I Recently got pulled in a routine traffic stop no citations were issued the officer said he smelled weed and ask to search

Your Fourth, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights may have been violated, at minimum. However, you must prevail in the forthcoming asset...

There is no practical reason why the district court will not agree to the voluntary surrender requested by you and the AUSA. However, you are not...

Although there is no parole in the federal system, an inmate's sentence will be calculated as follows: 18 U.S.C. § 3624(b) authorizes the Federal...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons ("BOP") reduces sentences of 30-36 months by 9 months - not 12 months - upon the inmate's successful completion of...

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If law enforcement seized your house because of a federal criminal drug charge, how would you know?

The seizing agency or the US Attorney's Office (depending on the value of the property) will notify all owners and potential claimants known the...

Is it possible to have federal supervised release terminiated when you still owe restitution?

A district court may terminate a defendant's sentence of supervised release anytime after the defendant has served one year on supervised release,...

If someone is in federal prison and has a state probation violation what motion can be filed to get them ran concurrently?

The state prosecutor must have the inmate transferred into state custody for the purpose of resolving the state probation violation, and the state...

On fedral paperwork whats the lingo they would say on the paperwork if they talked or told

"Motion for Downward Departure Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 3553(e) and U.S.S.G. Section 5K1.1" or "Motion for Sentence Reduction Pursuant to...

If law enforcement had a USPS surveillance video of someone mailing a package containing marijuana, is that enough to convict?

The government must prove that the defendant knowingly possessed (or possessed with the intent to distribute or distributed) a controlled...

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The government's obtaining an indictment in a criminal case triggers strict (and very short) deadlines to which both parties must adhere, and...

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