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Category: Federal Criminal Law | terrorism
The things some politicians say often defy logic and everyday common sense. That has certainly been the case in comments some politicians, especially Republican conservatives, have made in the wake of the horrific Orlando massacre and the need to keep…
Category: Drug Crime | Drug Trafficking | Federal Criminal Law
The state of New Hampshire is facing a drug epidemic crisis. No doubt about that. The epidemic is literally eating away at the social fabric of the Granite State. This past February NBC News reported that there were “roughly 400…
Category: Appeals | Federal Criminal Law
There are more than 10,000 registered sex offenders in the State of Colorado.
In 1992, lawmakers in Colorado created the Sex Offender Management Board (“SOMA”), charging it with the task of developing and implementing “standards” for the assessment, evaluation,…
Category: Criminal Law | Federal Criminal Law
There are actually 52 court systems in the United States: the 50 state systems, the federal system, and the local court system in the District of Columbia. The supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution requires that federal law trumps any…
Category: Espionage | Federal Criminal Law
The ugly mood of war gripped the nation on April 2, 1917 when President Woodrow Wilson sought from the U.S. Congress a declaration of war against Germany. Senator Charles Culberson of Texas and Representative Edwin Webb of North Carolina responded…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | federal Sentencing | Weapon Crimes
The Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 (“ACCA”) is the federal equivalent of the “three strikes” or “repeat offender” laws now in place in at least 28 states in this country. The ACCA was enacted during the Reagan administration which…
Category: Federal Criminal Law | federal Sentencing | Immigration Crimes
Federal sentencing is a complex process.
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 20, 2016 was forced to confront a conflict among the federal circuits in their review of federal sentences. Their decision was handed down in the case of…
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…
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…
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…
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