The Yale Law Journal

Toby J. Heytens

Article

Managing Transitional Moments in Criminal Cases

Toby J. Heytens

115 Yale L.J. 922 (2006)

As long as some courts review the work of others, there will be situations in which governing precedent shifts during the interval between an initial decision and the underlying dispute's ultimate resolution. Although such "transitional moments" follow many appellate court de…