How long does it take to issue an arrest warrant

For what type of offense? Joshua Sabert Lowther, Esq. NATIONAL FEDERAL DEFENSE...

If I sold drugs to a person setting me up, but that person sells drugs, can I be indicted?

Based on the facts that you have presented, you may be charged with a crime for purchasing drugs from this confidential informant, and his...

Does juvenile charges count as prior convinctin in federal court?

Pursuant to USSG § 4A1.2(d), an offense committed by the defendant prior to his or her eighteenth birthday is counted in the criminal history score...

My fiancé is in a federal prison he is down to less than 4 years could he be released early??

The only means by which an inmate's term of imprisonment may be reduced beyond the reductions that result from earning good conduct time,...

If you have been convicted of felon in possession of a gun in FL can the feds also charge you on the same charge?

Yes, pursuant to the doctrine of "dual sovereignty," which essentially stands for the principle that state governments and the federal government...

If a person is charged with conspiracy to distribute then superseded to conspiracy to manufacture but all of the other

Yes; the person going to trial may be charged with any offense (including different objects of one conspiracy or with multiple conspiracies...

How can I get a guilty plea vacated in federal court before sentencing?

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 11(d), you may withdraw a plea of guilty (or nolo contendere) at any time before the plea is...

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Pursuant to 18 USC § 3564(c), a sentencing court, after considering the factors in 18 USC § 3553(a) as they relate to the probationer and the case...

Can a person's sentence be 'enhanced' with a firearm if they did not charge them with it?

If this is a federal case, yes, if the facts of the case and the prior conviction support the enhancement. However, there are many ways in which...

I am already on federal probation, my po is trying to send me back to the half way house

(1) If the halfway-house (or "residential re-entry center" or "RRC") placement is a voluntary modification of your sentence of probation or...