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Criminal
SCOTUS grants cert on four new criminal cases, including one on FIRST STEP Act retroactivity of reduced crack sentences
The Supreme Court last night issued this order list which grants review in 14 new cases that will be heard later this SCOTUS Term. Four of the cases involve criminal…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Merit Decision: Youth Must Be Considered as a Factor in Life With Possibility of Parole Sentence. State v. Patrick.
“Additionally, we conclude that the difference between a sentence of life in prison with parole eligibility after a term of years and a sentence of life without the possibility of…
Ohio Appellate Insights
Top Ten Blog Hits of 2020
Top Ten Blog Hits of 2020 Every year I prepare a list of the top ten blog hits. The first three are perennial favorites, but after that, the rest are…
Sentencing Law and Policy
A bloggy review of the sentencing year that was 2020
I always enjoy "year in review" pieces, even in years like 2020 that many folks may quite rightly be quite eager to forget. So I figured I might as well…
Criminal
Two notable end-of-year state supreme court rulings for criminal defendants on sentencing matters
This week has brought two notable new state Supreme Court rulings from the coasts on sentencing issues. Here are press reports and parts of the starts of the opinions:From the…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Split Michigan appeals court upholds sentencing of mass molester Larry Nassar over claims of misconduct by sentencing judge
As detailed in posts here and here from nearly three years ago, there was a lot of chatter and commentary about the high-profile conduct of the Michigan state sentencing judge…
Criminal
Split Michigan appeals court upholds sentencing of mass molester Larry Nassar over claims of misconduct by sentencing judge
As detailed in posts here and here from nearly three years ago, there was a lot of chatter and commentary about the high-profile conduct of the Michigan state sentencing judge…
Criminal
Read papers from “The Controlled Substances Act at 50 Years” in the latest issue of the <em>Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law</em>
Though 2020 has been a rough year, I still feel fortunate that the last big in-person event I attended was this amazing conference, "The Controlled Substances Act at 50 Years," which…
Ohio Appellate Insights
The Case for a Sentencing Database
Justice Michael Donnelly and First District Court of Appeals Judge Pierre Bergeron have co-authored an article in The Atlantic titled “How a Spreadsheet Could Change the Criminal Justice System” in…
On Point
Sentencing court’s failure to consider presumptive mandatory release date isn’t a new factor
By Wisconsin State Public Defender
State v. Gerald D. Taylor, 2019AP1244-CR, District 1, 12/15/20, (not recommended for publication); case activity (including briefs) In 1999, a court imposed two, consecutive, 30-year indeterminate sentences on Taylor for…