Does an outstanding bench warrant issued at County Court can cause trouble into entering Canada from other locations that US?

If the county sheriff submitted the warrant to the National Crime Information Center database (in addition to the Illinois Crime Information Center...

What is federal aggravated identity theft? Can two victims be enough to charge someone with federal aggravated identity theft?

The federal aggravated identity theft statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1028A, prohibits a person's unlawfully using another person's means of identity in...

18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), commonly referenced as the "compassionate release statute," authorizes the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons...

The one charge that I plead to held a mandatory minimum sentence of 2 years. Why is the GOV. still making me submit a P.S.I.

Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(c)(1)(A) requires that a presentence investigation report ("PSR") be prepared in all cases unless the...

Can the feds take part or all of my SS benefits for restitution? It's all I have for income now and I am 77 years old.

A federal restitution order can be enforced for twenty years from the later of the entry of the judgment or the responsible party's release from...

I got caught delivering 10oz of BK-MDMA aka MOLLY

Unless you retain an attorney to negotiate at least some basic parameters regarding the scope and expectation of your cooperation, the government...

Is it a federal crime for a defense attorney to lie to a judge in court?

If a person makes a materially false statement to a federal judge, that person may be charged with making a false statement (18 U.S.C. § 1001),...

When served with a indictment for weed do they have to put your net weight in the indictment or the grams.

Federal law does not require the government to allege any drug quantities or weights in an indictment unless it seeks to invoke a mandatory minimum...

Will getting a different prosecutor delay my case

Although federal investigations may be delayed because the lead prosecutors change, that reason is insufficient to delay a pending federal case,...

Where will I serve 130 days for a federal crime

If you are in a federal detention center now, you may serve the balance of your sentence there. However, if you were released from detention...