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A few new criminal law opinions from SCOTUS

By Douglas A. Berman

Though the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor will ensure that the future of the Supreme Court gets most of the headlines, the Justices did hand down a few opinions this morning.  And, intriguingly, all three opinions issued today have criminal law dimensions. As always, SCOTUSblog and How Appealing are the places to go for all the basics and key links.  Here are the essentials from this post at SCOTUSblog: The Court has released the opinion in Abuelhawa v. United States (08-192) . The decision below, which held for is the United States, is reversed and remanded in a unanimous opinion by Justice Souter, available here. The Court has released the opinion in Montejo v. Louisiana (07-1529).  The decision below, which held for the state, is vacated and remanded in a 5-4 opinion by Justice Scalia, available here...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 26, 2009 (boomark / email).