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Holsey Ellingburg, Jr. v. United States, USSC No. 24-557, certiorari granted 4/7/25

SCOTUS added to its 2025-26 docket on April 7, when it granted the petitioner’s cert. petition to address the following:

Question presented:

Whether criminal restitution under the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act (MVRA) is penal for purposes of the Ex Post Facto Clause.

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David Asa Villarreal v. Texas, USSC No. 24-557, certiorari granted 4/7/25

SCOTUS added to its 2025-26 docket this week when it granted the petitioner’s cert. petition to address the following:

Question presented:

Whether a trial court abridges the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel by prohibiting the defendant and his counsel from discussing the defendant’s testimony during an overnight recess.

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