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US v. Marks
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Sentencing Law and Policy
Chad Marks, high-profile "prison lawyer" subject to extreme stacked 924(c) term, gets his sentence reduced from 40 to 20 years via § 3582(c)(1)(A)
Readers may recall this post from last year about a remarkable four-page order entered in US v. Marks, No. 03-CR-6033 (WDNY March 14, 2019). I am happy to have an…
PrawfsBlawg
Ramos and the Fate of Fragmented Rulings
Main Thursday, October 17, 2019Ramos and the Fate of Fragmented RulingsIn Ramos v. Louisiana, the Court is considering whether to hold that the Sixth Amendment requirement of jury unanimity applies…
Wisconsin Appellate Law
The Need for a Marks Rule in Wisconsin
This article is the fourth and final installment in our series on the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s recently completed 2017-18 term. For previous installments, see here, here, and here. Last term, the United States…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal judge pens extraordinary and compelling order requesting US Attorney to vacate old stacked 924(c) conviction in extraordinary and compelling case
I learned last night of a remarkable new four-page order entered in US v. Marks, No. 03-CR-6033 (WDNY March 14, 2019) (available for download below). Chad Marks' case has been…
PrawfsBlawg
JOTWELL: Levy on Re on Marks
Main Monday, November 05, 2018JOTWELL: Levy on Re on MarksThe new Courts Law essay comes from Marin Levy (Duke), reviewing Richard Re, Beyond the Marks Rule (Harv. L. Rev., forthcoming),…
PrawfsBlawg
SCOTUS Term: Marks All the Way Down, and the Importance of Conceptual Legal Puzzles
Main Monday, June 11, 2018 SCOTUS Term: Marks All the Way Down, and the Importance of Conceptual Legal PuzzlesI want to say a few things about a cool, conceptual legal…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Some Thoughts on the Hughes Argument and Logical Subsets
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard oral argument in United States v. Hughes, a case involving how to identify the holding of a Supreme Court decision with no majority opinion. This…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Marks, Hughes, and Biconditional Rules
The final version of my essay Nonmajority Opinions and Biconditional Rules, 128 Yale L.J. F. 1 (2018), is out. Here’s the abstract:In Hughes v. United States, the Supreme Court will…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Hughes v. United States: SCOTUS to address the binding effect of non-majority opinions
At the end of this month, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Hughes v. United States. One of the issues the Court will address is how to identify…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Symposium on Kerry v. Din: Chuck Roth, What is the “Holding” of Kerry v. Din?
Here is a contribution to the symposium by Chuck Roth of the National Immigrant Justice Center: I appreciate the opportunity to join this discussion, which has so carefully parsed the three…