Discovery and inspection in criminal cases: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Discovery and inspection in criminal cases,” part of the Criminal Procedure area.

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All 47 decisions, newest first

• Trump v. Vance
  140 S. Ct. 2412Decided July 9, 20207–2John G. Roberts Jr.
• Turner v. United States
  137 S. Ct. 1885Decided June 22, 20176–2Stephen G. Breyer
• Wearry v. Cain
  577 U.S. 385Decided March 7, 20166–2Per curiam
• John E. Wetzel v. James Lambert
  565 U.S. 520Decided February 21, 20126–3Per curiam
• Juan Smith v. Burl Cain
  565 U.S. 73Decided January 10, 20128–1John G. Roberts Jr.
• Marcus A. Wellons v. Hilton Hall
  558 U.S. 220Decided January 19, 20105–4Per curiam
• District Attorney's Office for the Third Judicial District v. William G. Osborne
  557 U.S. 52Decided June 18, 20095–4John G. Roberts Jr.
• Gary Bradford Cone v. Ricky Bell
  556 U.S. 449Decided April 28, 20097–2John Paul Stevens
• Denver A. Youngblood, Jr. v. West Virginia
  547 U.S. 867Decided June 19, 20066–3Per curiam
• Delma Banks, Jr. v. Doug Dretke
  540 U.S. 668Decided February 24, 20047–2Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• United States v. John Bass
  536 U.S. 862Decided June 28, 20029–0Per curiam
• Swidler & Berlin and James Hamilton v. United States
  524 U.S. 399Decided June 25, 19986–3William H. Rehnquist
• William Bracy v. Richard B. Gramley
  520 U.S. 899Decided June 9, 19979–0William H. Rehnquist
• United States v. Christopher Lee Armstrong
  517 U.S. 456Decided May 13, 19968–1William H. Rehnquist
• Tana Wood v. Dwayne Earl Bartholomew
  516 U.S. 1Decided October 10, 19955–4Per curiam
• Curtis Lee Kyles v. John P. Whitley
  514 U.S. 419Decided April 19, 19955–4David H. Souter
• United States v. R. Enterprises, Inc.
  498 U.S. 292Decided January 22, 19919–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• United States v. Zolin
  491 U.S. 554Decided June 21, 19898–0Harry A. Blackmun
• United States Department of Justice v. Julian
  486 U.S. 1Decided May 16, 19885–3William H. Rehnquist
• Pennsylvania v. Ritchie
  480 U.S. 39Decided February 24, 19875–4Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• United States v. Bagley
  473 U.S. 667Decided July 2, 19855–3Harry A. Blackmun
• Illinois v. Abbott & Associates, Inc.
  460 U.S. 557Decided March 29, 19839–0John Paul Stevens
• Douglas Oil Company of California v. Petrol Stops Northwest
  441 U.S. 211Decided April 18, 19796–3Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• United States v. Lasalle National Bank
  437 U.S. 298Decided June 19, 19785–4Harry A. Blackmun
• Kerr v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California
  426 U.S. 394Decided June 14, 19768–0Thurgood Marshall
• Goldberg v. United States
  425 U.S. 94Decided March 30, 19769–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• United States v. Nobles
  422 U.S. 225Decided June 23, 19758–0Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• Test v. United States
  420 U.S. 28Decided January 27, 19759–0Per curiam
• United States v. Nixon
  418 U.S. 683Decided July 24, 19748–0Warren E. Burger
• Harris, U.S. District Judge (Walker v. Nelson
  394 U.S. 286Decided March 24, 19695–4Abe Fortas
• Simmons v. United States
  390 U.S. 377Decided March 18, 19688–0John M. Harlan II
• Smith v. Pennsylvania
  376 U.S. 354Decided March 9, 19649–0Per curiam
• Evola v. United States
  375 U.S. 32Decided October 21, 19636–3Per curiam
• Campbell v. United States
  373 U.S. 487Decided May 27, 19636–3William J. Brennan Jr.
• Brady v. Maryland
  373 U.S. 83Decided May 13, 19637–2William O. Douglas
• Clancy v. United States
  365 U.S. 312Decided February 27, 19616–3William O. Douglas
• Campbell v. United States
  365 U.S. 85Decided January 23, 19615–4William J. Brennan Jr.
• Palermo v. United States
  360 U.S. 343Decided June 22, 19599–0Felix Frankfurter
• Rosenberg v. United States
  360 U.S. 367Decided June 22, 19595–4Felix Frankfurter
• Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. United States
  360 U.S. 395Decided June 22, 19595–4Tom C. Clark
• Lev v. United States
  360 U.S. 470Decided June 22, 19594–4
• Scales v. United States.
  355 U.S. 1Decided October 14, 19579–0Per curiam
• Lightfoot v. United States.
  355 U.S. 2Decided October 14, 19579–0Per curiam
• Jencks v. United States
  353 U.S. 657Decided June 3, 19577–1William J. Brennan Jr.
• Roviaro v. United States
  353 U.S. 53Decided March 25, 19576–1Harold H. Burton
• Gordon v. United States
  344 U.S. 414Decided February 2, 19539–0Robert H. Jackson
• Bowman Dairy Co. v. United States
  341 U.S. 214Decided April 30, 19517–1Sherman Minton

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error