Supreme Court hears final arguments of term

In Metrish v. Lancaster [transcript, PDF] the court heard arguments on whether the Michigan Supreme Court violated due process rights [Cornell LII backgrounder] when it recognized a state statute that abolished the diminished capacity defense [Cornell LII backgrounder] and applied it retroactively to defendant Burt Lancaster's re-trial. The ... (more)



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