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"Sotomayor emerges as force in criminal cases"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of a new piece by Marcia Coyle via the Supreme Court Insider at The National Law Journal.  Here is how the piece starts: If there were any doubts that Justice Sonia Sotomayor would have a voice to be heeded, particularly in criminal justice matters, her most recent opinions have conquered them. "She is emerging as a force on the Court," said white-collar defense litigator Timothy O'Toole, a partner at Miller & Chevalier.  "She has important views and strong views, and they tend to be as liberal as the justice she replaced, but there are some places where she is to the right of Justice [David] Souter."  It would be difficult, he added, to walk away from the two decisions that she issued on Feb. 28 and March 2 "and not realize she is becoming a voice of importance and influence...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 09, 2011 (boomark / email).