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cert watch: SCOTUS Conference of September 29, 2008

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

The SCOTUSBlog has launched the first of its docket reviews for the Court which has its first Conference of the new term on September 29, 2008.  In addition to the motion in Kennedy and the Troy Davis petition there are roughly 55-60 capital cases scheduled for the conference.  Three of those are deemed by the authors of the SCOTUSBlog more likely than the others to get cert.  Additionally, there are a large number of noncapital cases the SCOTUSBlog also believes are more likely to get cert than the average matter. Three of those cases, from looking at the issues and briefs, have a very strong possibility of cert, as does the first cert petition below, Lucero v. Texas. The remainders of the cases, as well as all the capital matters on the September 29, 2008 conference, after the jump...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on September 19, 2008 (boomark / email).