Second Circuit Issues Notable Decisions on Wiretaps, Batson and Sentencing

The NYSACDL has published its fall issue of Atticus.  Judge Bellacosa has contributed an eloquent piece in support of open-file discovery, relevant both to state and federal prosecutorial practices, highlighting the success of a project in the Brooklyn DA's office, and advocating a state-wide statutory authorization, with uniform standards of application and accountability.  Mark Hosken of the WDNY Federal Defender has contributed a notable piece on the Ex Post Facto Clause in a post-Booker world, and I have contributed a piece on some recent decisions from the Second Circuit, including the Rajaratnam and Amanuel cases on wiretaps, the Martinez case on Batson, and Ortiz on sentencing.