The U.S. Congress in 1998 enacted the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act. The Act makes it a federal crime if someone “knowingly transfers or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person with the intent to…
Month: April 2016
Apr.19
2016
2016
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Appeals | Capital Crimes | Murder
U.S. Supreme Court decisions are often perplexing; sometimes impossible to understand, much less rationalize.
That was the case when the Court on April 12, 2016 refused to block the execution of Kenneth Fults by the State of Georgia.
…
Apr.18
2016
2016
Posted By: Staff Writer
Category: Federal Criminal Law
There are two types of crimes in the United States: federal and state law violations.
State crimes are a defined by statutes enacted by state legislatures. They apply to residents and visitors to the state. Each criminal statute proscribes…
Apr.17
2016
2016
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Criminal Law | Uncategorized
The recent dust up between former President Bill Clinton and the activist from Black Lives Matter raised the serious, and quite relevant, question about whether there are two systems of justice in this country, one white, one black.
Clinton…
Apr.17
2016
2016
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Murder
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals is the federal appellate court with jurisdiction over U.S. District Courts in Tennessee, Michigan, Kentucky, and Ohio.
In 2015, a total of 52,698 federal appeals were filed in the 12 regional Courts of…
Apr.17
2016
2016
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Drug Trafficking | Federal Criminal Law
On April 8, 2016, the D.C. Court of Appeals in United States v. Scurry issued a significant clarification of wiretaps obtained by federal law enforcement agencies under Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968…
Apr.15
2016
2016
Posted By: Staff Writer
Category: Immigration Crimes
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has made illegal immigrants the face of crime.
But what are the facts?
The American Immigration Council is a much better trumpeter of the facts than headline-seeking politicians. The Council informs us…
Apr.14
2016
2016
Posted By: Staff Writer
Category: Immigration Crimes
The March 22, 2016 arrest of Jose Antonio-Landin-Ortiz and Jose Alfredo-Ortiz-Vega—both of whom are from Mexico and who were living in the U.S. illegally—at the Falfurrias, Texas, checkpoint underscore the recurring problem in this state, and other states as well,…
Apr.11
2016
2016
Posted By: Staff Writer
Category: Fraud | Healthcare Fraud
Federal prosecutors are calling it “the largest home health fraud ever orchestrated by a single doctor.”
And there seems to be a good reason for it.
The Dallas Morning News reports a local doctor accused of recruiting 11,000…
Apr.11
2016
2016
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Corporate Fraud | Federal Criminal Law
Historically, federal prosecutors have three ways to handle criminal cases: decline to prosecute, secure a plea agreement, or try the case before a judge or jury.
Deferred Prosecutions
The Speedy Trial Act of 1974, which is found in…
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