Is there a way to appeal a conspiracy to distribute sentence after you take a plea deal using an enhancement used unfairly?

You have a right to a direct appeal from sentencing, unless you waived that right in a plea agreement. Regardless, a direct appeal or collateral...

ATF took my guns 2 days ago for my wife being a felon. What now. No charges so far.

If the Government can demonstrate probable cause to believe that your wife had the ability and intent to excercise “dominion and control” over the...

What can be done?

Ask the clerk of court to re-submit the information to the National Crime Information Center, and that entity, which is run by the FBI, will...

How long do the feds have to indict after they arrest. You?

The Government must indict a defendant within 30 days from arrest, unless no grand jury is empaneled during that period (resulting in a 30-day...

Although federal law and rules of procedure don't address, specifically, the time in which a court must rule on a motion for bond after the initial...

Mistake in identity for a federal drug crime in Colorado ?

That fact may not prevent your being indicted, because the grand jury decides whether the return an indictment based on the prosecutor's...

Federal drug indictments?

The fact that the case initially was being prosecuted in state court has no effect on the fact that the federal government has elected to prosecute...

There's no mandatory minimum penalty for for a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1425(b); therefore, whether the court sentences you to a term of...

Federal and state governments have jurisdiction, that is, the legal authority, to prosecute child pornography offenses. If the FBI led the...

A federal prisoner who's been sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment of 15 years actually will serve approximately 11.5 years with "exemplary"...