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24 Jan 2016, 10:22 am by Guest Blogger
Zachary Price            The Supreme Court heard arguments last week in Commonwealth of Puerto Rico v. [read post]
25 Sep 2015, 8:00 pm by John Ehrett
Sanchez Valle 15-108 Issue: Whether the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Federal Government are separate sovereigns for purposes of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution. [read post]
7 Feb 2014, 10:16 am
However, the claim was ultimately dismissed as time-barred - a decision recently affirmed by the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Sanchez v. [read post]
13 Aug 2020, 10:59 am by Daniel Cappetta
In Commonwealth v Diaz Perez, the Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the allowance of the defendant’s motion for a new trial, agreeing with the trial court judge that the failure of the defendant’s successor trial counsel to investigate a crucial alibi witness, who had testified at an earlier mistrial, constituted ineffective assistance of counsel under the Sixth Amendment. [read post]
9 Jun 2016, 7:29 am by Kent Scheidegger
Sanchez Valle, No. 15-108, the Court decided that the "dual sovereignty" exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause does not apply to Puerto Rico. [read post]
13 Jan 2016, 2:53 pm by Rick Pildes
  Starting from that initial premise, the question in Sanchez Valle is whether the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is different. [read post]
25 Sep 2015, 12:30 pm by John Ehrett
Sanchez Valle 15-108Issue: Whether the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the Federal Government are separate sovereigns for purposes of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution. [read post]