Criminal Justice Legal Foundation
Amicus Curiae
Kent S. Scheidegger, Counsel of Record The Criminal Justice Legal Foundation is a nonprofit corporation that participates in litigation relating to the criminal justice system as it affects the public interest, including victims’ rights and effective punishment. Kent S. Scheidegger has been legal director of the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation since 1986. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioner as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on December 10, 2009. The State courts in this case reasonably determined the facts. The conclusion that Van Chester Thompkins “continued to talk with the officer, albeit sporadically,” is…
