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Some of this week's critical appellate opinions.

By Marks & Katz, LLC

    Bill of Rights (From public domain.) In addition to my April 17 review of the Supreme Court's Baze lethal injection case, here is a brief overview of some additional critical criminal appellate decisions from this week:  - In Burgess v. U.S., _ U.S. _ (April 16, 2008), writing for a unanimous court, Justice Ginsburg affirmatively answered the following question presented: "The question in this case is whether a state drug offense classified as a misdemeanor, but punishable by more than one year?s imprisonment, is a 'felony drug offense' as that term isused in §841(b)(1)(A)."  - In Begay v. U.S. __ U.S. _ (April 16, 2008), the United States Supreme Court ruled that "New Mexico?s crime of ?driving under the influence? falls outside the scope of the Armed Career Criminal Act?s clause (ii) 'violent felony' definition...continue to full post

Full post as published by Underdog on April 18, 2008 (boomark / email).