Federal Judiciary

Podcasts: Berghuis v. Smith

By Akin Gump Supreme Court Practice Group

Continuing our series of five-minute podcasts on oral argument days, we have two new podcasts below with counsel on each side of a case being argued today, Berghuis v. Smith (08-1402).  At issue in the case is the proper test to use in deciding whether a jury properly represents a community.

For the petitioners, one of their amici:

Kent Scheidegger of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation

For the respondents, one of their counsel:

James Sterling Lawrence, the attorney arguing before the Court on behalf of Diapolis Smith

Full post as published by SCOTUSBLOG on January 20, 2010 (boomark / email).