How Appealing



Wednesday, April 20, 2011

“This appeal presents issues related to the amount of restitution that a district court may order a defendant convicted of possessing child pornography to pay to one of the children depicted in the images.” So writes a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in a per curiam ruling issued today.

All three judges on the panel joined in a special concurring opinion that called on the Fifth Circuit to rehear the case en banc together with In re: Amy Unknown, a ruling that the Fifth Circuit issued almost one month ago. My earlier coverage of that ruling appears at this link.

Posted at 9:14 PM by Howard Bashman



Access online today’s ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court in an argued case: The Court today issued its ruling in Sossamon v. Texas, No. 08-1438. Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court. Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued a dissenting opinion, in which Justice Stephen G. Breyer joined, Justice Elena Kagan did not take part in the decision. You can access the oral argument via this link.

Posted at 10:09 AM by Howard Bashman