Supreme Court Grants Cert in 14 Cases
The Supreme Court Justices held their annual conference yesterday and announced 14 cases will receive review. The full order list is here. Via Sentencing Law and Policy, here are the criminal cases:
- Kentucky v. King, concerning exigent circumstances (lower court opinion)
- US v. Tinklenberg, concerning speedy trial rights (lower court opinion)
- Bullcoming v. New Mexico, concerning Confrontation Clause rights (lower court opinion)
- Freeman v. US, concerning crack sentence reduction authority (lower court opinion)
- Sykes v. US, concerning application of Armed Career Criminal Act (lower court opinion)
- U.S. v. Denedo (lower court opinion)
In the Kentucky case, the Court will decide whether police can use evidence they seized breaking into the wrong apartment following a drug suspect. [More...]
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