{"id":86021,"date":"2018-07-15T23:41:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T03:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/?p=86021"},"modified":"2019-11-06T10:34:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T15:34:13","slug":"kavanaugh-on-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sentencing.net\/appeal\/kavanaugh-on-crime","title":{"rendered":"Brett Kavanaugh On Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t

Justice Anthony Kennedy recently announced his retirement from the Supreme Court. Except for death penalty cases, Kennedy rarely voted in favor of criminal defendants. He opposed Apprendi<\/em>, Booker<\/em>, Alleyne<\/em> and many other \u201cseminal\u201d criminal procedure cases handed down by the Court.<\/p>\n

Thus, while some oppose President Trump\u2019s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Court, a future \u201cJustice\u201d Kavanaugh may be good for criminal defendants. On some issues at least.<\/p>\n

Judge Brett Kavanaugh has been a circuit judge on the D.C. Circuit<\/a>\u00a0for 12 years. Over those 12 years, he has authored a number of opinions in criminal cases. He has also penned numerous notable dissents.<\/p>\n

While Kavanaugh does not seem to be the best defender of the Fourth Amendment, he does not like \u201cacquitted conduct.\u201d United States v. Brown<\/em>, 892 F.3d 385, 415 (D.C. Cir. 2018) (Kavanaugh, J., dissenting).<\/p>\n

Brett Kavanaugh is also a huge proponent of requiring the Government to actually prove mens rea, the intent to commit an offense. United States v. Williams<\/em>, 836 F.3d 1, 20 (D.C. Cir. 2016) (Kavanaugh, J, concurring); United States v. Burwell<\/em>, 690 F.3d 500, 527 (D.C. Cir. 2012) (Kavanaugh, J., dissenting); Lorenzo v. Securities and Exchange Commission<\/em>, 872 F.3d 578, 598 (D.C. Cir. 2017) (Kavanaugh, J., dissenting).<\/p>\n

Kavanaugh has also ruled favorably concerning claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. United States v. Noye<\/em>, 824 F.3d 1129 (D.C. Cir. 2016); United States v. James<\/em>, 719 Fed.Appx. 17 (Mem) (D.C. Cir. 2018).<\/p>\n

Kavanaugh has also shown some love in sentencing error cases. United States v. Jones<\/em>, 697 Fed.Appx. 2 (Mem) (D.C. Cir. 2017); United States v. Burnett<\/em>, 827 F.3d 1108 (D.C. Cir. 2016).<\/p>\n

So while many are concerned about Kavanaugh\u2019s potential vote in \u201csocial\u201d issue cases, I think there is a strong chance that he will be a good justice for some, but not all, criminal issues.<\/p>\n

Some of you may recall that when \u201cDimaya<\/em><\/a>\u201d split 4-4 last year I accurately predicted that newly seated Justice Gorsuch would break the tie by voting in favor of Dimaya. Justice Gorsuch\u2019s favorable criminal defendant votes have surprised many.<\/p>\n

Expect similar surprises from Brett Kavanaugh if he is confirmed as the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Justice Anthony Kennedy recently announced his retirement from the Supreme Court. Except for death penalty cases, Kennedy rarely voted in favor of criminal defendants. He opposed Apprendi, Booker, Alleyne and many other \u201cseminal\u201d criminal procedure cases handed down by the Court. Thus, while some oppose President Trump\u2019s nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Court, a…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[344],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nBrett Kavanaugh's Position on Crime | 802-444-4357<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Brett Kavanaugh may soon be confirmed as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. 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