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A few final wins for criminal defendants on the final day of the SCOTUS Term

By Douglas A. Berman

Though yesterday felt like the final day of the October 2009 Supreme Court Term, the Justices actually released today a final set of orders.  And, as effectively described in this SCOTUSblog post, this final set of orders included some notable victories for a few criminal defendants: The Court sent back to lower courts for another look the convictions of the former Alabama governor and a top health industry executive on charges of arranging large campaign contributions in return for official favors on state health policy.  The lower courts are to reexamine those cases under the Court?s decision last week in Skilling v. United States ? a ruling that significantly narrowed the federal fraud law as it applies to corruption schemes.   The returned cases are Scrushy v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 29, 2010 (boomark / email).