Booker, Crawford, Ex Post Facto, oh my…

Thanks to this post over at Appellate Law & Practice, I am channeling Dorothy in expressing my excitement (and trepidation) over the opinion from the First Circuit today in US v. Molina, No. 03-1625 (1st Cir. May 19, 2005) (available here). 

Molina provides us with nearly 50 pages of fine prose from Circuit Judge (have-your-dictionary-handy) Bruce Selya.  The ground covered, in the words of AL&P, is “a bonanza of Confrontation Clause, Ex Post Facto, and Booker stuff.”   From a quick read, I see some notable dicta in the Booker and Ex Post sections, though I will have to look up the words “salmagundi,” “gallimaufry,” and “asseverate” before I can be sure I haven’t missed some important nuances. 

Who says the law and blawg content isn’t populist?!?  Happy reading.