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Supreme Court Criminal Law Docket in 2007-2008: Kristina Moore at SCOTUSblog posted a summary of the criminal cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court this term. Moore reports that of the 24 cases involving criminal law, 12 involved sentencing guidelines or felony definitions, and seven cases addressed strictly procedural issues. Some interesting facts from Moore's post: (1) Of the 24 criminal cases, Justice Kennedy cast 12 votes in favor of the defendant, and 12 votes in favor of the prosecution; (2) Justice Stevens actually voted more for the prosecution this term - he only voted for the defendant in 54% of the decisions, whereas last term he voted for the defendant 76.5% of the time; and (3) Chief Justice Roberts' support for the defendant actually increased in OT07...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on June 30, 2008 (boomark / email).