January 19, 2010 - United States Supreme Court Granted Certiorari and Vacted Judgment

January 19, 2010, United States Supreme Court granted certiorari and vacated the judgment of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which had denied relief to Mr. Kent's client, Demarick Hunter, on his 28 U.S.C. 2255 habeas challenge to his Armed Career Criminal sentence.  The Supreme Court directed the Eleventh Circuit to reconsider its decision in light of the position taken by the Solicitor General of the United States (which supports relief for Mr. Hunter).   Mark Harris and Emily Stern of Proskauer Rose, New York, and Professor Doug Berman of the Sentencing Law and Policy Blog are co-counsel on this case.