Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 330: Listen and Learn -- The Sixth Amendment
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Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 157: Listen and Learn -- The Sixth Amendment
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 154: Listen and Learn -- The Exclusionary Rule (Criminal Law and Procedure)
Law School Toolbox Podcast Episode 301: Listen and Learn -- The Confrontation Clause
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Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in two cases: Ellingburg v. United States, No. 23-3129: This case addresses the Ex Post Facto Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which the government...more
On March 10, 2025, U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York issued a decision in the case of United States v. Tavberidze, finding Section 3E1.1(b) of the United States Sentencing Guidelines in...more
U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals - USA v. Charles - sentencing - Miller v. Ramirez - qualified immunity, deferring ruling - Chapman v. Dunn - prison conditions, Eighth Amendment - USA v. Horn - securities...more
In Hemphill v. New York, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the defendant “did not forfeit his confrontation right merely by making [a] plea allocution arguably relevant to his theory of defense.” The Court rejected the attempt...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions this morning: Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas, No. 18-96: The State of Tennessee has a number of laws imposing durational-residency...more
In United States v. Holcombe, 16-1429-cr, the Second Circuit (Jacobs, Leval, Lohier) resolved three open issues involving a conviction for failing to register pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act...more
On June 5, 2017, in an opinion with facts that even the Court seemed to recognize read like the script for a straight-to-video movie, the Second Circuit (Jacobs, Sack, Carney) declined to overturn a defendant’s conviction and...more