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Charles Albert Ross's Guides
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The Ex Post Facto Clause and Plea Bargaining in Federal Criminal Cases
Out With the Old and in With the New? -- Plea Bargaining, DOJ, and the Ex Post Facto Clause Introduction Article I, Section 9 of the United States Constitution prohibits any Ex Post Facto law from being passed. This Article protects criminal defendants from being sentenced t...
Evidentiary Issues Regarding Electronically Stored Information
Getting It In and Keeping It Out Introduction In Lorraine v. Markel, 241 F.R.D. 534 (D.Md 2007), a case involving litigation over damage to a yacht christened the Chessie, United States Magistrate Judge Grimm stated; Be careful what you ask for, the saying goes, because you mig...
The Supreme Court’s Treatment of the Residual Clause Of 18 U.S.C. §924(e)(1)(ii).
THEYRE MAKING A LIST AND CHECKING IT TWICE. The Supreme Courts Treatment of the Residual Clause Of 18 U.S.C. 924(e)(1)(ii) under The Armed Career Criminal Act As it Defines Violent Felony. Introduction The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) imposes a mandatory minimum senten...
Representing Individuals in Internal Investigations in the Health Care Industry
Representing Individuals in Internal Investigations in the Health Care Industry. Regulators and prosecutors often initiate various types of investigations which focus on suspected wrongdoing at hospitals, physician practice groups, pharmaceutical companies and many other heal...
The Use of Experts In Criminal Mortgage Fraud Cases
Since the housing market meltdown, the Department of Justice has made mortgage fraud investigations and prosecutions a priority. There has been a crash, and someone must take the blame but who? The homeowner, who perhaps, while not intending to lie,was not completely forthcoming...