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    NAPD regularly features writings from public defender members as they respond to relevant events, consider policy questions, summarize relevant case law, or appear as guests on podcasts. The blog posts reflect the diverse perspectives of the national public defense community and do not reflect any formal positions by NAPD. Read them below!

     

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    Court Summaries

    U.S. v. Palomar-Santiago: All three prongs of 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1326(d) must be met to attack prior removal

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    December 21, 2021
    Court Summaries

    Edwards v. Vannoy: New criminal procedural rules will never be retroactive on federal collateral review; unanimous-jury holding not retroactive

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    November 23, 2021
    Court Summaries

    Caniglia v. Strom: Community caretaking doctrine does not apply to searches of residences

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    November 17, 2021
    Chronological

    Public Defender Corporation Recovery Coach Project (WV) Selected as 1 of 9 Rural Innovation Sites

    Author
    stephanne.thornton
    November 16, 2021
    Court Summaries

    Niz-Chavez v. Garland: Immigration Act requires all statutory information be in a single notice-to-appear document for stop-time rule to apply

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    November 15, 2021
    Court Summaries

    Alaska v. Wright: Federal habeas petitioner must be in State custody under 2254(a)

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    November 9, 2021
    Chronological

    Dismantling our American apartheid: Making the case for a defender general of the United States – Chicago Tribune

    Author
    andrea.lyon
    November 8, 2021
    Court Summaries

    Jones v. Mississippi: Permanent incorrigibility not required to sentence juveniles to life without parole; retroactivity case law questioned, door opened to proportionality claims

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    October 25, 2021
    Court Summaries

    Lombardo v. St. Louis: Prone restraint can be excessive force even when detainee resists

    Author
    greg.mermelstein
    October 4, 2021