Bahlul v. U.S., No. 11-1324 (D.C. Cir.) (767 F.3d 1) (July 14, 2014) (Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson)
Loaded on July 28, 2014
published in Punch and Jurists
July 28, 2014
Filed under:
Retroactivity,
Punch And Jurists.
In a long-awaited decision about the authority of military commissions under the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (“MCA”), Pub. L. No. 109-336, 120 Stat. 2600, the D.C. Circuit, sitting en banc, vacated two guilty verdicts rendered by a military commissions court of a former close aide to Osama bin …
Full article and associated cases available to subscribers.
As a digital subscriber to Punch and Jurists, you can access full text and downloads for this and other premium content.
Already a subscriber? Login
More from this issue:
- U.S. v. Flores-Mejia, No. 12-3149 (3rd Cir.) (759 F.3d 253) (July 16, 2014) (Judge Jane R. Roth)
- U.S. v. Dayi, No. Crim. No. JKB-13-0012 (D.Md.) (980 F.Supp.2d 682) (November 1, 2013) (Judge James K. Bredar)
- U.S. v. Sayer, No. 12-2489 (1st Cir.) (748 F.3d 425) (May 2, 2014) (Judge Sandra L. Lynch)
- Bahlul v. U.S., No. 11-1324 (D.C. Cir.) (767 F.3d 1) (July 14, 2014) (Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson)
- U.S. v. Kopstein, No. 13-417-cr (2nd Cir.) (759 F.3d 168) (July 21, 2014) (Judge Dennis G. Jacobs)
- Markadonatos v. Village of Woodridge,, No. 12-2619 (7th Cir.) ( F.3d ) (July 21, 2014) (Per Curiam)
More from these topics:
- Michigan Supreme Court Announces Betts Decision Invalidating 2011 SORA as Ex Post Facto Punishment Applies Retroactively to Defendants on Collateral Review, July 1, 2026. Sex Offender Registration, Retroactivity, Ex Post Facto, Constitution, state, Constitutional Challenges/Law.
- California Supreme Court Announces Amended § 1170(b) Applies Retroactively to Plea-Bargained Upper Term Sentences, July 1, 2026. Retroactivity, Sixth Amendment, Statutory Construction/Interpretation, Grounds For Withdrawal, Validity of.
- California Supreme Court Announces Pre-2009 Provocative Act Murder Convictions Are Not Categorically Ineligible for Resentencing Under § 1172.6, Dec. 15, 2025. Jury Instructions, Retroactivity, Murder/Felony Murder, Accessories and Accomplices.
- California Supreme Court Announces Judgment Not Considered Final Under Estrada for Retroactive Application of Amended Gang Enhancement Statute When Conviction Affirmed on Appeal but Sentencing Issues Remain Pending Following Remand, Oct. 15, 2025. Retroactivity, Essential Elements of Crime, Sentence Enhancements/Departures, Authority and Jurisdiction, Remands/Rehearings/Resentencings.
- SCOTUS Announces Sentence ‘Has Not Been Imposed’ for Purposes of First Step Act Retroactivity Upon Resentencing When § 924(c) Offender Sentenced Prior to Act’s Enactment but Sentence Subsequently Vacated, Aug. 1, 2025. Retroactivity, First Step Act, Resentencing, Recidivist Enhancements, Stacking Mandatory Minimum Sentences.
- Connecticut Supreme Court Announces Teague’s ‘Watershed’ Rule Exception to Nonretroactivity of New Constitutional Rule of Criminal Procedure on Collateral Review Has ‘Continued Vitality’ in Connecticut, Adoption of Third Exception to Teague’s Nonretroacti, April 15, 2025. Retroactivity, Criminal Procedure, Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Eyewitness Identification.
- California Supreme Court Announces Retroactivity of 2022 Version of Penal Code § 1170 to Upper-Term Sentences Imposed Before Its Enactment, Dec. 15, 2024. Retroactivity, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines.
- Sixth Circuit Strikes Retroactive Application of Parts of Tennessee’s Sweeping Sex Offender Registration, Verification, and Tracking Law, Oct. 1, 2024. Sex Offender Registration, Retroactivity.
- Refuting the Government’s Argument Against Nonretroactive Changes in Law as Grounds for Compassionate Release, Oct. 1, 2024. Retroactivity, Guideline Amendment/Variances and Retroactivity, Compassionate Release.
- New Mexico Supreme Court Announces Marquez’s Holding That ‘Crime of Shooting at or From Motor Vehicle Cannot Be Predicate Felony Supporting Charge of Felony Murder’ Is New Substantive Rule and Applies Retroactively, Feb. 15, 2024. Retroactivity, Murder/Felony Murder.