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Sentencing Law and Policy
Federal district court declines to consider acquitted conduct at sentencing “based on the implication of Sixth Amendment guarantees”
Main April 21, 2016Federal district court declines to consider acquitted conduct at sentencing "based on the implication of Sixth Amendment guarantees"A helpful reader alerted me to a notable new federal…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New Orleans judge threatening to turn public defender funding crisis into a public safety problem
Main April 11, 2016New Orleans judge threatening to turn public defender funding crisis into a public safety problemThis local article from the Big Easy reports on notable efforts by a…
Subject to Inquiry
You Can Pay Your Lawyer: Supreme Court Recognizes Limits on Pretrial Asset Restraints
By Government Investigations Group
Before the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last week in Luis v. United States, the government could freeze a criminal defendant’s assets before trial even if they bore no connection to…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Supreme Court To Decide Case Involving Juror Bias Against Mexicans
Today, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado, a case raising the question whether a rule that no evidence will be taken to impeach a jury verdict may bar evidence of…
White Collar Crime Prof Blog
Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel Infringed When Untainted Assets are Frozen, Preventing Payment of Attorney Fees
By Ellen Podgor
In Sila Luis v. United States, the Supreme Court rules "[a] federal statute provides that a court may freeze before trial certain assets belonging to a criminal defendant accused of…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Effective previews via SCOTUSblog before an exciting upcoming SCOTUS week for sentencing fans
Main March 27, 2016Effective previews via SCOTUSblog before an exciting upcoming SCOTUS week for sentencing fansThis coming week brings two interesting Supreme Court cases about sentencing issues via Betterman v.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Post-Hursthydra heads emerging in Alabama
Main February 9, 2016Post-Hurst hydra heads emerging in AlabamaAs regularly readers may recall, in this post not long after the Supreme Court in Hurst declared Florida's death penalty procedures violative…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Post-Hursthydra develops new heads in Delaware as all capital cases get halted
Main February 2, 2016Post-Hurst hydra develops new heads in Delaware as all capital cases get haltedIn this post last month not long after the Supreme Court in Hurst v. Florida…
Understanding the ADA
Batson Challenges and Persons With Disabilities: Now You Will See More of Them
In October 2012, I posted a blog entry discussing Batson challenges and persons with disabilities. Since that time I have attended many a networking event, CLE, or other law related…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Early accounts of the developing post-Hursthydra for past and present capital cases in Florida
Main January 19, 2016Early accounts of the developing post-Hurst hydra for past and present capital cases in FloridaIn this post last week not long after the Supreme Court in Hurst…