United States v. Goliday
Seventh Circuit Applies Buyer-Seller Exception to Guilty Pleas by Drug Dealers.
Vol. 136 No. 5
Criminal Justice
Stacked: Where Criminal Charge Stacking Happens — And Where it Doesn’t
Vol. 136 No. 5
Introduction When prosecutors approached a first-time drug offender who had sold a little over half a kilogram of marijuana, they offered him a deal:...
United States v. Moore-Bush
First Circuit Divides on Constitutionality of Warrantless Pole-Camera Surveillance of Home's Curtilage.
Vol. 136 No. 4
Pessimistic Police Abolition
Vol. 136 No. 4
Introduction: Abolition’s Second Premise The movement for police abolition seeks to eliminate, or massively downsize, American policing. Mariame Kaba’s Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish...
United States v. Johnlouis
Fifth Circuit Delivers a New Law Enforcement Functions Test for Identifying Government Actors.
Vol. 136 No. 3
The Occasions Clause Paradox
Vol. 136 No. 2
Introduction The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) mandates an enhanced sentence when a felon in possession of a firearm was previously convicted of at...
Wooden v. United States
Vol. 136 No. 1
The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) imposes lengthy sentences on those who possess firearms after committing violent felonies on three or more different “occasions.”...
Shinn v. Ramirez
Vol. 136 No. 1
Ten years ago, the Supreme Court held in Martinez v. Ryan that ineffective assistance of postconviction counsel, in an initial-review proceeding, may establish cause...
Governing Through Gun Crime: How Chicago Funded Police After the 2020 BLM Protests
Vol. 135 No. 8
Gun violence is the number one issue plaguing the city in this moment. — Mayor Lori Lightfoot, July 15, 2021 There can be no...
Public Carry and Criminal Law after Bruen
Vol. 135 No. 8
Introduction Gun rights supporters appear to be on the cusp of achieving a decades-long goal: defanging licensing laws nationwide for carrying handguns in public....