In a 2013 report titled “An Offer You Can’t Refuse,” Human Rights Watch reported that 97 percent of federal drug defendants plead guilty. The alternative, according to the report, is that the defendants will spend an exorbitant amount of time…
Month: May 2014
May17
2014
2014
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Drug Crime | Federal Criminal Law
PRESENCE OF “NARCO SAINT” LEADS TO DRUG CONVICTIONS
At the turn of the 20th century, Jesus Malverde was a Mexican bandit who roamed the hills of the state of Sinaloa, and as legend has it, stole from the rich…
May12
2014
2014
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law
In a forceful per curiam decision handed down on May 5, 2014, the U.S.
Supreme Court overturned a ruling by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Robert R. Tolan—a budding African-American professional baseball player who…
May02
2014
2014
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law
In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court in District of Columbia v. Heller held that the Second Amendment codified a “pre-existing” right that allows individuals to keep and bear arms. The court specifically found that the right to self-defense is undeniable…
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