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Jones v. U.S., No. 97-9361 (U.S. Supreme Court) (527 U.S. 373; 119 S.Ct. 2090) (June 21, 1999) (Justice Thomas)

Loaded on Aug. 7, 2002 published in Punch and Jurists June 07, 1999
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This is the first case in which the Supreme Court upheld the expanded Federal Death Penalty Law (18 U.S.C. ยง 3591-3598), despite the vote of four Justices who claimed that the jury instructions were so confusing that the verdict was inherently unreliable.

In this case the Court narrowly upheld the ...

 

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  1. Jones v. U.S., No. 97-9361 (U.S. Supreme Court) (527 U.S. 373; 119 S.Ct. 2090) (June 21, 1999) (Justice Thomas)
  2. Xiong v. I.N.S., No. 97-3402 (7th Cir.) (173 F.3d 601) (April 12, 1999) (Judge William J. Bauer)
  3. U.S. v. Jimenez-Medina, No. 97-10055 (9th Cir.) (173 F.3d 752) (May 6, 1999) (Judge Donald W. Molloy)
  4. U.S. v. McGuire, No. 97-3542 (3rd Cir.) (178 F.3d 203) (May 28, 1999) (Judge Theodore A. McKee)
  5. U.S. v. McGuire, No. 97-3542 (3rd Cir.) (178 F.3d 203) (May 28, 1999) (Judge Theodore A. McKee)
  6. U.S. v. Gauvin, No. 97-2328 (10th Cir.) (173 F.3d 798) (April 28, 1999) (Judge Robert H. Henry)
  7. U.S. v. Hall, No. Crim. JFM-96-0331 (D.Md.) (40 F.Supp.2d 340) (March 30, 1999) (Judge Diana Gribbon Motz)
  8. U.S. v. Jackson, No. 97-1711(L) (2nd Cir.) (180 F.3d 55) (June 9, 1999) (Judge Amalya Lyle Kearse)
  9. Strickler v. Greene, No. 98-5864 (U.S. Supreme Court) (527 U.S. 263; 119 S.Ct. 1936) (June 17, 1999) (Justice Stevens)
  10. U.S. v. Romero-Tamayo, No. 98-CR-154A (W.D.N.Y.) (40 F.Supp.2d 142) (February 26, 1999) (Judge Richard J. Arcara)
  11. U.S. v. Bonnet-Grullon, No. 98 Crim. 0605 (LAK) (S.D.N.Y.) (53 F.Supp.2d 430) (May 25, 1999) (Judge Lewis A. Kaplan)
  12. U.S. v. Wallace, No. 98 CR 681(JBW) (E.D.N.Y.) (40 F.Supp.2d 131) (March 15, 1999) (Judge Jack B. Weinstein)
  13. U.S. v. Lombera-Camorlinga, No. 98-50347 (9th Cir.) (170 F.3d 1241) (March 25, 1999) (Judge Harry Pregerson)

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