There are 403 chapters in the United States Code. Each chapter has statutes that prohibit offenses specific to each chapter. Many, if not most, of these federal statutes cover crimes that are often complex. They can be confusing, which is…
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Apr.14
2022
2022
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Obstruction of Justice
Obstruction of justice may appear in dramatic movie courtroom scenes, but it can, and sometimes is, charged as a real criminal offense—one that carries significant consequences – especially when charged at the federal level.
What sort of actions constitute “obstruction…
Mar.17
2022
2022
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Weapon Crimes
Weapons charges in Texas generally trigger images of large numbers of guns and/or knives. However, when it comes to weapons charges under the law, it doesn’t end with guns or knives. There are many things that are considered weapons.
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Mar.11
2022
2022
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | SCOTUS | terrorism
In the wake of the September 11, 2001 terror attack on the Twin Towers in New York City, America was besieged with fear, suspicion, and hostility towards Muslims and anyone associated with the Islamic faith. Not even the nation’s First…
Feb.17
2022
2022
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Guns
A tragic set of circumstances recently unfolded in the Dallas area that involved guns – and it turned out the person who riggered the circumstances shouldn’t have had guns in the first place.
A man took several hostages at a…
Jan.28
2022
2022
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Credit Card Fraud | Federal Criminal Law | Fraud
Credit card fraud can be perpetrated on a very large scale. Some criminal organizations steal information from many people at once, usually through some type of online scam or phishing scam.
In the federal system, credit card fraud can…
Jan.22
2022
2022
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Conspiracy | Federal Criminal Law | terrorism
The Oath Keepers, an extremist anti-American government group, was founded in 2009 by a Plano, Texas resident named Elmer Stewart Rhodes. The Oath Keepers are primarily made up of former military and law enforcement personnel who took oaths to forever…
Jan.20
2022
2022
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Kidnapping
Facing criminal charges in federal court is both intimidating and daunting. That’s because the most serious crimes originating in a state that ultimately crosses a state line will more often than not be prosecuted at the federal level way.
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Nov.19
2021
2021
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law | Hate Crime
Hate crimes unfortunately have become a fixture in the United States – and there does not appear to be an immediate law enforcement remedy to the escalating numbers. President Biden’s Justice Department, however, has announced a hard-line stance in the…
Oct.08
2021
2021
Posted By: John Floyd
Category: Federal Criminal Law
Criminal prosecutions by the federal government often make people pay more attention to the offense involved. Federal crimes are generally viewed by the public as beings more serious, but that perception is often misleading. The reality is that federal criminal…
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