Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Berry, No. 07-1251 (3rd Cir.) (553 F.3d 273) (January 6, 2009) (Judge Theodore A. McKee) by Here the Court held that the district court’s reliance on “unsupported speculation” about the defendants’ prior criminal history and their arrest records denied them their due process rights, constituted plain error and …

Slagle v. Bagley, No. 04-3490 (6th Cir.) (474 F.3d 923) (February 7, 2007) (Per Curiam) by In Slagle v. Bagley, 457 F.3d 501 (6th Cir. Aug. 6, 2006) (“Slagle I”), a divided panel from the Sixth Circuit declined to grant petitioner Billy Slagle any post-conviction relief from his death sentence, …