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If you were awaiting a state trial with a federal hold for a supervised release violation , can you receive credit from both ?
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Answered on July 20, 2018
The BOP will not (cannot) credit the time served that counts against another sentence. Because you remained in State "primary custody" and were...
How much of a 12 years sentence will my brother have to serve federal time on a drug trafficking charge?
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Answered on July 19, 2018
If he stays out of trouble (which isn't always up to him), he will serve about 87 percent of those 144 months (about 125.3 months). He will get to...
Presentence report? Ineffective Assistance of Counsel?
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Answered on July 18, 2018
These "plea waivers" typically have a carve out regarding Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (IAC) and prosecutorial misconduct. Direct appeals are...
What is 85% of 15 years?
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Answered on July 17, 2018
He will actually serve a little over 87 percent if he stays out of trouble, because the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) calculates "Good Conduct Time"...
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What happen if u get a plea deal and you don't want to go to trial
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Answered on July 17, 2018
Any number of lawyers here hold themselves forth as federal lawyers, and most offer free half-hour or so consultations. The many details you'd...
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Is there a stature for a repayment of Federal Restitution ?
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Answered on July 15, 2018
The USDOJ can use all available collection methods for 20 years after release from custody.
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What if the lawyer refused to file within the 120?
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Answered on July 15, 2018
The Federal Bureau of Prisons is the agency that decides what time counts against the federal sentence, but only time that doesn't count against...
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I have a friend on 10yrs of federal Prob.
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Answered on July 15, 2018
That depends on whether this was actually "probation," where there was no prison time given as a sentence (yet), or if this will fall into a...
Is a minimum mandatory sentence on felony child pornography of five years a day for day sentence for a scumbag who committed it?
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Answered on July 15, 2018
If this is federal time, the offender will serve about 87 percent of sentence if they stay out of trouble. On a 60-month sentence, that means a...
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Federal Judge doing work after hours?
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Answered on July 14, 2018
Not commonplace, but certainly allowed. And much easier now with electronic filing. Arguably time would start to count on Tuesday, after an...
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