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SCOTUS grants cert in three criminal cases (including the "animal porn" case)

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this postat SCOTUSblog, the Supreme Court this morning "has granted certiorari in three cases: Bloate v. US, US v. Stevens,  and Pottawattamie County et al. v. McGhee et al."  As revealed by these SCOTUSblog summaries, all these cases involve criminal justice issues: Bloate v. US Issue:Whether time granted at the request of a defendant to prepare pretrial motions qualifies as ?delay resulting from other proceedings concerning the defendant? and is thus excludable from the time within which trial must commence under the Speedy Trial Act of 1974, 18 U.S.C. 3161 et seq. US v. Stevens Issue: Is 18 U.S.C. 48, on depictions of  animal cruelty, facially invalid under the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment? Pottawattamie County et al...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on April 20, 2009 (boomark / email).