It is naturally assumed that the recent arrest of a former U.S. Air Force veteran, Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, on terror-related charges offers evidence that America’s “war on terror” declared after 9/11 has been quite successful. 2015 data obtained by…
Author: John Floyd
2015
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Criminal defense attorneys faced with a guilty verdict, or a conviction after a plea bargain, often begin to prepare their case for sentencing. This often means preparing client histories and factors that argue for lightest sentence possible. However, far too…
2015
Category: Illegal Pornography | Sex Crimes
Federal Judge Struggles with Reasonable Sentence in Child Pornography Case
Representing individuals accused of possessing child pornography is difficult. Any misstep could mean years in prison, an often unnecessary outcome. Mental health experts understand that there is a significant…
2015
Category: Terrorism Criminology
Section 3A1.4 of the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines authorizes a steep increase in a defendant’s offense level and an automatic increase in his criminal history category if his offense “is a felony that involved, or was intended to promote, a federal…
2015
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Significant Property Rights Case Awaits Supreme Court Decision
When defendants are arrested for felonies, it has become a standard condition of bond in many courts that they cannot possess firearms while on bail. But what happens to those firearms…
2015
Category: Sex Crimes
Supreme Court to Address the Child-Victim Hearsay Exception
As criminal defense lawyers we are often called to represent individuals accused of committing sex crimes against children. As parents, and concerned members of society, we all condemn these most despicable…
2015
Category: Criminal Law
The Ferguson Police Department is not only an embarrassment to every law enforcement agency in this country but an embarrassment to the entire State of Missouri.
Last year the nation witnessed their unprofessional conduct in scores of incidents as…
2015
Just a gentle reminder that it is time to call your CPA and Tax Lawyer.
It seems that federal prosecutors, and IRS criminal investigators, are in an eerie collusion to have IRS tax violations prosecuted during the month of…
2015
Long gone is the respect and deference given professionals like doctors. In a system racked with fraud and waste, the federal government is scrutinizing everyone involved in the ailing health care system, including physicians. From unnecessary testing to accepting kickbacks,…
2015
With its ever growing involvement in the nation’s health care system, heath care fraud investigations have become a growing priority for the federal government. Using sophisticated computer data analysis, and working in conjunction with multi-agency task forces and private insurance…