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No Booker/Fanfan Today

By Tom Lincoln

There was a possibility and much speculation that the Court might issue an opinion today in Booker and Fanfan, but that did not happen. SCOTUS Blog reports here that the Court is not scheduled to issue any opinions tomorrow and, therefore, it's likely that the only additional decision days prior to January 11th will be one or more of December 7th, 8th and 13th.  Then again, we have no guarantee that the decision will be handed down in January, other than for the expedited nature in which the Court took up the cases.The issue that most likely is causing the greatest pain is the severability one.

Full post as published by Puerto Rico Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers on November 30, 2004 (boomark / email).