On June 27, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Mitchell v. Wisconsin, No. 18-6210, holding that the exigent-circumstances exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement almost always permits a blood test without a...more
6/28/2019
/ Criminal Convictions ,
Drunk Driving ,
Exigent Circumstances ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Mitchell v Wisconsin ,
Motion To Suppress ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Search & Seizure ,
Vacated ,
Warrantless Searches ,
WI Supreme Court
On June 21, 2019, the United States Supreme Court decided Flowers v. Mississippi, No. 17-9572, holding that the state court committed clear error in concluding that the state’s peremptory strike of a black prospective juror...more
6/24/2019
/ Batson claim ,
Clear Error Standard ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Discriminatory Intent ,
Flowers v Mississippi ,
Murder ,
Peremptory Challenges ,
Race Discrimination ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS
On May 20, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Herrera v. Wyoming, No. 17-532, holding that hunting rights in modern-day Montana and Wyoming that the Crow Tribe of Indians acquired under its 1868 treaty with...more
5/21/2019
/ Abrogation ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Expiration Date ,
Herrera v Wyoming ,
Hunting ,
Hunting & Fishing Licenses ,
Issue Preclusion ,
National Parks ,
Native American Issues ,
Occupied Lands ,
Repudiation ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
States Rights ,
Treaties ,
Tribal Lands ,
Tribal Treaty Rights ,
Vacated
On April 17, 2018, the Supreme Court decided Sessions v. Dimaya, No. 15-1498, holding in a 5-4 decision that the Immigration and Nationality Act’s definition of “crime of violence” is void for vagueness.
The Immigration and...more
4/18/2018
/ Aggravated Felony ,
Appeals ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Deportation ,
Fair-Notice Standard ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
Residual Clause ,
SCOTUS ,
Sessions v Dimaya ,
Vagueness ,
Violent Felonies ,
Void and Unenforceable