Can I plea nolo contendere to a federal conspiracy charge?

Federal law allows a defendant to enter a plea of nolo contendere to a crime, but courts disfavor it because it jeopardizes the factual basis and...

A federal inmate who's been sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment of 17 years actually will serve approximately 12.8 years with "exemplary"...

How long will be a max sentence be on a federal probation violation?

The maximum penalty for a federal supervised release violation depends on the class of felony, that is, the severity, of the charge of conviction:...

Is it a violation of a persons 4th Amendment right if they are "stopped" while under investigation?

The question of whether the traffic stop was illegal depends on the specific circumstances surrounding that stop, but if there was a legal reason...

I’m days away from getting sentenced at federal court and my lawyer filed a continuance last month as we were waiting for proof

It means that the Government doesn't oppose your lawyer's request for a continuance. – Joshua Sabert Lowther, Esq., Atlanta, GA.

A inmate who qualifies for a sentence reduction upon the successful completion of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Residential Drug Abuse Program...

Can more information about a case be added to a Rule 35?

Any information that a defendant provides to the Government in an effort to cause the Government to file a motion for sentence reduction pursuant...

How long can the feds " hold' someone, whom they have not arrested, They have done their time and was due to be bailed out that

The US Marshals Service must take a defendant before a federal judicial officer "without unnecessary delay" after arrest. If the defendant is in...

Should the indictment be the same timing, or less, as a co-conspirator?

The Government may believe that although its investigation of a second alleged co-conspirator began after the first alleged co-conspirator, the...

If a federal defendant fails to voluntarily surrender for the service of a term of imprisonment, he or she commits the offense of failure to...