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Sentencing Law and Policy
Remarkable opinion by Pennsylvania Justice assails federal defender involvement in state capital cases
Main May 9, 2011Remarkable opinion by Pennsylvania Justice assails federal defender involvement in state capital casesA helpful reader altered me to what he rightly described as an "intense, fascinating concurrence"…
EvidenceProf Blog
With A Gun?: Appeals Court Of Massachusetts Opinion Addresses Second, Sixth Amendment Issues
By Colin Miller
The Second Amendment provides thatA well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.Meanwhile,…
Constitutional Law Prof Blog
This Week: Criminal Procedure Oral Arguments at United States Supreme Court
By ConLawProf initials at end of post
The United States Supreme Court is hearing four important oral arguments dealing with Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments this week.Today, March 21, the Court will hear two cases: Davis v.…
Supreme Court Update
Snyder v. Phelps (09-751), Henderson v. Shinseki (09-1036) and Michigan v. Bryant (09-150)
By Kim Rinehart
Greetings, Court fans! We're back with three more decisions. The most newsworthy came in Snyder v. Phelps (09-751), where a nearly unanimous Court found that a grieving father's tort claims…
Sentencing Law and Policy
New ACS piece on the right to counsel and public defender workloads
Main March 1, 2011New ACS piece on the right to counsel and public defender workloadsContinuing its strong coverage of indigent defense issues, the American Constitution Society has released another issue…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS limits reach of confrontation clause inMichigan v. Bryant
Main February 28, 2011SCOTUS limits reach of confrontation clause in Michigan v. BryantBecause the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause has been held not to apply at sentencing, today's SCOTUS ruling about…
Sentencing Law and Policy
SCOTUS apparently still not interested in reconsideringAlmendarez-Torres
Main February 22, 2011SCOTUS apparently still not interested in reconsidering Almendarez-TorresA helpful reader highlighted to me that among the cases in which the Supreme Court denied cert this morning were…
EvidenceProf Blog
That’s One Interpretation: NJ Court Finds Confrontation Clause Doesn’t Cover “Interpreters” Of Statements To Police
By Colin Miller
The Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause provides thatIn all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right...to be confronted with the witnesses against him.Pursuant to the Supreme Court's opinion in Crawford v.…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Re-lists has experts pondering possible SCOTUS reconsideration ofAlmendarez-Torres
Main January 27, 2011Re-lists has experts pondering possible SCOTUS reconsideration of Almendarez-TorresAnyone who has missed deep discussions of the Sixth Amendment and Apprendi jurisprudence in recent sentencing discussions — and…
Sentencing Law and Policy
“The People’s Right: Reimagining the Right to Counsel”
Main January 13, 2011"The People’s Right: Reimagining the Right to Counsel"The title of this post is the title of this interesting looking new article by Martin Guggenheim and now available…