18 U.S.C. § 3553(e) and U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1 provide for leniency if the defendant provides substantial assistance in the investigation or prosecution...

Can I find out if a person that is going through a jury trail has a public defender or a lawyer.

If this is a federal trial, the case information will be available on www.pacer.gov, or you could contact the clerk of court and ask him or her who...

The Police, ATF, and P.O asked me to open the door to a house I didn't reside in. They got a Federal Warrant and went in?

The validity of the warrant depends on the reliability of the information provided to the US magistrate who issued it and the basis of the...

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Can person have a plea and arraignment if not present nor knew nothing of it?

Your husband would not have had an arraignment on a petition for the revocation of federal probation or supervised release; he would have appeared...

The US Marshals will take both defendants before a US magistrate, pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 5, "without unnecessary delay" for...

Do I have any legal rights after my defense attorney advised me to take a plea bargain

The most effective remedy seems to be a Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct a Sentence by a Person in Federal Custody pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §...

I was given a paper that said i was subopened to testify in federal court but did not tell me who are why?

If you have received a subpoena to testify in federal court as a witness, you should not be concerned if you are aware if the purpose of your...

FEDERAL - Who transports your loved one to the half-way house

The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) transports the inmate to the halfway house, now known as a "residential re-entry center," unless a transport...

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Can anyone tell me about 2255(f)(3) , and about the united states v. allyene case on enhancements ?,

In Alleyne v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 2151 (2013), the US Supreme Court held that any fact that increases a mandatory minimum penalty for a crime...

Whats the federal offense base level for violation 26 Usc 5485

The base offense level for the possession of a firearm defined in 26 U.S.C. § 5485 is determined, pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(a), based on the...