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Thoughts on 2010 SCOTUS sentencing sleeper cases (or dicta)?

By Douglas A. Berman

Today's topic for conversation as I head off-line for a while is whether 2010 will bring us some big time "sleeper" rulings from the Supreme Court on sentencing issues.  We can easily predict that the juve LWOP Eighth Amendment cases will be major rulings no matter what the Justices do and say.  But what other cases should sentencing fans be watching extra closely as we turn the calender?  Are there even some non-sentencing cases (like the honest services cases or the Second Amendment incorporation case) that might include some important sentencing-related dicta?

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on December 18, 2009 (boomark / email).