Criminal Law

Intriguing Apprendi habeas decision from Seventh Circuit
Through a lengthy opinion today in Mack v. Battaglia, No. 06-3257 (7th Cir. June 18, 2008) (available here), the Seventh Circuit turns away an interesting Apprendi claim coming from an Illinois prisoner...

CA1: Apprendi pipeline case sees briefly sees light in IAAC context
Martinez-Medina v. US, No. 06-1594 (unpublished). This affirms a denial of a motion to vacate a sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The grounds asserted are whether, in an ?Apprendi Pipeline? case, the defendant was given ineffective assistance of counsel...

SCOTUS taking up Apprendi/Blakely consecutive sentencing issue
I am pleased to report that this morning the Supreme Court has announced that it is taking up another important Apprendi/Blakely issue. From today's SCOTUS order list (which also includes a few Gall and Kimbrough remands), here is the basic...

New L&C Law Scholarship: Damage Control
John B. Dudrey, Damage Control: Two Proposals to Limit the Reach and Effect of Oregon?s Wrongful Discharge Tort, 12 Lewis & Clark Law Review 205 (2008) The wrongful discharge tort is still a fairly new player on the employee rights legal scene...

Interesting Apprendi and Crawford Issues in NY Court of Appeals Case
The New York Court of Appeals on Tuesday decided People v. Leon, a case raising interesting issues at the intersection of Apprendi and Crawford. At the outset, I should reveal that the defendant was represented by the Center for Appellate...

Sending you all to Macondo Law to "A bit on Booker & Fanfan, and looking back at Mistretta and Apprendi"
I invite you to visit Macondo Law and check out the following post Revised - A bit on Booker & Fanfan, and looking back at Mistretta and Apprendi which I think you will find interesting...

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