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10 Jan 2009, 1:52 am
In one of their briefs to the Supreme Court (here), the district argues that, among other reasons, the election of Barack Obama shows that the United States political arena has changed drastically from the one that existed when the VRA was passed in 1965. [read post]
27 Dec 2008, 10:32 am
The issues raised in the appeal will be discussed in future blogs as will the United States Supreme Court's recent decision in Kimbrough v United States, 128 S. [read post]
21 Dec 2008, 5:35 am
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit limited recovery to the attorney's cost. 472 F. 3d 1370 (2006). [read post]
19 Dec 2008, 2:45 pm
Ice, which deals with Blakely's applicability to consecutive sentencing determinations, and United States v. [read post]
10 Dec 2008, 5:04 am
  In light of the Supreme Court's rulings in Gall and Kimbrough, which had come down in the interim, the majority held in United States v. [read post]
20 Oct 2008, 6:46 pm
U.S., No. 07-10689 Sentence for possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute is reversed and the case remanded where the district court's statements during sentencing showed that it did not think it had the discretion, which was later upheld by the Supreme Court in Kimbrough v. [read post]
1 Oct 2008, 10:44 pm
Citing the reasoning in the recent Supreme Court decision, Kimbrough v United States that permitted Federal District Courts to consider the "100-1" ratio when considering whether or not to sentence below the federal sentencing guidelines in crack (or cocaine base) cases, Tilem & Campbell asked the Courts to take the ruling one step further and declare the mandatory minimums unconstitutional. [read post]
28 Aug 2008, 2:15 pm
Mitchell, No. 02-3505 Denial of a petition for habeas relief in a death penalty case is reversed where: 1) a state court applied the Strickland standard in an objectively unreasonable manner for purposes of claims that petitioner's counsel were ineffective in preparing for the sentencing phase of his trial; 2) the state court unreasonably determined that the alleged errors of trial counsel did not prejudice petitioner's case; and 3) a state court erroneously… [read post]