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June 6, 2018
Reviewing the Supreme Court's work in sentence modification cases of Hughes and Koons
So much of interest has already happened this week, I almost forgot that on Monday the Supreme Court resolved two of the most notable sentencing cases on its docket this Term. (Sentencing fans still have Rosales-Mireles v. United States on plain error review of sentencing errors and Chavez-Meza v. United States on required sentencing explanations to keep our interest the next few Mondays.) Helpfully, I have seen on line a few reviews and round-ups of Hughes and Koons, and I figured it would be useful to link here:
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From Kevin Lessmiller at Courthouse News Service, "High Court Clarifies Eligibility for Reduced Sentences"
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From Jordan S. Rubin at Bloomberg BNA, "Justices Settle Sentencing Quandaries, Punt Bigger Question"
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From Justin Marceau at SCOTUSblog, "Justices clarify when prisoners can benefit from sentencing-guidelines changes, but refuse to revisit the narrowest-grounds test"
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From Douglas Berman at SCOTUSblog, "Justices discard game effort to extend eligibility for sentence reduction"
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From Carissa Byrne Hessick at PrawfsBlawg, "SCOTUS Term: Hughes v. United States and Federal Sentencing"
June 6, 2018 at 05:17 PM | Permalink
