How long can you be held on federal charges if you haven’t been formally charged ?

If the agents filed a complaint against you, that is a formal charge. I recommend that you retain an experienced federal criminal defense attorney...

The Government may collect a restitution or fine judgment by the same means that it can collect a civil debt; therefore any inheritance is subject...

A conspiracy is nothing more than an agreement between the accused and at least one other person to commit a drug crime, and each conspirator is...

To be considered a career offender do the two priors have to be the same offense, I.e. both prior drug charges? Or either or?

There must be two prior convictions for either a crime of violence or a serious drug offense (either or both). – Joshua Sabert Lowther, Esq.,...

Can i withdraw my guilty plea for aiding and abetting?

You may withdraw you plea of guilty anytime before the court accepts it for any reason or no reason, and after the court accepts it but before...

You may be able to negotiate a resolution that doesn't include the 924(c) if there's any argument that you didn't possess the firearm "during and...

The federal government cannot prosecute you successfully for the firearm located in your friends vehicle unless it can prove that the stop and...

What should I do?

You should retain an experienced federal criminal defense attorney to intervene with the agent and the Government on your behalf to avoid and...

First time offender getting something other than federal prison?

A non-prison sentence is legally possible, but only if you convince the court that no term of imprisonment is warranted based on a reason in...

You’ll know whether it’s a bluff because you’ll see the evidence at the reverse-proffer. The purpose of having the reverse-proffer, assuming that...