Any federal search warrant must be supported by an affidavit that establishes, generally, that the affiant (a federal law enforcement agent) has...

I need a pro bono attorney who will take a federal case.

I highly recommend that your brother seek court-appointed counsel; if he is indigent, his request will be granted. Joshua Sabert Lowther,...

Wait time between conviction and sentencing.

Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(b)(1) requires a court to impose sentence "without unnecessary delay." However, a district court has great...

My husband has amonth left on his fedral probation.he violated probation with a new state charge of poss. cocaine.how much time?

If a petition to modify or revoke a defendant's supervised release (SR) is filed before that term of SR expires, 18 USC Section 3583(e)(3) states...

How can I put in to be taken off of federal probation?

Pursuant to 18 USC Section 3564(c), the District Court may terminate your sentence of probation after your service of one year of the same. ...

A federal sentence is determined by the Court's calculating the defendant's advisory US Sentencing Guidelines range, and the after its considering...

In federal court to get the 851 field on you do you have to have done prison time before

No. The defendant only has to have committed the instant federal drug offense after a prior conviction for a federal or state felony drug offense...

If you husband is charged with the possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense (18 USC Section 924(c)), if he has...

The sealed pleading could be one of many documents, which may or may not be the Plea Agreement. In some districts, the Plea Agreement and the...

Does a person have to wait to thier court date to recieve a plea offer in a federal case?

A plea agreement may be reached between the parties in a federal criminal case at any time that those parties mutually choose to agree. After the...