NEW: SCOTUS adds one new case to its docket for next term: Hemphill v. New York, a criminal-procedure case about the interaction between hearsay rules and the right of defendants to confront witnesses against them. Still no action on major petitions involving guns and abortion.
Here's this morning's order list: supremecourt.gov/orders/courtor…
The court denies review in Whatley v. Warden, a death-row prisoner's claim that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because he was tried & sentenced while wearing shackles. Justice Sotomayor dissents from the denial, saying she'd send the case back for new sentencing.
The court also denies review in Brown v. Polk County, which involves the Fourth Amendment standard for invasive searches of pretrial detainees. Sotomayor writes a separate statement agreeing with the decision not to take up the case but highlighting the importance of the issue.
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