| November 2011 |
| • 2011-11-8 | - | Supreme Court Clarifies Meaning of "Clearly Established Federal Law" Under AEDPA |
| • 2011-11-7 | - | Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to Address Constitutionality of Life Imprisonment for Child Offenders |
| • 2011-11-3 | - | Amendments to Guidelines Take Effect |
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| October 2011 |
| • 2011-10-17 | - | Supreme Court to Rule on First Amendment Challenge to the Stolen Valor Act |
| • 2011-10-11 | - | Supreme Court to Address Double Jeopardy Claim |
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| September 2011 |
| • 2011-09-28 | - | Supreme Court Grants Certiorari on Habeas Timeliness Issue |
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| July 2011 |
| • 2011-07-01 | - | Sentencing Commission Votes to Apply FSA Guideline Amendment Retroactively |
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| June 2011 |
| • 2011-06-23 | - | Supreme Court Issues Opinions on the Confrontation Clause and the Availability of a Sentence Reduction Under 18 U.S.C. § 3582 For Clients Sentenced Under a Rule 11(c)(1)(C) Plea Agreement |
| • 2011-06-16 | - | Supreme Court Issues Opinions on the Exclusionary Rule; Impermissibility of Imprisonment for Rehabilitation Purposes; Determination of
Miranda Custody Where Children Are Questioned; and Standing to Raise Tenth Amendment Challenge to a Federal Criminal Statute |
| • 2011-06-14 | - | Supreme Court Grants Cert to Address State-Federal Consecutive Sentencing, Brady, and Habeas Timeliness Rules; Also Issues Per Curiam Decision in Derivative Citizenship Case |
| • 2011-06-10 | - | Supreme Court Issues Opinions Broadly Defining "Cocaine Base," and Categorizing Felony Vehicle Flight as a "Violent Felony" Under ACCA |
| • 2011-06-07 | - | Supreme Court Rules on ACCA Issue; Grants Cert to Address Right to Effective Assistance of Counsel in Post-Conviction Proceedings |
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| May 2011 |
| • 2011-05-31 | - | Supreme Court Grants Cert to Address Suggestive Identifications; Issues Opinions on Speedy Trial Act and Federal Witness Tampering Statute |
| • 2011-05-16 | - | Supreme Court Rules on Exigent Circumstances Exception to Warrant Requirement |
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| April 2011 |
| • 2011-04-07 | - | Sentencing Commission Promulgates 2011 Amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines |
| • 2011-04-04 | - | Supreme Court Acts in Various Habeas Cases |
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| March 2011 |
| • 2011-03-23 | - | Sentencing Commission's Proposed Amendments to Sentencing Guidelines |
| • 2011-03-07 | - | Supreme Court Rules on AEDPA Tolling Claim and Section 1983 Access to DNA Claim |
| • 2011-03-02 | - | Supreme Court Holds That District Courts May Consider Post-Sentencing Rehabilitation at Resentencing |
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| February 2011 |
| • 2011-02-28 | - | Supreme Court Issues Decisions Addressing Confrontation Clause and Adequate State Grounds for Denial of Habeas Review |
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| January 2011 |
| • 2011-01-10 | - | Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to Address ACCA; Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Related to Guilty Pleas |
| • 2011-01-25 | - | Supreme Court to Address SORNA Standing Issue and Miranda Custody Issue; Court Also Issues Opinions in Several Habeas Cases |
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| December 2010 |
| • 2010-12-13 | - | Supreme Court to Address Whether Sentencing Judge Can Impose a Longer Term of Imprisonment to Promote Rehabilitation |
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| November 2010 |
| • 2010-11-15 | - | Supreme Court Issues Opinion on Consecutive Sentencing Under 924(c); Grants Certiorari in Two Criminal Cases to Address Exclusionary Rule and Federal Murder Law (18 U.S.C. § 1512(a)(1)(c)) |
| • 2010-11-02 | - | Amendments to Guidelines Take Effect |
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| October 2010 |
| • 2010-10-18 | - | Sentencing Commission Promulgates Temporary Emergency Amendment to Implement Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 |
| • 2010-10-12 | - | Supreme Court to Address Criminal Defendant's Standing to Raise Tenth Amendment Challenge; and Definition of "Cocaine Base" Under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(A) |
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| September 2010 |
| • 2010-09-28 | - | Supreme Court Grants Cert in Five Criminal Cases |
| • 2010-09-03 | - | Sentencing Commission Issues Proposed Amendments Regarding the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 |
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| August 2010 |
| • 2010-08-04 | - | President Obama Signs Historic Crack Reform Law |
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| July 2010 |
| • 2010-07-22 | - | Sentencing Commission Announces Proposed Priorities for 2011 |
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| June 2010 |
| • 2010-06-29 | - | Supreme Court Holds Second Amendment Applicable to States; Grants Cert to Decide Whether Post-Sentencing Rehabilitation Can Be Used as a Sentencing Factor Under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) |
| • 2010-06-24 | - | Supreme Court Issues Opinions in "Honest Services" Fraud Cases |
| • 2010-06-21 | - | Supreme Court Issues Multiple Opinions, Including Dillon Crack Cocaine Retroactivity Ruling |
| • 2010-06-16 | - | Supreme Court Issues Opinions Addressing Mandatory Restitution for Crime Victims, Equitable Tolling of AEDPA, and Aggravated Felonies Under Immigration Law; Grants Cert in Habeas Case |
| • 2010-06-07 | - | Supreme Court Holds That Bureau of Prisons Has Been Correctly Calculating Good Time Credits on Federal Criminal Sentences |
| • 2010-06-03 | - | Case Compensation Maximums for CJA Service Providers Increase as of May 27, 2010 |
| • 2010-06-01 | - | Supreme Court Holds That Failure to Register Under SORNA Applies Only to Post-Enactment Travel; Further Curtails Miranda Right to Remain Silent |
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| May 2010 |
| • 2010-05-24 | - | Supreme Court Holds That Machinegun Clause of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) Is an Element of the Offense; Addresses Plain Error Standard of Review |
| • 2010-05-17 | - | Supreme Court Acts in Key Cases: Eighth Amendment Is Violated When a Juvenile Is Sentenced to Life Without Parole in a Case Not Involving Homicide; Civil Commitment of "Sexually Dangerous Persons" Does Not Violate "Necessary and Proper" Clause |
| • 2010-05-04 | - | Supreme Court Rules on Double Jeopardy Clause Claim in Habeas Case |
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| April 2010 |
| • 2010-04-26 | - | Sentencing Commission Votes to Promulgate Amendments to Sentencing Guidelines |
| • 2010-04-20 | - | Supreme Court Strikes Down As Substantially Overbroad The Federal Law Criminalizing Depictions of Animal Cruelty |
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| March 2010 |
| • 2010-03-31 | - | Supreme Court Holds That Attorneys Have a Constitutional Obligation to Advise Clients of Deportation Risk |
| • 2010-03-30 | - | Supreme Court Issues Opinion in Habeas Case Raising Fair-Cross-Section Claim; Grants Certiorari in Two Cases of Interest to Criminal Defense Practitioners |
| • 2010-03-18 | - | Senate Unanimously Passes Crack Sentencing Reform Bill |
| • 2010-03-08 | - | Supreme Court's Speedy Trial Opinion Limits Automatic Exclusion of Time Granted for Prep of Pretrial Motions |
| • 2010-03-02 | - | Supreme Court Rules That Battery By Offensive Touching Is Not An ACCA Predicate; Grants Certiorari to Address Confrontation Clause Issue |
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| February 2010 |
| • 2010-02-24 | - | Supreme Court Issues Two Decisions Regarding Suppression of Statements |
| • 2010-02-22 | - | Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Habeas Case to Address AEDPA Deference and Effectiveness of Counsel Questions; Issues Summary Disposition in Case Raising Batson Claim |
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| January 2010 |
| • 2010-01-26 | - | Supreme Court Grants Certiorari to Clarify the Application of Mandatory Minimums Under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(I)(A); Declines to Further Define Confrontation Rights in Context of Drug Labs |
| • 2010-01-21 | - | Supreme Court Holds That Jury Selection Must Be Open to the Public; Acts on Several Other Criminal and Habeas Cases |
| • 2010-01-11 | - | Supreme Court Grants Cert in Restitution Case |
| • 2010-01-06 | - | Department of Justice Issues New Discovery Policies |
| • 2010-01-04 | - | New CJA Panel Attorney Rates Take Effect |
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| December 2009 |
| • 2009-12-07 | - | Changes to the Federal Rules of Appellate and Criminal Procedure Take Effect |
| • 2009-12-01 | - | Supreme Court to Hear Cases on Federal Good Time Credits and Double Jeopardy; Issues Per Curiam Opinion Highlighting Post-Traumatic Stress as Mitigation in Death Penalty Case |
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| November 2009 |
| • 2009-11-03 | - | Amendments to Sentencing Guidelines Take Effect |
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| October 2009 |
| • 2009-10-13 | - | Supreme Court to Hear Cases on Scope of Section 1346 "Honest Services" Law; Pre-Trial Publicity Prejudice; Standard of Review of Ex Post Facto Clause Violation; Equitable Tolling of AEDPA
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| • 2009-10-01 | - | Supreme Court to Rule on SORNA, Mandatory Minimums Under 18 U.S.C. 924, Gun Control and Terrorism Law; Will Hear Habeas Cases Raising Miranda and Jury Venire Issues |
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| September 2009 |
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| August 2009 |
| • 2009-08-05 | - | Crack/Powder Cocaine Equalization Bill Passes House Judiciary |
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| July 2009 |
| • 2009-07-06 | - | Supreme Court Applies Confrontation Clause to Crime Lab Reports; Issues Decision on Student's Privacy Rights; Grants Cert in Mail Fraud Case and New Lab Report Case |
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| June 2009 |
| • 2009-06-23 | - | Supreme Court Issues Opinions on Double Jeopardy Clause, Access to DNA Evidence, and Immigration Consequences of Conviction; Grants Certiorari to Address Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders and Miranda Warnings |
| • 2009-06-10 | - | Supreme Court Defines the "Structure" Requirement of an Association-in-Fact Enterprise Under RICO; Addresses Double Jeopardy Claim Related to Atkins Hearing |
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| May 2009 |
| • 2009-05-27 | - | Supreme Court Issues Decision on Sixth Amendment Right to Counsel, Overruling Michigan v. Jackson; Addresses Telephone Counts in Drug Cases
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| • 2009-05-05 | - | Supreme Court Determines That "Knowingly" Applies to All Elements of Aggravated Identity Theft
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| April 2009 |
| • 2009-04-30 | - | DOJ and the Obama Administration Declare Support for Eliminating the 100:1 Sentencing Disparity Between Crack and Powder Cocaine |
| • 2009-04-30 | - | Supreme Court Permits Use of Involuntary Statements for Impeachment; Clarifies Scope of Gun Enhancement |
| • 2009-04-23 | - | Sentencing Commission Votes on Proposed Guideline Amendments |
| • 2009-04-22 | - | Supreme Court Limits Search-Incident-to-Arrest Rule |
| • 2009-04-21 | - | Supreme Court Grants Cert in Cases Addressing Speedy Trial Act and Depiction of Animal Cruelty Statute |
| • 2009-04-06 | - | Supreme Court Enforces Limits on Use of Voluntary Confessions Obtained After Delay in Presentment |
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| March 2009 |
| • 2009-03-25 | - | Supreme Court Rules That Plain-Error Test Applies to Forfeited Claim of Breached Plea Agreement |
| • 2009-03-13 | - | Criminal Justice Act Panel Attorney Rates Increase |
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| February 2009 |
| • 2009-02-25 | - | Supreme Court Interprets Domestic Violence Predicate in Federal Firearms Statute |
| • 2009-02-23 | - | Supreme Court Grants Cert in ACCA Case |
| • 2009-02-18 | - | The National Research Council Releases Report Criticizing the Nation's Current Forensic Science Methods |
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| January 2009 |
| • 2009-01-27 | - | Supreme Court's Per Curiam Opinions Reaffirm Post-Booker Limitations on Sentencing Guidelines; New Opinion and Cert Grants Address Auto Stops, Police Interrogations |
| • 2009-01-15 | - | Supreme Court Further Limits Exclusionary Rule; Declines to Extend Apprendi to a Judge's Decision to Impose Consecutive Sentences |
| • 2009-01-13 | - | Supreme Court Holds That Failure to Report Is Not a Felony Under ACCA |
