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Criminal Appeals Conference Podcast

Post author:Michael M. O'Hear
Post published:June 17, 2009
Post category:Criminal Law & Process Speakers at Marquette

I had a great time at the Criminal Appeals Conference here on Monday and Tuesday, with an impressive line-up of speakers covering a wide variety of topics, from the historical development of the harmless error doctrine to the dysfunctional handling of death penalty appeals in California to federal sentencing appeals to the failure of appellate courts to make use of the science on eyewitness identification (among many other topics). A podcast of the Conference is now available here.

Seventh Circuit Case of the Week: The Jude Saga Continues

Post author:Michael M. O'Hear
Post published:June 13, 2009
Post category:Criminal Law & Process Eastern District of Wisconsin Federal Criminal Law & Process Federal Sentencing

seventh-circuit1 For a resident of Milwaukee, there can be no question about the marquee Seventh Circuit case last week: the court decided the appeals of three of the defendants convicted in the notorious Frank Jude beating. In United States v. Bartlett, the court (per Chief Judge Easterbrook) affirmed the convictions of all three defendants and the sentences of two. However, the Seventh Circuit also vacated the sentence of Jon Bartlett, who will now have to be resentenced in the lower court.

As everyone living in the Milwaukee area knows, Bartlett and his codefendants were police officers convicted of civil rights violations for the savage beating suffered by Jude, a biracial man. For many, the Jude case, which received intense local media coverage, was emblematic of the state of police-community relations in inner-city Milwaukee.

Bartlett’s “win” on appeal resulted from a discrepancy in his sentencing.

Criminal Appeals Conference Next Week

Post author:Michael M. O'Hear
Post published:June 12, 2009
Post category:Criminal Law & Process Legal Scholarship Speakers at Marquette

It won’t be long before our distinguished speakers begin arriving in Milwaukee for the Criminal Appeals Conference on Monday and Tuesday. You can preview the Conference handout (including abstracts of the papers to be presented and biographies of the speakers) here. The main venue for the Conference is now full, but it is still possible to register here for overflow seating with a video feed. An audio recording will be also be available for download after the Conference.