According to FBI statistics, there were 11,961 murders committed in the U.S. in 2014. 8124 of the murders were committed using handguns. 262 people were killed with shotguns. 248 murders were committed with rifles, including “military style assault rifles” (AR-15s…
CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
Criminal Jurisdiction:
A Criminal Law Blog from a Defense Perspective
2015
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Internet Sex Crimes | Sex Crimes
The Government is always trying to find a way to insert itself into the private lives individuals so it can better monitor and regulate our lives. Big Brother is no longer an Orwellian nightmare. It is an ever-increasing, insidious…
2015
Category: Human Trafficking | Immigration Crimes | Sex Crimes
Texas is one of the states most committed in fighting child sex trafficking.
Shared Hope International just released its 2015 “Protected Innocence Challenge” report. Texas is one of only six states to score an “A” grade for the laws…
2015
Category: Bank Fraud | Federal Criminal Law
Due to devastating effects of the massive fraud committed within the financial sector over the years leading to the 2008 financial meltdown, bank fraud is now considered by the Government to be one of its most serious priorities.
Bank…
2015
Category: Federal Criminal Law | White Collar Crime
On December 3, 2015, the Internal Revenue Service released its 2015 Annual Investigation Report (Report). The Criminal Investigation unit (CI) focused its investigative efforts at terrorist financing, identity theft, cybercrime, public corruption, and money laundering. The number of investigations in…
2015
Category: Corporate Fraud | Federal Criminal Law | White Collar Crime
Publicly, politicians and top law enforcement officials are loudly proclaiming the days of light fines and settlements with corporations to resolve allegations of criminal wrongdoing are over.
Policies Encouraging Compliance and Disclosure Create the Corporate Snitch
Under a…
2015
Category: Appeals | Drug Crime | Drug Manufacturing | Drug Trafficking | Federal Criminal Law
Iobal Makkar and Gaurav Sehgal operated a small town convenience store in northeastern Oklahoma named “Gitter Done.”
Big Mistake to Ask Law Enforcement for Help
Questions arose about a particular incense the two men carried on the…
2015
Category: Appeals | Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking | Federal Criminal Law
In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court in Florida v. Jardines held that the police use of a drug-sniffing dog to investigate a home and its immediate surroundings is a “search” under the Fourth Amendment, requiring a search warrant.
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2015
Category: Criminal Law | Prosecutorial Misconduct
There is an ever growing “hazy border” between excessive and acceptable use of deadly force by law enforcement. This reality is demonstrated by the continual release of video documenting unreasonable and inhumane executions by police, acts that in a “pre-video”…
2015
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Manufacturing
Roughly 17 percent of the more than 1.5 million drug arrests in 2014 involved drug manufacturing charges. Criminal charges for manufacturing illegal drugs can be charged at both the federal and state level, often depending upon the seriousness of the…