Is a new rule for the conduct of criminal prosecutions retroactively applied to all cases?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from US v. Jordan, 256 F.3d 922 (9th Cir. 2001):
Griffith v. Kentucky, 479 U.S. 314, 328 (1987) (a "new rule for the conduct of criminal prosecutions is to be applied retroactively to all cases . . . pending on direct review . . . , with no exception for cases in which the new rule constitutes a `clear break' with the past.").
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