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SCOTUS grants cert and issues summary dispositions in more criminal cases

By Douglas A. Berman

As noted in this post, the US Supreme Court is back to work this morning.  And, as detailed in posts here and herefrom SCOTUSblog, criminal justice issues are at the heart of two new cert grants and two new summary dispositions.  Here are effective accounts of all the new SCOTUS action thanks to the folks SCOTUSblog: The Court has granted cert. in two cases, Los Angeles County v. Humphries (09-350) and Harrington v. Richter (09-587).... There are two unanimous summary dispositions: in Wilkins v. Gaddy(08-10914) the judgment of the lower court is reversed and remanded for further proceedings; in Thaler v. Haynes (09-273), the lower court?s judgment is also reversed and remanded. Justice Thomas filed a concurrence, joined by Justice Scalia, in Wilkins...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 22, 2010 (boomark / email).