zlg, dc 1/1 archive, title USSC Report Highlights Problems with Sentencing in Child Porn Cases] If Congress wants to complain that federal judges are “too lenient” on child pornography offenders, it may want to take a look at a recent report by the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC) for some answers. The Report, titled Federal Sentencing […]
Finding that Hobbs Act robbery is never a “crime of violence” under the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines (USSG), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held on August 16, 2021, that an enhanced sentence based on a prior Hobbs Act robbery conviction wasn`t harmless and remanded for resentencing. Steven Prigan was convicted of being […]
A single federal drug offense involving both powder and crack cocaine is eligible for a reduced sentence under the First Step Act`s retroactive application of the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (FSA), even if the offense included a non-qualifying drug, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held on August 4, 2021. The […]
An old friend of mine, Jose (Pepe) Ruvalcaba just had a huge win in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston this week. The Court held on Feb 15, 2022, that the district court erred when it denied Pepe compassionate release on the basis that it lacked the authority to apply […]
Federal Prosecutors charged almost a dozen members of the Oath Keepers group with “seditious conspiracy” yesterday (Jan. 13, 2022), in connection with the riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Let`s take a look at what they face, if convicted. What is Seditious Conspiracy Seditious conspiracy is a rarely charged but serious offense […]
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