No major action on the criminal law front from the U.S. Supreme Court this morning. Barber v. Thomas upheld the U.S. Bureau of Prisons' method of computing good time credits. The decision is 6-3; opinion by Justice Breyer, dissent by Justice Kennedy joined by Justices Stevens and Ginsburg. We will likely post more on this case later.
In U.S. v. Juvenile Male,* the Court also certified a question to the Montana Supreme Court to help it decide if a case on retroactivity of sex offender registration is moot.
Update: John Elwood at VC has this post on two "relisted" capital cases, Ryan v. Libberton, 09-1208, from Arizona and Sears v. Upton, 09-8854, from Georgia. Elwood notes that in the Arizona case, both of the State's questions presented begin "Did the Ninth Circuit err ...."
* Come on now, federal courts, surely you can think of a better way to name your juvie cases.
In U.S. v. Juvenile Male,* the Court also certified a question to the Montana Supreme Court to help it decide if a case on retroactivity of sex offender registration is moot.
Update: John Elwood at VC has this post on two "relisted" capital cases, Ryan v. Libberton, 09-1208, from Arizona and Sears v. Upton, 09-8854, from Georgia. Elwood notes that in the Arizona case, both of the State's questions presented begin "Did the Ninth Circuit err ...."
* Come on now, federal courts, surely you can think of a better way to name your juvie cases.
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