Where the suspect poses no immediate threat to the officer and no threat to others, the harm resulting from the failing to apprehend him does not justify the use of deadly force to do so.
Byron WhiteA right to jury trial is granted to criminal defendants in order to prevent oppression by the Government.
Byron WhiteWhen the whistle blows you have only a limited amount of time to do what you have to do. You either do it then or you don't do it at all.
Byron WhiteWe're the only branch of government that explains itself in writing every time itmakes a decision.
Byron WhiteThe issue presented is whether the Federal Constitution confers a fundamental right upon homosexuals to engage in sodomy, and hence invalidates the laws of the many States that still make such conduct illegal, and have done so for a very long time.... Respondent would have us announce, as the Court of Appeals did, a fundamental right to engage in homosexual sodomy. This we are quite unwilling to do.
Byron White