lawyer Archives - Jeremy Gordon

July 2, 2018
Federal Appeals

SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT AUTOMOBILE EXCEPTION DOES NOT APPLY TO CURTILAGE IN COLLINS VS. VIRGINIA

584 U. S. ____ (2018), No. 16–1027. The Supreme Court handed down an important search and seizure case in Collins vs. Virginia. Officers from the Albemarle County Police Department observed the same motorcycle driver commit a traffic ...

May 10, 2018
Federal Appeals

Fifth Circuit Vacates Sentence Enhancement Under 16(b) Because of Dimaya

United States of America v. Jose Prisciliano Gracia-Cantu, No. 15-40227, 2018 WL 2068684 Gracia-Cantu pled guilty to being an alien unlawfully present in the United States after previously being deported. He also had a prior conviction for Assault Family Violence ...

May 10, 2018
Federal Appeals

Eleventh Circuit Reverses for Failure to Hold Evidentiary Hearing on 2255

McCalla pled guilty to conspiracy to possess at least five kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute. The Mandatory minimum, in that case, was ten years. His range of punishment was 136 to 168 months. He was sentenced to 126 moths ...

May 10, 2018
Federal Appeals

Ninth Circuit Remands Case for Unconstitutionally Vague Supervised Release Conditions

In United States v. Evans, Nos. 16-10310, 16-10311, the Ninth Circuit vacated terms of supervised release handed down by the Northern District of California because they were unconstitutionally vague. Evans was charged with a probation violation as well as felon ...

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SUPREME COURT HOLDS THAT AUTOMOBILE EXCEPTION DOES NOT APPLY TO CURTILAGE IN COLLINS VS. VIRGINIA

Fifth Circuit Vacates Sentence Enhancement Under 16(b) Because of Dimaya

Eleventh Circuit Reverses for Failure to Hold Evidentiary Hearing on 2255

Ninth Circuit Remands Case for Unconstitutionally Vague Supervised Release Conditions