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21 Jan 2009, 11:58 pm
In a per curiam summary reversal, the United States Supreme Court held in Spears v. [read post]
15 Jan 2009, 3:39 am
  (This situation is not confined to the Federal system, either; two years ago in State v. [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 9:50 am by Paul M. Rashkind
Justice Ginsburg, writing for the five-Justice majority, held that "twin considerations–historical practice and respect for state sovereignty–counsel against extending Apprendi’s rule to the imposition of sentences for discrete crimes. [read post]
24 Dec 2008, 8:13 am
Providing a last-minute holiday present, the Sixth Circuit today finally handed down its long awaited en banc opinion in US v. [read post]
21 Dec 2008, 10:23 am
For example, the decision states that a district court does not have the power to suspend a sentence, citing United States v. [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 7:16 pm
Guida, No. 05-6105 In death penalty habeas proceedings in a case in which petitioner effectuated a murder-for-hire against her husband, denial of habeas relief is affirmed where: 1) state courts reasonably applied Strickland by concluding that petitioner sabotaged her own defense, as counsel's performance is not deficient when counsel follows a client's instructions; 2) state courts reasonably applied Brady because even if certain letters were favorable evidence, and were… [read post]
17 Dec 2008, 5:47 pm
Despite a well-deserved reputation for rigorous reasonableness review after Booker, the Eighth Circuit today in US v. [read post]
13 Dec 2008, 12:13 am
Booker     Eastern District of Michigan at Detroit 08a0725n.06  USA v. [read post]
17 Nov 2008, 6:39 pm
Buie, No. 070258 Sentence of fifteen years for being a felon in possession of a firearm is affirmed where: 1) because the maximum penalty for the offense to which defendant pleaded guilty was ten years or more under state statute, defendant's state felony narcotics conviction qualified as a "serious drug offense" under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA); and 2) defendant's allegation that he was deprived of counsel at his plea hearing did not state a… [read post]
5 Nov 2008, 8:08 pm
Christopher Kelly, who argued the landmark sentencing case Booker v. [read post]