Recapping a manic Monday
Perhaps providing a sign that we are in for another stunning summer, this week started off at a manic pace with sentencing action from all quarters on Monday. Because so much happened, I did not even have time to report that there were notable Booker decisions from the Fourth, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits on Monday. But because I do not think any of the circuit rulings were ground-breaking, these other Monday developments still merit the most attention:
SUPREME COURT DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY
- Important capital IAC and AEDPA rulings from SCOTUS
- SCOTUS refuses to take on Booker plain error
- Pondering the SCOTUS plain error dodge
- Not now or not ever on Booker plain error?
STATE BLAKELY DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY
- California Supreme Court dodges Blakely
- Booker strikes again (aka Back in Black)
- A great prior conviction test case
DISTRICT COURT BOOKER DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY