Federal bank robbery has always been a serious offense. The Supreme Court just made it significantly more serious. In a January 13, 2015 decision, Whitfield v. United States, the Court sharply defined an enhancement penalty provision under the bank robbery…
CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
Criminal Jurisdiction:
A Criminal Law Blog from a Defense Perspective
2015
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Federal Prosecutors Conjure the “Beast,” Sec. 666, in Anti-Corruption Witch Hunts
Corruption, or at least the widespread appearance of it, has caused a vast majority of Americans to lose faith in their government and public institutions. A 2011 Gallup…
2015
Category: Uncategorized | White Collar Crime
The use of cooperating co-defendants, in search of lenient sentences, has plagued criminal prosecutions since there have been criminal prosecutions. The use of cooperation agreements infects almost every aspect of the federal criminal justice system, tempting cooperators, and snitches, to…
2015
Category: Sex Crimes
Indeed, it is a dirty business: websites that expose the most private and intimate moments in a person’s life to destroy their reputation.
Like Sherlock Holmes’ Lady Eva Blackwell who had penned flirtatious letters to a young suitor years…
2015
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Uncategorized
White collar criminal investigations now typically involve evidence recovered from computers or from devices that store digital information. Often the value of this evidence is overstated by federal agents who may not have thorough understanding of computer forensics. Therefore, in…
2015
Category: White Collar Crime
The threat of tacking on charges of identity theft in federal indictments has become a dangerous weapon in the hands of federal prosecutors trying to force pleas to criminal conduct. Many offenses, which in the past would have been charged…
2015
Category: White Collar Crime
Federal prosecutors often use charges of mail fraud and wire fraud to add onto indictments alleging other complex, substantive crimes. This devious strategy is often used to increase the potential range of punishment or to make convicting a defendant changed…
2015
Category: Healthcare Fraud | Uncategorized
Whenever we are contacted by potential clients who have been contacted by federal investigators our immediate advice is that they do not speak to investigators until they have consulted an attorney.
Given the federal government’s stated goal to stamp out…
2015
Category: White Collar Crime
Money laundering prosecutions have escalated over the past decade with some devastating effects.
Individuals and businesses who have handled “dirty money” can be charged and convicted as money launderers, primarily through “willful blindness” instructions to juries, if they chose…
2015
Category: Sex Crimes | Uncategorized
A favorite tactic of law enforcement is to have an adult agent pose online as a pedophile with access to minors to lure and ensnare potential pedophiles who are using the internet to gain access to minors for sex.
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