Collateral attack after sentencing?
Collateral challenges against a federal conviction are a very long shot. All of the law sets up a presumption that things were done correctly, and...
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Collateral challenges against a federal conviction are a very long shot. All of the law sets up a presumption that things were done correctly, and...
It is legally allowed, as long as the maximum sentence of the charged statute is less than 25 years. If the maximum sentence is 25 years or more,...
I'm no immigration lawyer, but in my clients' experiences, that pre-removal (deportation is an old word) "mandatory detention" lasts until removal...
You will get credit for any time previously served, so long as it has not been credited to another sentence. There will be no good conduct time...
No, I'm afraid the maximum Good Conduct Time (GCT) from the Federal Bureau of Prisons is 15 percent of sentence. In practice, the reduction...
When images move from the internet to a user's computer, that user has "received" the images (so yes, receipt lies). While the images are...
If a person could have gone to prison for more than one year, whether they actually pulled a year, then it is a felony for federal purposes and...
An 18-year sentence is 216 months. Inmates receive 13 percent reduction for "Good Conduct Time" ("GCT") IF they stay out of trouble (that 65...
Federal law forbids those with felony convictions from possessing firearms or ammunition. See 18 U.S. Code, Section 922(g). If you could have...
A petition for a writ of certiorari from the Supreme Court has a deadline. You need to meet that deadline if you want to go to the Supreme Court,...