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Respondents and Amici File Before the Supreme Court in Booker, Fanfan, etc.

By Tom Lincoln

Today we had a number of filings by respondents regarding the Government's petition for writ of certiorari to the Seventh Circuit in Booker, and the petition for certiorari before judgment to the First Circuit in Fanfan, and their respective positions as to the Government's motion for expedited briefing and argument.  We also had a great amici brief filed by the NACDL and NAFD (National Association of Federal Defenders). I found this latter most interesting in  its request for the Court to reformulate the questions presented by the Solicitor General's petitions. Here are links to the various briefs: Defendant's Response in Booker Defendant's Brief in Opposition in Fanfan NACDL and NAFD Amici Brief In the Fanfan Brief in Opposition it is argued that Cert...continue to full post

Full post as published by Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers on July 28, 2004 (boomark / email).