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Another big criminal justice week for SCOTUS

By Douglas A. Berman

As well previewed in a number of posts at SCOTUSblog and a number of links at How Appealing, the Supreme Court has another exciting week on tap with lots of notable criminal justice cases on the calender.  Specifically, today brings oral argument in three criminal cases -- Berghuis v. Thompkins (08-1470); Holland v. Florida (09-5327); Skilling v. United States (08-1394) -- and tomorrow is oral argument in the big Second Amendment incorporation case McDonald. In addition, this morning could bring some new criminal case cert grants and/or some new criminal case summary reversals.  And I believe some opinions in some of the criminal cases argued last Fall might be released earlier this week.  I am eagerly and especially anticipating big Eighth Amendment rulings in the juve LWOP cases, but I doubt that these cases are quite ready for decision...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 01, 2010 (boomark / email).