Supreme Court holds that Some Jan 6th Defendants May have been Charged Improperly: Fischer, 23-5572 A cold and dispassionate look at one of the statutes used to prosecute Fischer led the Court to determine the statute was improperly used. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Normally, an Law Involving White Collar Crimes The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), […]
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Collins vs. Virginia, 584 U. S. ____ (2018), No. 16–1027. The Supreme Court handed down an important search and seizure case in Collins. Officers from the Albemarle County Police Department observed the same motorcycle driver commit a traffic infraction in two separate incidents. In both situations, the cyclist got away from the officers. In both […]
The petitioners in Koons v. United States had committed crimes that invoked the use of the mandatory minimums. through the guideline ranges.
The Sentencing Reform Act requires a district court to calculate and consider a defendant’s Guidelines range in every case. Hughes v. United States, No. 17–155, 584 U. S. ____ (2018) Eric Hughes accepted a plea deal in 2013 after being accused of four charges related to drug conspiracy. He pled guilty to conspiracy to […]