 507 N.E.2d 1068 (N.Y. 1987) · Criminal Possession of a Weapon — Third Degree
• People v. Newton 8 Cal.App.3d 359, 87 Cal.Rptr. 394 (Cal. Ct. App. 1970) · Murder — Second Degree
• People v. Oliver 210 Cal.App.3d 138, 258 Cal.Rptr. 138 (Cal. Ct. App. 1989) · Involuntary Manslaughter
• People v. Stamp 2 Cal.App.3d 203, 82 Cal.Rptr. 598 (Cal. Ct. App. 1969) · Murder — First Degree (Felony Murder); First-Degree Robbery
• People v. Watson 30 Cal.3d 290, 179 Cal.Rptr. 43, 637 P.2d 279 (Cal. 1981) · Murder — Second Degree (2 Counts)
• Pinkerton v. United States 328 U.S. 640, 66 S.Ct. 1180, 90 L.Ed. 1489 (1946) · Conspiracy to Violate the Internal Revenue Code; Substantive Tax Violations (Illegal Whiskey)
• Powell v. Texas 392 U.S. 514, 88 S.Ct. 2145, 20 L.Ed.2d 1254 (1968) · Public Intoxication — Texas Penal Code Art. 477
• Robinson v. California 370 U.S. 660, 82 S.Ct. 1417, 8 L.Ed.2d 758 (1962) · Violation of California Health & Safety Code § 11721 — Being Addicted to Narcotics
• Sorrells v. United States 287 U.S. 435, 53 S.Ct. 210, 77 L.Ed. 413 (1932) · Unlawful Possession and Sale of Intoxicating Liquor — National Prohibition Act
• State v. Abbott 36 N.J. 63, 174 A.2d 881 (N.J. 1961) · Atrocious Assault and Battery
• State v. Brown 143 N.J. Super. 571, 364 A.2d 27 (N.J. App. Div. 1976), aff'd 381 A.2d 1231 (N.J. 1977) · Atrocious Assault and Battery
• State v. Guthrie 194 W. Va. 657, 461 S.E.2d 163 (W. Va. 1995) · Murder — First Degree
• State v. Leidholm 334 N.W.2d 811 (N.D. 1983) · Murder
• State v. Norman 324 N.C. 253, 378 S.E.2d 8 (N.C. 1989) · Murder — First Degree
• State v. Rusk 289 Md. 230, 424 A.2d 720 (Md. 1981) · Rape — Second Degree
• State v. Toscano 74 N.J. 421, 378 A.2d 755 (N.J. 1977) · Conspiracy to Obtain Money by False Pretenses
• State v. Walden 306 N.C. 466, 293 S.E.2d 780 (N.C. 1982) · Aiding and Abetting Assault with a Deadly Weapon Inflicting Serious Injury
• State v. Williams 4 Wash. App. 908, 484 P.2d 1167 (Wash. Ct. App. 1971) · Manslaughter — Failure to Provide Medical Care
• State v. Williquette 129 Wis.2d 239, 385 N.W.2d 145 (Wis. 1986) · Child Abuse — Failure to Protect (2 Counts)
• United States v. Bailey 444 U.S. 394, 100 S.Ct. 624, 62 L.Ed.2d 575 (1980) · Escape from Federal Custody (18 U.S.C. § 751(a))
• United States v. Brawner 471 F.2d 969 (D.C. Cir. 1972) (en banc) · Murder — Second Degree
• United States v. Dotterweich 320 U.S. 277, 64 S.Ct. 134, 88 L.Ed. 48 (1943) · Introducing Misbranded and Adulterated Drugs into Interstate Commerce (Federal Misdemeanor)
• United States v. Falcone 109 F.2d 579 (2d Cir. 1940), aff'd 311 U.S. 205 (1940) · Conspiracy to Violate the National Prohibition Act (Unlawful Distilling)
• United States v. Hanousek 176 F.3d 1116 (9th Cir. 1999) · Negligent Discharge of a Harmful Quantity of Oil into a Navigable Water — Clean Water Act (Federal Misdemeanor)
• United States v. Holmes 26 F. Cas. 360, No. 15,383 (C.C.E.D. Pa. 1842) · Manslaughter on the High Seas
• United States v. Jewell 532 F.2d 697 (9th Cir. 1976) (en banc) · Knowingly Importing and Possessing a Controlled Substance (Marijuana)
• United States v. Jones 565 U.S. 400 (2012) · Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute Cocaine
• United States v. Leon 468 U.S. 897 (1984) · Drug Trafficking (Cocaine, Marijuana, Methamphetamine)
• United States v. Moore 486 F.2d 1139 (D.C. Cir. 1973) (en banc) · Possession of Heroin with Intent to Distribute; Unlawful Possession of Heroin
• United States v. Oviedo 525 F.2d 881 (5th Cir. 1976) · Attempted Distribution of Heroin (21 U.S.C. § 846)
• United States v. Park 421 U.S. 658, 95 S.Ct. 1903 (1975) · Adulteration of Food — Federal (Multiple Counts)
• United States v. Peterson 483 F.2d 1222 (D.C. Cir. 1973) · Manslaughter
• United States v. Place 462 U.S. 696 (1983) · Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute
• United States v. Schoon 971 F.2d 193 (9th Cir. 1992) · Obstruction of Federal Agency Operations; Failure to Comply with Federal Police Order
• Wyoming v. Houghton 526 U.S. 295 (1999) · Possession of Methamphetamine

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