Counsel’s Duty at Sentencing: Strickland Standard and the Limits of Cronic Presumption Introduction Baker v. Conway is a Second Circuit summary order issued on April 3, 2025, affirming the denial of...
Establishing Standards for §1983 Challenges to Contraband Watch: Deliberate Indifference, Retaliation, and Liberty Interests Introduction Johnson v. Chappius is a summary order issued by the United...
No Automatic Cronic Presumption at Sentencing: Strickland Governs Counsel’s Duty and Prejudice in Baker v. Conway Introduction Baker v. Conway is a 2025 decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Reaffirming Deliberate Indifference and Due Process Boundaries in Prison Contraband Watches: The Johnson v. Chappius Rule 1. Introduction The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s decision in...
Clarifying Ineffective Assistance of Counsel at Sentencing: Strickland’s Application and the Limits of Cronic’s Presumption Introduction This commentary examines Baker v. Conway, a summary order...
Contraband Watches and Constitutional Protections: Defining Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment Boundaries Introduction This commentary examines the Second Circuit’s summary order in Johnson v. Chappius,...
Establishing Objective Penological Necessity: The Non-Deliberate Indifference Standard for Contraband Watches in Johnson v. Chappius Introduction The Second Circuit’s summary order in Johnson v....
Counsel’s Duty at Sentencing: Establishing Effective Assistance Standards in Baker v. Conway Introduction This commentary examines the Second Circuit’s summary order in Baker v. Conway, decided April...
Validation of Radiologically Based Contraband Watch Protocols: Constitutional Boundaries Under the Eighth, First, and Fourteenth Amendments Introduction Johnson v. Chappius (2d Cir. 2025) arose from...
Retroactive Sex Offender Registration: Regulatory, Not Punitive – Brown v. Mellekas Introduction In Brown v. Mellekas, 24-970-cv (2d Cir. Apr. 3, 2025), the United States Court of Appeals for the...
Regulatory Retrospection: Brown v. Mellekas – Retroactive Sex-Offender Registration and the Ex Post Facto Clause Introduction In Brown v. Mellekas (2d Cir. Apr. 3, 2025), the United States Court of...
Retroactive Application of Megan’s Law as Non-Punitive Regulation: Ex Post Facto and Due Process Limits Introduction Brown v. Mellekas, decided April 3, 2025 by the United States Court of Appeals for...
Affirmation of Reasonable Contraband Watch Practices under the Eighth Amendment Introduction Johnson v. Chappius, No. 24-1225 (2d Cir. Apr. 3, 2025), arises from an inmate’s challenge to an extended...
Brown v. Mellekas: Retroactive Sex-Offender Registration Is Regulatory, Not Punitive Introduction In Brown v. Mellekas, 2d Cir. No. 24-970-cv (Apr. 3, 2025), the United States Court of Appeals for...
Strickland’s Prejudice Mandate at Sentencing: Cronic’s Presumption of Prejudice Confined to Extreme Cases Introduction Baker v. Conway is a summary order from the United States Court of Appeals for...
Strickland at Sentencing: Counsel’s Duty to Prepare and the Narrow Scope of Cronic’s Presumed Prejudice Introduction This commentary examines the Second Circuit’s April 3, 2025 summary order in Baker...
Affirmation of Non-Punitive Retroactive Sex Offender Registration for Alford Pleas Introduction Brown v. Mellekas, 24-970-cv (2d Cir. Apr. 3, 2025) is an appeal from the District of Connecticut’s...
Counsel Performance at Sentencing: Preparation, Strategy, and the Limits of Presumed Prejudice Introduction Baker v. Conway (2d Cir., April 3, 2025) arises from Sean Baker’s challenge to his New York...
Retroactive Application of Connecticut Megan’s Law Is Non-Punitive and Does Not Violate Ex Post Facto or Due Process Introduction Brown v. Mellekas, decided April 3, 2025, by the United States Court...
Deficient Sentencing Advocacy and the Prejudice Requirement: Clarifying Strickland and Cronic in Baker v. Conway Introduction Baker v. Conway is a 2025 decision of the United States Court of Appeals...