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H-U-G-E win on state postconviction procedure

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

This morning the Supreme Court, 7-2, in Danforth v. Minnesota (a noncapital case), ruled that state courts, as opposed to the federal courts, may apply new rules of criminal law and procedure retroactively. The SCOTUSBlog has more. I’ll wrap up coverage later as I am waiting for more voices to weigh in on this before adding my own perspective as my take is slightly different than the SCOTUS blog’s view.

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on February 20, 2008 (boomark / email).