The Crime Report

MAY 18, 2021

Earlier this year, the Supreme Court in Jones v. Mississippi ruled judges do not need to make a factual finding of “permanent incorrigibility” when deciding to sentence a juvenile offender to life in prison without the possibility of parole. But the majority of the court unraveled this holding. “But In Miller v.

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Court Decisions Stare Decisis Court Court Rules 98

SCOTUSBlog

DECEMBER 10, 2021

In June 2020, the Supreme Court issued a summary reversal – meaning it decided the case without merits briefing or oral argument – in Andrus v. In an unsigned opinion, the court ruled that Terence Andrus had demonstrated that his lawyer provided deficient performance at sentencing for failing to investigate or introduce mitigating evidence.

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Stare Decisis Court Court Rules Laws 95

SCOTUSBlog

MARCH 30, 2022

Share The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. The Supreme Court granted review on a case raising the question whether Andy Warhol paintings made using a copyrighted photograph were so “transformative” as to be a non-infringing “fair use.” Case in point: Texas v.

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Stare Decisis Court Felony Statute 98

SCOTUSBlog

JULY 7, 2022

The new balance of power on the court was on display before the term officially began, when the justices rejected a request to block enforcement of S.B. The court’s third liberal, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, also dissented, though she did not join Roberts’ opinion.). An abortion prelude. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. The fall of Roe.

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Laws Stare Decisis Court Statute 102