I have been away from the keyboard for the last week or so with court and clients. I am reminded of an old question: what do we have plenty of but not enough? The answer of course, is time. It has a way of slipping away. It has been a busy week and my clients will always take priority over the blog.
There are a few issues that I want to write about later this week – police misconduct, bail and an update on Paxton v. UK. For now, I just want to take notice of a short SCOTUS opinion: Briscoe v. Virginia.
PER CURIAM.
We vacate the judgment of the Supreme Court of Virginia and remand the case for further proceedings not inconsistent with the opinion in Melendez-Diaz v. Massa-chusetts, 557 U. S. ___ (2009).
It is so ordered.
H/T Paul B. Kennedy: The prohibition of trial by affidavit lives on.
