Justice Stevens’ Retirement

I am updating my blog roll (instead of doing more research on Coram Nobis’s – big lunch, tired, Friday) and came across this post on Criminal Defense Blog that said Scott Greenfield is maybe being considered for Justice Stevens’ spot on the...

More posts on Padilla

Heads are exploding in the criminal and immigration law universe.  Here’s a good post on the topic by Scott Greenfield of Simple Justice. It’s been a little while since anyone has gotten their panties in a knot over a good supreme court ruling. ...

Talk about being completely wrong.

I’ve been doing some research on the Writ of Error Coram Nobis in Maryland and in the midst of it I came across this little gem of a decision, published March 29, 2010, just days before Padilla v. Kentucky was handed down by the Supremes.  It is a 53 page...

Marine Corps Marathon, Take 2

My original 4 readers know that I ran(ish) the Marine Corps Marathon in 2008, barely a year after my boys were born. A marathon was something I’d always wanted to complete.  I’d trained, but not horribly hard.  I would say that the best way to...

For your reading pleasure

Here is the full text of the opinion in Padilla v. Kentucky.  This weekend, I will be doing some lawerly work and putting out a short cheat sheet (to the extent such a think exists in the legal realm) on some things criminal attorneys need to be aware of when...
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