Some notable dissents and a statement together with SCOTUS criminal justice cert denials
The merits cases scheduled to be argued before the Supreme Court this week on topics like abortion and gun rights are rightly getting a lot of attention. But the week has started with this order list in which Court has 5+ pages listing cases on which certiorari has been denied. In three cases involving criminal-law related issues, some Justices penned statements concerning these denials. Via How Appealing, here are the basics with links:
The lengthiest and most notable of these separate opinions is in the Coonce case, where Justice Sotomayor starts her 11-page dissent this way:
One of many notable aspects of this case is highlighted by this observation in the dissent:
I believe the defendant in this case will still be able to bring a 2255 motion, so the Justices voting to deny cert may be content to have these "execution competency" issues addressed in that setting. But Justice Sotomayor closes her dissent explaining why that seems to her insufficient:
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