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SCOTUS keeps us waiting for Graham and Sullivan, though provides some news while we wait

By Douglas A. Berman

Today was the last scheduled day for the Supreme Court to release opinions until the second half of May, and neither of the two opinions released this morning are blockbusters.  It has now been nearly six months since the oral argument in the two juve LWOP cases from Florida, Graham and Sullivan, and it now appears that May 17th is the earliest these decisions could arrive. Meanwhile, the court did reverse another habeas grant from the Sixth Circuit today in Renico v. Lett, No. No. 09?338 (May 3, 2010) (available here).  Here is how the opinion for the Court (authored by the Chief Justice) gets started: This case requires us to review the grant of a writ of habeas corpus to a state prisoner under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), 28 U...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on May 03, 2010 (boomark / email).