Drug conspiracy trials are often complex, much more difficult to defend against than they are to prosecute. The prosecution need only show that two or more people agreed to commit an illegal act associated with illicit drug possession, distribution or…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
2018
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Sex Crimes
A sex crime is defined any form of sexual assault, sexual misconduct, illegal pornography, or unlawful sexual behavior. These offenses generally face serious prosecution at both the state and federal level. This is especially so in Texas and at the…
2018
Category: Drug Trafficking | Federal Criminal Law
Who is responsible for a drug overdose death?
Dubuque, Iowa, the corn capital of the U.S., has a serious drug overdose problem. A local television station reported that through the first eight months of 2016, Dubuque had 23 heroin…
2018
Category: Corruption | Federal Criminal Law
President Donald J. Trump not only believes he is above the rule of law but, according to the Los Angeles Times, he believes he is the law. This dictatorial disrespect for the law has led the president to flaunt his…
2018
Category: Computer Crime | Cyber Crimes | Federal Criminal Law | Hacking
A 35-year-old Richmond, California man was recently found guilty of damaging a protected computer and computer intrusion into newspaper sites following a six-day federal trial. He no faces up to 23 years in federal prison for his actions.
What…
2018
Category: Federal Criminal Law
A former Honolulu police chief has been charged with a litany of offenses, including bank fraud, identity theft, obstruction of justice, and a conspiracy involving several other police officers.
He faces federal charges following a federal grand jury indictment…
2018
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Forfeiture
Under the federal civil asset forfeiture law, the U.S. Government can seize a person’s home, car, money, or property if law enforcement suspects any of these assets were involved in criminal activity. The person from whom the assets are seized…
2018
Category: Drug Trafficking | Federal Criminal Law
On September 17, 2014, Terrence Byrd and a companion, Latasha Reed, went to a Budget car rental affiliate in Wayne, New Jersey. Ms. Reed rented a Ford Fusion, signing an agreement that she had a valid driver’s license and had…
2018
Category: Bitcoin | Federal Criminal Law | Fraud | Money Laundering
The term “money laundering” was first used at the turn of the 20th Century. It was a label used against organizations who took income derived from illegal activity and washed it into the flow of legal money in the general…
2018
Category: Corruption | Federal Criminal Law
Alan M. Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus, at Harvard Law School.
That Dershowitz is a brilliant legal scholar is not in dispute. He has demonstrated that brilliance in courtrooms defending some of the nation’s most…