Court Opinion

ID: 9795107
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 03:20:31.027704+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:27:59.249529
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*468Justice Breyer,
with whom Justice Stevens joins, dissenting.
I agree that the Court’s per curiam opinion correctly states the law, but because respondent’s counsel is not a member of this Court’s bar and did not wish to become one, respondent has not filed a brief in opposition to the petition for certiorari. I believe we should not summarily reverse in a criminal case, irrespective of the merits, where the respondent is represented by a counsel unable to file a response, without first inviting an attorney to file a brief as amicus curiae in response to the petition for certiorari. For this reason, I dissent.