IN RE BECK; AND IN RE TOWNSEND

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• Windom v. State, 886 So. 2d 915 (Fla. 2004)
  …not promote greater judicial efficiency. The issue of the retroactivity of Ring is presently pending review in the United States Supreme Court. See Summerlin v. Stewart, 341 F. 3d 1082 (9th Cir.), cert. granted in part sub nom. Schriro v. Summerlin, 540 U.S. 1045, 124 S.Ct. 833, 157 L.Ed.2d 692 (2003). While Summerlin is pending, defendants will continue to raise the issue at the state level to preserve it for eventual federal review.13 In his specially concurring opinion, Justice Cantero suggests that decid…

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• Schriro v. Summerlin, 542 U.S. 348 (U.S. 2004)
  …h sentence. Summerlin v. Stewart, 341 F. 3d 1082, 1121 (2003) (en banc).2 It rejected the argument that Ring did not apply because respondent’s conviction and sentence had become final on direct review before Ring was decided. We granted certiorari. 540 U. S. 1045 (2003).3 II When a decision of this Court results in a “new rule,” that rule applies to all criminal cases still pending on direct review. Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U. S. 314, 328 (1987). As to convictions that are already final, however, the rule…

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• Sosa v. Alvarez-MacHain, 542 U.S. 692 (U.S. 2004)
  …arrest and detention in Mexico,” id., at 608, the United States was liable to him under California law for the tort of false arrest, id., at 640-641. We granted certiorari in these companion cases to clarify the scope of both the FTCA and the ATS. 540 U. S. 1045 (2003). We now reverse in each. II The Government seeks reversal of the judgment of liability under the FTCA on two principal grounds. It argues that the arrest could not have been tortious, because it was authorized by 21 U. S. C. §878, setting o…