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- 2023-10-02: Federal Criminal Discovery
- 2023-04-21: Entering a Guilty Plea to a Federal Crime: Some Tips and Tricks
- 2023-03-28: The Initial Appearance in a Federal Criminal Case
- 2023-03-14: Federal Grand Jury Subpoenas: Please Use a Lawyer!!!
- 2023-03-07: Federal Criminal Cases: The Importance of Knowing the Rules of Evidence
- 2023-02-27: Federal Criminal Cases: The Two Biggest Decisions
- 2023-02-06: Being “out on Bond” in a Federal Criminal Case
- 2023-02-06: Federal Criminal Cases/being “out on Bond”
- 2023-01-30: The Presentence Investigation Report in Federal Criminal Cases
- 2023-01-24: Proffers Everywhere Involving Federal Criminal Defendants
- 2023-01-18: Discovery Materials in Federal Criminal Cases
- 2023-01-16: Mlk Day and Federal Criminal Defense in Atlanta
- 2023-01-09: Federal Criminal Cases in a New Year
- 2022-06-16: Federal Health Care Fraud Cases: A Few Observations
- 2022-06-07: Forty Years and Counting
- 2022-05-09: Tips on Negotiating With Federal Prosecutors
- 2022-05-02: Federal Criminal Defense: Having the Final Word
- 2022-04-25: Another Way to Get Out of Jail on a Federal Fraud Case
- 2022-04-21: How to Avoid a Jail Sentence in a Federal Fraud Case
- 2021-03-17: Federal Criminal Fraud Investigations and Prosecutions Ramping Up
- 2021-03-13: Sentencing Hearings in Federal Criminal Cases: Four Pitfalls and Some Tips
- 2021-02-09: Staying in Touch With Your Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer: Lessons for Hiring an Attorney
- 2020-12-28: Federal Criminal Defense Victories During the Past Year
- 2020-12-08: We Convince 11th Circuit to Reverse 35 Year’s of Precedent in Anti-Kickback Act Cases: A Lesson on How Hard It Is to Win
- 2020-11-17: Federal Criminal Appeals: Five Points Concerning the “oral Argument”
- 2020-08-27: Atlanta Federal Criminal Defense Clients Happy With the Outcome of Their Case
- 2020-07-16: Federal Prosecutors and “reverse Proffers”: Do’s and Don’ts
- 2020-06-02: “press Releases” by Federal Prosecutors and the Loss of Objective Journalism
- 2020-05-11: Federal Prosecutors Are Wrong Again, Says the Us Supreme Court
- 2020-05-05: The Feds Go After Alleged Coronavirus Fraud: Some Lessons for Criminal Defense Lawyers
- 2020-04-17: Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers Keep Working During the Pandemic: A Few Lessons
- 2020-02-25: Quirky Federal Crimes; the Truly Stupid Ones Can Be Greatly Misused
- 2020-02-24: Quirky Federal Crimes Can Come in Handy Sometimes
- 2020-02-20: Pretrial Evidentiary Hearings in Federal Criminal Cases: A Few Observations
- 2020-02-05: Plead Guilty Versus Going to Trial: The Single Biggest Decision
- 2020-01-22: Dismissal of All Charges in Federal Criminal Case: How Sweet It Is!
- 2020-01-13: Federal Criminal Cases and the “proffer”: What Is It and What Should I Know Before Agreeing to This Process??
- 2019-12-19: “brady Material” and the High-Profile “varsity Blues” Case Show How Defense Lawyers Can Change the Perception of a Criminal Case
- 2019-12-04: The Presentence Investigation Report in Federal Criminal Cases A Short Primer
- 2019-11-22: Challenging an Indictment in a Federal Criminal Case: Do’s and Don’ts
- 2019-11-15: The Nuts and Bolts of Pleading Guilty to a Federal Criminal Offense
- 2019-11-13: The Importance of Jury Instructions in a Criminal Case
- 2019-10-28: The “trial Penalty” and the Defendant Who Is Likely Not Guilty
- 2019-10-21: What to Expect on Your First Day in Federal Court: A Short Explanation of the “initial Appearance” and the “arraignment”
- 2019-09-25: Federal Criminal Investigations: What You Should Do When the FBI Shows Up at Your Door
- 2019-09-17: Uncommon Defenses in Federal Criminal Cases
- 2019-09-11: Mandatory Minimum Penalties in Federal Criminal Cases: Changes Over the Years
- 2019-09-10: Gotta Know When to Hold ’em, Know When to Fold ’em: Giving Defense Evidence to Prosecutors Before Indictment
- 2019-09-05: “But I thought Pot Was Legal Now?”– Marijuana Cases in Federal Court
- 2019-06-26: Recent Decisions Can Impact the Defense of a Federal Criminal Case
- 2019-05-30: Discovery in Federal Criminal Cases: Practical Issues
- 2019-05-09: Hiring the Best Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer: Six Thoughts and Tips
- 2019-05-03: Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Presentence Investigation Report
- 2019-04-15: Cooperate or fight? One of the Biggest Decisions in a Criminal Investigation and Possible Case.
- 2019-04-09: Atlanta Lawyers Need to Fight Against Civil Asset Forfeitures to Help Their Clients
- 2019-04-02: Criminal Defense Lawyers and the Difference Between “evidence” and “circumstantial Evidence”
- 2019-03-28: Securities Fraud in Atlanta and Elsewhere: Do Not “make” a Material False Statement
- 2019-03-20: Jury Instructions: Prep Work for Criminal Defense Lawyers in Georgia and Elsewhere
- 2019-03-13: College Admissions Case: Everybody Take a Chill Pill Please
- 2019-03-06: Changing Your Criminal Defense Lawyer: Some Observations
- 2019-02-28: Criminal Cases in Atlanta Federal Court of Appeals: Preparing for “oral Argument”
- 2019-02-19: Criminal Defense Lawyer Seminar in Atlanta: Presentation on Asset Forfeiture That Accompanies a Criminal Case
- 2019-02-07: Lawyers in Atlanta: Deciding Whether to Speak With the Press
- 2019-02-05: Criminal Appeals-Handling High Profile Cases in the Post-Conviction Context
- 2019-01-23: Evidence? We don’t need no stinking Evidence!!
- 2019-01-17: Strategies and Tactics in Pretrial Hearings for Federal Criminal Cases
- 2019-01-14: Federal Gun Cases: Will Justice Gorsuch Make a Difference??
- 2019-01-10: Federal Criminal Cases: Doing the Time
- 2019-01-09: Federal Criminal Cases and Forfeiture of Assets
- 2018-12-18: Rules Versus Reality #2: Theory and Practice of Discovery in Federal Criminal Cases
- 2018-12-15: Discovery in Federal Criminal Cases: Rules Versus Reality
- 2018-12-12: Little-known Secrets in Internet Sex Offenses
- 2018-12-06: Federal Gun Case From Alabama Contains Challenge to Dumb Double-Jeopardy Rule
- 2018-12-05: Substantial Assistance in a Federal Criminal Case: What Does It Mean??
- 2018-11-16: Yearly Amendments to Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Some Good News!
- 2018-11-13: Federal Sentencing Guidelines: The Yearly Publication
- 2018-11-06: Winning a Criminal Case: White Collar Defense Results in Not Guilty Verdict
- 2018-10-17: Three Kinds of Lies in Federal Criminal Cases
- 2018-09-26: Hiring a Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer–Part Ii: Money Questions
- 2018-09-24: Hiring a Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer: Questions to Ask
- 2018-09-20: Turning a Criminal Investigation Into a Civil Settlement
- 2018-09-17: Winning a Trial: The Client’s Perspective
- 2018-09-13: Winning a Criminal Trial: The Impact on the Client
- 2018-09-04: Pleading Guilty to a Federal Criminal Case: Pitfalls and Problems
- 2018-08-30: Federal Criminal Cases Involving Seizure of Evidence and Potential Motions to Suppress
- 2018-08-23: Three Recent High Profile Federal Criminal Cases: Some Observations
- 2018-08-21: Federal Health Care Fraud Convictions Affirmed and Show How Crazily Complicated These Cases Are
- 2018-08-15: Plea Agreements in Federal Criminal Cases: Language Is Crucial
- 2018-08-08: Jury Trials in Criminal Cases: Some Thoughts
- 2018-08-06: The Vanishing Trial in Federal Criminal Cases: We Need the Endangered Species Act
- 2018-08-05: Money Money Money Money–Money!! the Financial Aspects of a Federal Criminal Sentence
- 2018-07-31: The Madness of Discovery in a Federal Criminal Case
- 2018-07-30: Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Duties When Client Dies and Case Is Not Finished
- 2018-07-26: Atlanta Federal Criminal Case Involving Securities Fraud Finally Finished
- 2018-07-25: Sentencing Hearing in Federal Criminal Case in Atlanta
- 2018-07-19: Criminal Defense Lawyers in Atlanta and Elsewhere Grapple With Unfair Sentencing Guidelines
- 2018-07-18: Atlanta Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers Quoted
- 2018-07-10: Federal Criminal Case Thrown Out: Police Cannot Use Google Translate to Get Consent From Non-English Speaking Driver
- 2018-07-06: Criminal Defense Attorneys and Their Clients: Who Is in Charge??
- 2018-07-05: Federal Criminal Prosecution Alleging Insider Trading at Equifax: Some Thoughts
- 2018-06-26: Big Supreme Court Case Says Search Warrants Needed for Cell Phone Location Information
- 2018-06-22: “i Am a Federal Judge”: Supreme Court Nixes Judge Appointed by Sec
- 2018-06-18: Federal Sentencing Hearings: Supreme Court Issues Two Rulings
- 2018-06-13: When Does a Defendant “know” a Fact: Court of Appeals Expands the “prudent Smuggler” Theory
- 2018-06-05: Here We Go Again: Federal Criminal Defense in Atlanta and Elsewhere
- 2017-10-02: Party Time: D.c. v. Westby in the U.s. Supreme Court
- 2017-09-30: Interesting People Have the Best Cases: Rod Class v. U.s
- 2017-09-29: Back to the Future: The Fourth Amendment in the Digital Age
- 2017-09-28: Hold on to Your Constitutional Rights: The Supremes Are Back!
- 2017-05-10: Anniversaries
- 2017-05-03: Why It Is Difficult to Win a Criminal Appeal: The Harmless Error Rule
- 2017-03-13: Federal Criminal Cases Dismissed: Some Thoughts
- 2017-02-22: The Brady Rule: The Fox Guards the Henhouse
- 2017-02-21: Pleading Guilty: The Single Biggest Decision
- 2017-02-08: Fascination: The U.s. Supreme Court Once Again Looks at Federal Gun Law
- 2016-12-05: The Always Confusing “nolo” Plea Comes Up in a Federal Criminal Case
- 2016-11-22: Federal Criminal Sentences Still a Hot Topic in the Supreme Court
- 2016-11-17: Lawyers in Federal Criminal Cases: The Importance of Objecting
- 2016-11-16: Criminal Case in Atlanta Similar to Our Case Last Year in Savannah
- 2016-11-02: Federal Criminal Investigations in Atlanta: Do Politics Matter??
- 2016-10-26: Federal Prosecutions in Atlanta and Throughout Georgia: Medicaid Fraud and Publicity
- 2016-10-24: Appeals From a Criminal Conviction: Some Thoughts About the Process and Writing a Brief
- 2016-10-21: How Can My Client Pay the Victims if the Judge Puts Him or Her in Jail: Appellate Court Reverses Sentence When Judge Jails Defendant Unable to Pay
- 2016-02-25: Can the Police Stop Your Car and Search it for Because the Driver Might be Texting? Federal Court of Appeals Says “No”.
- 2016-01-29: Appealing a Criminal Case: Court Issues Rare Ruling in Deciding That Previous Lawyer Missed an Issue That Would Have Helped the Defendant
- 2016-01-19: Exactly What is “Honest Services Fraud” in Federal Court? Supreme Court Again Will Try to Answer in Case Involving Former VA Governor.
- 2016-01-14: Computer Crimes: Unlawful Access and Supposed “damage” to Computer Systems
- 2015-09-15: Federal Sentencing Hearings: Sometimes You Lose When You Win
- 2015-08-18: Do Not Break Cash Deposits Into Smaller Deposits If You Have More Than $10,000: Atlanta Federal Court Upholds Conviction Against Doctor
- 2015-06-29: Supreme Court Reverses Federal Criminal Sentence for Possessing Firearm: The Long Saga of the Armed Career Criminal Act
- 2015-06-23: Federal Criminal Conviction Reversed When Trial Judge Prohibited Defendant From Talking With His Attorney During Two Overnight Recesses
- 2015-05-05: Federal Court of Appeals Says Police Can Get Your Cell Phone Location Data Without a Warrant: Judges Seem Stuck in the Past
- 2015-04-29: Federal Criminal Prosecutions Against Income Tax Preparers: Some Lessons
- 2015-04-22: Yesterday’s Supreme Court Dog Case Shows Justices “get It” When It Comes to Personal Freedoms
- 2015-04-17: Getting a Lower Sentence in a Federal Criminal Case by Using Proposed Amendments to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
- 2015-03-25: Reducing a Federal Criminal Sentence: Recent Changes and Possibly More to Come
- 2015-01-14: Federal Sentence Upheld Because of John Dillinger Law: Supreme Court Interprets “to Accompany” to Include Moving Victim 9 Feet
- 2014-12-03: A Word Worth 10 Years in Prison: Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Whitfield v. United States
- 2014-12-01: Rules, Silly Rules, and How Judges Sometimes Avoid Justice
- 2014-10-03: It Must Be True: It’s on the Internet!–Federal Court Reverses Criminal Case Because Russian Social Media Page Not Properly Authenticated
- 2014-09-26: Search of Different Cellphone Seven Years After Alleged Crime Called Ok by Federal Court of Appeals
- 2014-09-22: Illegal Search by Military Investigator in Georgia Causes Reversal of Federal Criminal Case in Washington State
- 2014-07-17: Reducing Sentences for Federal Drug Crimes: U.s. Sentencing Commission Votes on Making Reductions Retroactive
- 2014-06-25: Hooray for Privacy! Unanimous Supreme Court Holds That Police Need Search Warrant to Access Data in Cell Phones After an Arrest
- 2014-06-04: Another Federal Criminal Case Reversed by the Supreme Court
- 2014-04-18: Good Laws Sometimes Yield Bad Consequences: the Crime Victims Rights Act
- 2014-03-10: Federal Criminal Case Reversed by the U.s. Supreme Court: We Were Right All Along!
- 2014-03-01: Criminal Defense Attorneys Win Case in Supreme Court: Decision Turned on the Meaning of When ” Death Results”
- 2014-02-28: Supreme Court Restricts Reach of Earlier Case From Georgia Concerning Searching a House Without a Warrant
- 2014-02-27: Top-notch Federal Criminal Defense Lawyers Are Expensive, but the Supreme Court Says It’s Ok for Prosecutors to Freeze Assets Before Trial to Prevent Defendant From Hiring Counsel of Choice
- 2014-02-03: Federal Criminal Law: Supreme Court Agrees That Defendant Should Not Get Longer Sentence
- 2014-01-11: Trying to Kick a Judge Off a Case Is Difficult: The Eleventh Circuit Rejects Recusal Motion by Defendant Who Killed Another Eleventh Circuit Judge
- 2013-12-27: Search and Seizure in the Eleventh Circuit: Police Cannot Enter Apartment Without a Warrant but It’s Ok to Install Gps Monitor on Automobile if Cops Do So in “good Faith”
- 2013-12-18: Federal Criminal Appeals: Sometimes the Defendant Can Be Released on Bail During the Appeals Process
- 2013-11-21: Search and Seizure: How Far Does the Rule From Georgia v. Randolph Extend??
- 2013-11-14: Federal Criminal Appeal Explores Extent of “aiding and Abetting” Liability
- 2013-11-12: Plea Agreements in Federal Criminal Cases: The Importance of Getting It in Writing
- 2013-11-08: Federal Bribery/fraud Investigations: Lawyers Need to Keep Their Mouths Shut Occassionally
- 2013-10-22: Restitution for Federal Crimes: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case Involving Money Owed by Defendant Involved in Mortgage Fraud
- 2013-10-19: Federal Criminal Case Sent Back to Lower Court for New Sentencing Hearing: The Importance (Again) of Having a Lawyer Who Knows When to Object
- 2013-10-17: The Best Lawyers Money Can’t Buy: Supreme Court Hears Argument About Pretrial Restraint of Assets That Prevents Defendants From Hiring Good Lawyers
- 2013-10-16: Challenges to Whether Something Is Even a Federal Crime: My 15-Year Battle Against the “straw Purchase” Theory Might Bear Fruit in the Supreme Court
- 2013-10-15: Federal Gun Laws: Supreme Court Will Decide if Anyone Convicted of Misdemeanor Family Battery Crimes Is Always Prohibited From Having a Firearm
- 2013-10-14: Lawyers Who Represent People as Opposed to Attorneys Who Represent Companies or Movements: What Every Prospective Client Should Ask
- 2013-09-25: Politics and Criminal Law: The Curious Case of Tom Delay and Reversal of His Convictions for Money Laundering
- 2013-09-19: Crime and the Internet: Federal Judge Throws Out Case Against Cops in Hurricane Katrina Shooting Because Prosecutors Were Anonymously Posting About the Matter
- 2013-09-09: Restitution in Federal Criminal Cases: Georgia Appellate Court Reverses for Improper Procedure
- 2013-09-06: Reversal of Federal Criminal Case Because Trial Judge Prevented Defense From Presenting Important Evidence
- 2013-08-18: We Get All Federal Criminal Charges Reversed in Court of Appeals: The Long Saga of the Case Involving the Radiologist
- 2013-08-16: U.s. Attorney General Intends to Reduce Mandatory Sentences for Non-Violent, Drug Crimes: Will Our Clients in Federal and Georgia Courts See a Change??
- 2013-06-19: Good Lawyers Are Persistent, and Continuous Arguments Result in Supreme Court Victory
- 2013-06-14: Federal Criminal Sentencing Hearings: Constitution Mandates That Judge Use Older Version of Sentencing Guidelines if It Helps the Defendant
- 2013-06-04: Criminal Law Case in the Supreme Court Says That Police Can Take Dna When Person Is Merely Arrested for Serious Crime
- 2013-05-30: 227 Feet Inside a Federal Boundary Line: Making a Federal Case Turns a Life Sentence Into a Death Penalty
- 2013-05-22: Criminal Cases and Cell Phones: Another Court Confronts How the 18th Century Fourth Amendment Works With Modern Technology
- 2013-05-17: Federal Criminal Charges Against Public Officials: U.s. Attorney Announces Indictment Naming State Legislator
- 2013-05-16: Federal Criminal Cases and Discretion: The Recent Furor Over IRS Targeting Politically Conservative “non-Profits”
- 2013-05-14: Prosecutors Must Play Fair: Are We Any Better Off on the 50th Anniversary of the Brady Decision??
- 2013-05-09: Supreme Court Approves Amendments to Federal Rules: Practitioners Need to Keep Up With the Changes
- 2013-05-07: Florida Development Relating to Modern Technology and the Fourth Amendment: Police Cannot Browse Through Your Smartphone in Sunshine State Without a Search Warrant
- 2013-05-02: Supreme Court Accepts Case to Decide What It Means When “death Results” From Drug Dealing
- 2013-04-26: Federal Court in Atlanta Overturns Fraud Sentence: The Importance of Good Lawyering at the Sentencing Hearing
- 2013-04-23: Supreme Court Limits Deportation When Client Merely Possessed Small Amount of Marijuana
- 2013-04-18: Supreme Court Says Police Need Search Warrant to Perform Blood Test on Suspected Drunk Driver
- 2013-04-05: Public Corruption Cases in Federal Court: New York Arrests Show the Feds Keep Using “honest Services” Fraud to Go After Politicians
- 2013-03-27: Supreme Court Says Dog Sniff on Porch of Private Residence Is a Search That Requires a Warrant
- 2013-03-21: “you Have the Right to Counsel, but We Are Going to Take Away Any Money You Have to Hire the Type of Lawyers Who Specialize in Federal Cases”: Contrasting Gideon v. Wainwright With Federal Pretrial Forfeiture Laws
- 2013-03-19: Federal Criminal Defense Difficult When Government Freezes Client’s Assets: Supreme Court Finally Agrees to Hear Case About Whether Prosecutors Can Obtain Pretrial Restraint of Assets Without a Hearing
- 2013-03-15: Divided Atlanta Federal Appeals Court Upholds Florida Mail Fraud and Bribery Conviction: The Latest Saga in the “honest Services” Debate
- 2013-03-12: Appeal of Federal Insider Trading Convictions: Defendants Say They Are Not Guilty and the Sentences Were Too Long
- 2013-03-11: Sentencing for Federal Health Care Fraud Offenses: Court of Appeals Nixes Probation Even Though Doctor Paid Full Restitution and Performed Almost 400 Hours Community Service
- 2013-03-06: Immigration Consequences of Criminal Convictions: U.s. Supreme Court Rules Padilla Not Retroactive
- 2013-02-27: Atlanta Federal Criminal Child Pornography Cases: Part of a National Trend
- 2013-02-27: The Fourth Amendment in the Modern Age: Supreme Court Looks at Dna Samples Taken From Everybody Who Gets Arrested
- 2013-02-26: Bankers Get Indicted: New Crimes Still Require Old Approaches
- 2013-02-24: Federal Criminal Convictions Reversed Even When Lawyers Failed to Make Argument: No One Bothered to Look at Whether the Defendant’s Actions Were “contrary to Law”
- 2013-02-23: Doctor and Pharmacist Prosecuted in Federal Court for Over-Prescribing Pain Pills: Eleventh Circuit Affirms Convictions
- 2013-02-22: Federal Crimes on Airplanes: Flying Is Not as Fun Anymore
- 2013-02-21: U.s. Supreme Court Says That Double Jeopardy Clause Prevents Retrial When Trial Judge Erroneously Granted Acquittal at Defendant’s First Trial
- 2013-02-20: Supreme Court Decision in Federal Criminal Case: Court Sides With Defendant and Says That Police Cannot Search Person Who Left Scene Prior to Execution of Search Warrant
- 2013-02-20: Going to the Dogs: Supremes Says Lack of Performance Records for Drug-Dog Doesn’t Invalidate Search
- 2012-12-11: Guns and Voting: Restoration of Civil Right to Vote Not Enough to Get Around Federal Ban on Possession Gun After Felony Conviction
- 2012-11-07: Federal Court of Appeals in Atlanta Rules That Law Allowing U.s. Prosecution of International Drug Dealers Is Unconstitutional
- 2012-10-25: Good Lawyering Results in Federal Criminal Case Going to Supreme Court: Will the Apprendi Decision Be Extended to Sentencing Factors That Change Mandatory Minimum Punishments??
- 2012-10-22: A Crime Long Ago and Far Away: the Supreme Court Confronts Issues Surrounding Which Side Has the Burden of Proving “withdrawal” From a Criminal Conspiracy
- 2012-10-15: Going to the Dogs-Part 2: Supreme Court to Decide if Pooch Sniff on Porch Is a Fourth Amendment “search”
- 2012-10-03: Going to the Dogs: The Upcoming Supreme Court Case of Florida v. Harris
- 2012-10-02: New Term in the United States Supreme Court: Cases of Interest
- 2012-07-03: Whaddya Know? Eleventh Circuit Affirms One and Reverses Other Gun Conviction Based on Different Amounts of “Knowledge” Required
- 2012-06-29: Responding to a Grand Jury Subpoena Without a Lawyer: Always a Bad Idea
- 2012-06-19: Confrontation Clause Debacle: Supreme Court Muddies the Water by Ruling That Report on Which Expert Relied Need Not Be Admitted or Subject to Cross-Examination
- 2012-06-15: Constructive Possession: Court of Appeals Won’t Reverse Even When Trial Judge Gave Bad Instructions to Jury
- 2012-06-12: Eyewitness Identification: Eleventh Circuit Won’t Join Most Courts That Allow Expert Testimony Showing Unreliability of Such Witnesses
- 2012-04-17: First Federal Criminal Case for Selling Prescription Adderall: Our Client Won’t Go to Jail;
- 2012-02-09: Collateral Estoppel: The “little Brother” to the Double Jeopardy Clause
- 2012-02-02: Eleventh Circuit Reverses County Attorney’s Federal Mail Fraud and Money Laundering Convictions: Material Variance Unduly Prejudiced the Defendant
- 2012-01-23: Supreme Court Unanimously Holds That Placing Gps Tracking Device on Automobile Without a Valid Warrant Is a Fourth Amendment “search”
- 2012-01-19: Us Supreme Court Sides With Alabama Death Row Inmate: Lawyer’s Missed Mail Should Not Prevent Client From Raising Challenges
- 2011-12-21: Appeals Court in Atlanta Reverses Tax Case: Federal Judges Prohibited From Participating in Plea Discussions
- 2011-11-08: Court of Appeals Affirms Part of Case Involving Plan to Smuggle Potential Baseball Players Into the U.s. From Cuba
- 2011-08-30: Overzealous Prosecution of Doctor: Divided Court of Appeals Reverses the Hyde Act Attorneys Fees and Sanctions Against the Prosecutors in the Sad Case of Dr. Ali Shaygan
- 2011-08-16: Restitution in Federal Criminal Cases: Prove It or Lose It
- 2011-07-20: Federal Court of Appeals Fails to Grant New Trial When “possibly Innocent Man” Gets Life Sentence Based on “preposterously Unreliable Testimony of Sole Witness”
- 2011-07-13: Forfeiture of $1.7 million for crime involving $22,000: Court of Appeals says this is not “disproportionate”
- 2011-05-19: Atlanta-based Federal Court of Appeals Reverses Obstruction Conviction Because No Evidence Defendant Aware of the Proceeding He Supposedly Obstructed
- 2011-05-10: 11th Circuit Affirms Most but Not All Convictions in Siegelman/scrushy
- 2011-04-29: Another Loss for the Confrontation Clause: The Supreme Court’s Decision in Michigan v. Bryant
- 2011-04-20: Federal Criminal Defendants Continue to Win in Supreme Court Cases Involving the Sentencing Guidelines
- 2011-04-19: Alabama Mail Fraud Convictions Reversed by Court of Appeals Sitting in Atlanta
- 2010-12-23: Federal Sentencing Guidelines Amendments Part Vii: Temporary, Emergency Amendment Pursuant to Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
- 2010-12-22: Goyal Concurring Opinion: Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Opines on Federal Prosecutors Overreaching by Stretching Criminal Law Beyond Its Proper Bounds
- 2010-12-17: Federal Sentencing Guidelines Amendments Part Vi: Remediation Efforts and Reporting Obligations for Effective Compliance and Ethics Programs of Organizations
- 2010-12-14: Williams: Eleventh Circuit Holds That Defendant Who Testified to His Innocence at Trial Should Have Received Sentencing Enhancement for Obstruction of Justice and No Reduction for Acceptance of Responsibility
- 2010-12-09: Federal Sentencing Guidelines Amendments Part V: Hate Crimes
- 2010-11-17: Abbott: Supreme Court Unanimously Holds § 924(c) “Except” Clause Applies Only to Greater Minimum Sentences Otherwise Provided for the Same Conduct Prohibited by § 924(c)
- 2010-11-13: Federal Sentencing Guidelines Amendments Part Iii: Cultural Assimilation
- 2010-11-10: Federal Sentencing Guidelines Amendments Part Ii: Relevance of Specific Offender Characteristics
- 2010-11-05: Federal Sentencing Guidelines Amendments Part I: Alternatives to Incarceration
- 2010-11-03: Davis: United States Supreme Court Will Hear Case Arising Out of the Eleventh Circuit Regarding the Good Faith Exception to the Exclusionary Rule in Criminal Cases
- 2010-10-21: Kentucky v. King: U.s. Supreme Court Will Look at Exigent Circumstances Exception to Constitution’s Requirement for a Search Warrant
- 2010-08-17: Villarreal: Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Speedy Trial Claim Where Ten Years Elapsed Between Indictment and Arrest
- 2010-08-09: U.S. v. Belfast: Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Holds That § 924(c) May Apply to Crimes of Violence Committed Outside United States Territory
- 2010-08-04: U.s. v. Irey: Divided en Banc Eleventh Circuit Holds Criminal Child Pornography Sentence Substantively Unreasonable and Remands for Sentencing at Statutory Maximum
- 2010-08-03: Federal Sentencing Disparity Between Crack and Powder Cocaine Reduced
- 2010-07-08: Cunningham: Eleventh Circuit Joins Other Courts of Appeals in Holding That Alleged Violations of Supervised Release Do Not Implicate Jury Trial and Evidentiary Standards as Applied by Apprendi and Blakely
- 2010-06-28: Change of Law in the Eleventh Circuit: Supreme Court Holds That a Sentencing Court May Order Restitution Even After Missing 90-Day Deadline
- 2010-06-23: Gilbert: Eleventh Circuit Corrects “complete Miscarriage of Justice” in Federal Criminal Sentencing Under Career Offender Enhancement
- 2010-06-21: Holland: Supreme Court Reverses Eleventh Circuit, Holding That Its Standard for Equitable Tolling of the Federal Habeas Corpus Statute’s Timeliness Provision Is Too Rigid
- 2010-06-08: Eleventh Circuit Reverses Judge Martin’s District Court Decision That a 30-Year Mandatory Minimum Sentence Was Cruel and Unusual Punishment
- 2010-06-07: Barber v. Thomas: Supreme Court Holds That Bureau of Prisons Has Been Correctly Calculating Good Time Credits on Federal Criminal Sentences
- 2010-06-02: Lall: Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Holds Confession Involuntary in Federal Criminal Case in Which State Police Had Told Defendant He Wouldn’t Be Charged
- 2010-05-17: Ghertler: Eleventh Circuit Holds Abuse of Trust Federal Sentencing Enhancement Does Not Apply Where Criminal Defendant Impersonated a Trusted Person
- 2010-05-17: Supreme Court Opinions Issued This Morning in Graham v. Florida, U.s. v. Comstock, and Abbott v. Abbott
- 2010-05-11: Phaknikone: Eleventh Circuit Holds Myspace Profile Photographs Inadmissible Character Evidence, but Harmless Error
- 2010-04-30: Dean: Eleventh Circuit Holds in Sorna Retroactivity Case That the Attorney General Properly Invoked the Good Cause Exception to the Notice and Comment Procedures Required by the Apa
- 2010-04-22: Stevens: 8-1 Supreme Court Decision Holds Criminal Statute Unconstitutionally Overbroad and Invalid Under the First Amendment
- 2010-04-05: Berghuis v. Smith: Supreme Court Unanimously Reverses Jury-Diversity-Based Habeas Case in Favor of Government
- 2010-04-01: Padilla v. Kentucky: Sixth Amendment Effective Assistance of Counsel Requires Criminal Defense Lawyers to Advise Clients When Pleas Carry a Risk of Deportation
- 2010-03-29: Sneed: Eleventh Circuit Holds Sentencing Courts May Not Rely on Police Reports to Determine Whether Prior Crimes Were Committed on Different Occasions for Acca Purposes
- 2010-03-24: Long-term Difficulties Faced by Innocent Federal Criminal Defendants, Even After Acquittal
- 2010-03-22: Health Care Fraud Provisions in Federal Bill Passed Last Night
- 2010-02-24: Upcoming Changes in the Supreme Court??
- 2010-02-24: Phillips: A Crack Reduction Is a Sentence Under Rule 35
- 2010-02-18: Oral Arguments in Third Circuit Electronic Privacy Case – Should the DOJ Need a Warrant to Obtain Location Data From Cell Phones??
- 2010-02-11: Eleventh Circuit: Both Defendant and Federal Prosecutors Entitled to Notice and Opportunity to Respond When Court Intends to Rely on New Information in Modification of a Criminal Sentence
- 2010-02-09: Eleventh Circuit Discussion of Loss and Restitution in Sentencing for Federal Crimes
- 2009-12-23: Prosecutorial Misconduct — Federal Criminal Stock-Option Backdating Cases
- 2009-12-17: Supreme Court Update: Honest Services Fraud Cases
- 2009-12-09: Ben Kuehne Celebrates Dismissal With a Party and You Are Invited!
- 2009-11-24: Federal Sentencing Guidelines Amendments Part Iv: Drug Crimes
- 2009-10-22: Supreme Court Will Hear Another Miranda Case: Where Criminal Defendant Neither Waived nor Invoked Rights, Is Further Interrogation Proper??
- 2009-10-16: Skilling Added to the Mix of Honest Services Fraud Cases to Be Heard by the Supreme Court
- 2009-10-05: Money Laundering Charge Against Criminal Defense Attorney Argued in Federal Appellate Court
- 2009-09-18: Federal Judges Testify That Criminal Sentences for Possession of Child Pornography May Be Too Long
- 2009-08-13: Federal House Subcommittee on Crime Holds Hearing on Federal Criminal Law
- 2009-08-06: Federal Court of Appeals Limits Calculation of Criminal Insider-Trading Gain for Sentencing Purposes
- 2009-07-24: Banishment: Exile Permitted Under Current Georgia and Federal Criminal Law
- 2009-07-23: Prison Reimbursement in the Georgia and Federal Criminal Justice Systems
- 2009-07-14: Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals Raises Issue of Standing to Skirt the Rule of Specialty in Federal Criminal Extradition Case
- 2009-06-02: Black Requests Bail Pending a Decision on Federal Honest Services Fraud Case
- 2009-06-01: Federal Drug Case Decided by Supreme Court in Favor of Criminal Defense, Rationality
- 2009-05-29: Federal Criminal “honest Services” Fraud Law Applicable Here in Atlanta to Be Reviewed by Supreme Court
- 2009-05-28: Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 Expands Fraud and Money Laundering Statutes
- 2009-04-29: Federal Case May Impact Suppression of Evidence Resulting From Criminal Seizures of Computers in Georgia, Florida, and Alabama
- 2009-04-28: Finally! Federal Supreme Court Limits Criminal Search Rule
- 2009-04-14: Divided Supreme Court Protects Federal Criminal Rule
- 2009-04-08: Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta Affirms Tax Fraud Conviction
- 2009-03-30: Former Detention Officer at Fulton County Jail in Atlanta Arrested on Federal Criminal Charges
- 2009-03-19: Atlanta Criminal Case: U.s. Attorney Decides Not to Initiate Federal Prosecution of Brian Nichols
- 2009-03-11: Another Miscarriage of Criminal Justice in Atlanta: The Eleventh Circuit Federal Court of Appeals Renews Our Tenacity in Fighting for Rights
- 2009-01-27: United States Supreme Court Affirms Eleventh Circuit Federal Criminal Case
- 2009-01-16: United States Supreme Court Limits Definition of “violent Felony” Under Federal Armed Career Criminal Act
- 2008-12-22: Two Counts Thrown Out in Federal Criminal Case Against Former Georgia Judge
- 2008-12-16: Atlanta Criminal Case: Fulton County D.a. Has Asked United States Attorneys to Charge Brian Nichols in Federal Court
- 2008-12-10: Supreme Court Agrees to Review Eleventh Circuit Sentencing Decision in Federal Criminal Case
- 2008-11-17: Prosecutors Unhappy in Federal White Collar Cases: Supreme Court to Decide Whether There Can Be Second Trial for Defendant When First Jury Acquitted but Hung on Some Counts
- 2008-11-14: White Collar Crime Prosecutions: Why Do Some Cases Simply Wither Away??
- 2008-10-13: Crime in the Federal Courts: When Investigators Scrutinize the Judges for Potential Criminal Activity
- 2008-10-08: Federal Criminal Cases: Prior Convictions Can Really Hurt
- 2008-09-09: Atlanta Federal Criminal Case: Can Police Search a Spouse’s Computer??
- 2008-08-29: Lawyers in Federal Court; Major Case Affirms Right to Have Company Pay Legal Fees for Employees
- 2008-08-22: Sentencing Issues for Federal White Collar Crime Cases
- 2008-08-21: Federal Criminal Cases: Some Prisoners Have Email Access
- 2008-08-05: Reversal of Conviction in Federal Criminal Case: Lawyers Need to Keep Fighting!
- 2008-07-28: Sentencing First Offenders in Federal Court: Is the Tide Finally Turning??
- 2008-07-26: Federal Prosecutors Trying to Seize Assets: The Details Are Important!
- 2008-07-15: Atlanta Money Laundering Prosecution: Federal Prosecutors Ordered to Explain Charges
- 2008-05-30: Crafty Federal Investigators Get Help From the Courts: Suspects Must Remember to Keep Their Mouths Shut
- 2008-04-28: Sentences for Federal Drug Crimes: Why Does the U.s. Lead the World in Prison Sentences??
- 2008-04-10: Federal White Collar Fraud Conviction Reversed on Appeal: Pattern Jury Instruction on Fraud Held to Be Deficient
- 2008-04-09: Creative Lawyering in Atlanta, Georgia: the Deal for “t.i.” in Federal Court
- 2008-03-06: Federal Criminal Sentence of Probation Affirmed on Appeal in Case From Atlanta, Georgia
- 2008-02-20: Federal Criminal Charges Dismissed in Atlanta Against Doctor: Be Careful What You Say on an Airplane
- 2008-02-07: Federal Criminal Sentences in Georgia, Florida & Alabama
- 2008-02-06: Criminal Defense Lawyers in Atlanta: What Can We Learn From the Brian Nichols Case??
- 2008-02-01: Practicing Federal Criminal Law in Atlanta: Sometimes It Gets a Little Weird
- 2008-01-21: Federal Firearms Offenses: Speech in Birmingham, Alabama
- 2008-01-09: Perfect Storm in Federal Prosecution: Taxes, Publicity and Race in the Wesley Snipes Case
- 2008-01-02: Appellate Review of Federal Criminal Sentences: Let the Battle Begin!
- 2007-12-21: Crack Cocaine Sentences to Be Reduced
- 2007-12-09: Federal Crack Cocaine Sentences: Will the Unfairness Ever End??
- 2007-11-27: Federal Crimes: Can Prosecutors Use Similar Act Evidence??
- 2007-11-06: Federal Criminal Trials: More Thoughts on Whether the Defendant Should Testify
- 2007-10-31: Federal Criminal Trials: Should a Defendant Take the Witness Stand??
- 2007-10-25: Federal Criminal Appeals; Reversal of Alabama Conviction for Environmental Crimes
- 2007-10-23: Drug Crimes in Federal Court and Young People: How to Avoid Having a Stupid Mistake Become the Defining Moment in a Young Person’s Life
- 2007-10-17: Criminal Defense in Atlanta: Can Rapper T.i. Get a Bond??
- 2007-10-12: White Collar Criminal Defense in Atlanta, Georgia: Fighting Against Appeals by the Government in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit When Defendant Gets Probation
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