Supreme Court Update

ABA Criminal Justice SectionMay 15, 2015

U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry J. Bemporad

Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender Timothy Crooks

Assistant Federal Public Defender Judy Fulmer Madewell

The Fourth Amendment in the Electronic Age

Riley v. California (page 2)

Grady v. North Carolina (page 3)

The Fourth Amendment and Traffic Stops

Heien v. North Carolina (page 2)

Rodriguez v. United States, ___ S. Ct. ___, 2015 WL 1780927 (Apr. 21, 2015) Held: De minimus extension of a traffic stop without

reasonable suspicion violates Fourth Amendment.

Confrontation Clause

Ohio v. Clark, cert. grant (page 5)

Determining Intellectual DisabilityAtkins v. Virginia

Hall v. Florida (page 5-6)

Brumfield v. Cain, cert. grant (page 13)

Three-Drug Protocol in Executions

Glossip v. Gross, cert. grant (page 6)

Retroactivity of Miller v. Alabama

Montgomery v. Louisiana, cert. grant (page 7)

Statutory Interpretation

Bond v. United States (page 17)

Whitfield v. United States (page 18)

Yates v. United States (page 18)

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Christeson v. Roper (page 12)

Hinton v. Alabama (page 14-15)

Mens Rea Issues

Rosemond v. United States (page 16-17)

Burrage v. United States (pages 15-16)

Loughrin v. United States (page 18)

Cert Grants on Mens Rea Issues

Elonis v. United States (page 19)

McFadden v. United States (page 19)

Residual Clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act

Johnson v. United States, cert. grant (page 9)