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U.S. Supreme Court Overrules Prosecutors On Two Issues

By David Badertscher, PLL

Source: Crime and Justice News, January 14, 2009. "The Supreme Court yesterday struck down two lower court opinions that had favored prosecutors, reports Legal Times. Ohio State law Prof. Doug Berman of the Sentencing Law and Policy blog said the cases offer further proof that the high court is the 'most pro- defendant appellate court in the nation on sentencing issues.' In one case, justices agreed unanimously that a conviction on the charge of 'failure to report' to prison is not the kind read more

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on January 14, 2009 (boomark / email).