Interesting state Blakely news

Though the federal sentencing story will take center stage later today when the respondents and amici file briefs in Booker and Fanfan, today’s papers have more interesting news on Blakely in the states. From Maine, this article details that the Maine Supreme Court later this week will hear additional argument in two pending cases in order to examine the impact of Blakely.

From Tennessee, this article reports on the interesting and challenging work of the Governor’s Task Force (previously discussed here and here) which was assigned the task of devising an effective response to Blakely for Tennessee. In addition, this editorial urges a set of responses to Blakely for Tennessee and federal sentencing.