Recapping a manic Monday

Perhaps providing a sign that we are in for another stunning summer, this week started off at a manic pace with sentencing action from all quarters on Monday.  Because so much happened, I did not even have time to report that there were notable Booker decisions from the Fourth, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits on Monday.  But because I do not think any of the circuit rulings were ground-breaking, these other Monday developments still merit the most attention:

SUPREME COURT DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• Important capital IAC and AEDPA rulings from SCOTUS
• SCOTUS refuses to take on Booker plain error
• Pondering the SCOTUS plain error dodge
• Not now or not ever on Booker plain error?

STATE BLAKELY DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• California Supreme Court dodges Blakely
• Booker strikes again (aka Back in Black)
• A great prior conviction test case

DISTRICT COURT BOOKER DEVELOPMENTS AND COMMENTARY

• Three more great Booker decisions from Judge Adelman
• Rigases get long sentences for Adelphia fraud