Under federal sentencing guidelines and federal drug conspiracy law, if a person joined a 10 month conspiracy to distribute

In a prosecution for conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, the defendant is responsible for the full...

A motion for downward departure pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 5K1.1 and 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e), if granted, justifies a district court's sentencing a...

My husband is being charged twice for a drug crime conspiracy to manufacture an distribute an then manufacture an distribute in

The federal and state government are different sovereigns, and both – however unfairly – may prosecute him for the same crime if both have...

A district court determines a defendant's sentence by (1) determining the statutory maximum and minimum (if any) penalties; (2) determining the...

How long can my husband be held in jailwithout being sentence for a federal case???

Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(b)(1) requires that a district court impose sentence "without unnecessary delay" after the defendant's plea...

The simple possession of a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 844 is a Class A misdemeanor, which is punishable – for a first offense...

I was convicted in 96 in federal court conspiracy to distr. marij. can i posses a firearm for protection in my home, shotgun

18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) prohibits a person who has been convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year of imprisonment – with very limited...

In Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154 (1978), the US Supreme Court held that a law enforcement agent's intentionally or recklessly including a false...

Does a federal defendant have the right to an actual copy of a plea offer?

The US Supreme Court held in Missouri v. Frye, very generally, that an attorney must present all plea offers to the client, and it held in Lafler...

If the private attorney has reviewed the evidence in the case thoroughly and has determined – based on the facts, the law, and his or her...