Supreme Court: ineffective postconviction counsel does not excuse default of claim
The US Supreme Court on Monday held in Davila v. Davis that the procedural default of ineffective-assistance-of-appellate-counsel claims are not excused by the ineffective assistance of postconviction counsel. Petitioner Erik Davila confessed to accidentally...
Supreme Court rules excluding public from jury selection does not invalidate conviction
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that where there is a public-trial violation during jury selection the defendant must demonstrate prejudice to secure a new trial if the issue is raised as an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim. Members...
The US Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the convictions of several men who robbed, raped, kidnapped Catherine Fuller in the District of Columbia in 1984. Twenty-five years after being convicted in Turner, et al. v. United...
Supreme Court agrees to hear Wisconsin partisan gerrymandering case
The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to review Gill v. Whitford , a partisan-gerrymandering case from Wisconsin. The state is appealing the decision of a three-judge panel for the US District Court for the Western District...
Supreme Court rules for church-affiliated hospital in pension case
The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton that a church-affiliated hospital's pension fund is exempt from the federal pension law. The court held that under the Employee Retirement...
Supreme Court hears argument on criminal evidence sharing, asset forfeiture
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday heard argument in Turner v. United States and Honeycutt v. United States . In Turner , the court heard argument on the Brady rule , a rule requiring...
Supreme Court rules Fourth Amendment rights continue beyond legal process
The US Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that Fourth Amendment protections against unreasonable seizure can continue after the legal process has concluded. In Manuel v. City of Joliet , the court reversed the lower...
Supreme Court to hear cases on 9/11 liability, cross-border shooting
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday granted certiorari in three cases. In the three consolidated cases of Ziglar v. Turkmen, Ashcroft v. Turkmen and Hasty v. Turkmen , the court will decide whether government...
Supreme Court upholds firearm prohibitions for reckless domestic violence
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 6-2 in Voisine v. United States that a state law conviction on reckless domestic assault is sufficient to bar possession of a firearm under federal law. Stephen...
Supreme Court clarifies criteria for using state convictions to impose enhanced federal sentences
The US Supreme Court ruled 5-3 Thursday in Mathis v. United States that a prior crime can be used for imposing enhanced federal sentences in a new conviction under the Armed Career Criminal Act...
