The Supreme Court overturned an appeals court order that required Michigan to retry a murder case by May 4 or release the defendant, after state officials cited trial delays related to the CCP virus pandemic.
The order in Brown v. Davenport came late in the day on Feb. 1. The state had directed its time-sensitive application to Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who referred it to the full court. Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented from the ruling but didn’t explain why.
