What would you recommend for someone already sentenced for filing motions
On what's here, it sounds like a potential claim of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (IAC), which violates the Sixth Amendment. The lead case...
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On what's here, it sounds like a potential claim of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (IAC), which violates the Sixth Amendment. The lead case...
That would be a State law question. His federal sentence is unaffected by the new charges (though his BOP security scoring will likely go up...
This must be an Arizona State sentence, because the early release programs you mention do not exist through the Federal Bureau of Prisons. I've...
Defendants can move the court for early termination of supervised release after one year of successful supervision. The USPO does not have to be...
Not necessarily. Different States are separate sovereigns just like separate nations. Some things are required to be accepted across State lines,...
Plea bargains are agreements to particular charges, admissions of fact, sentences, or other terms between the Government (prosecutor) and the...
Alford pleas are treated as convictions, because they are admissions that the evidence to convict at trial exists.
A small but important distinction is that there is no federal parole since November 1, 1987. This person is almost certainly on Supervised...
While I can't speak to California law, the "Alford" plea is treated as a conviction in Federal and North Carolina systems. It is an admission that...
This isn't federal, because a parole board is involved, and it isn't criminal, because any "remedies" you might have in court would be civil in...