With everything going on with the virus are defendants more likely to get released for pre sentence?

Your fiancé's pretrial release won't be automatic based on COVID-19 concerns, but it's certainly an argument in favor of release, and it may be...

A redacted indictment has some information in it blocked or "blacked out" so that the general public cannot see it (such as a defendant who hasn't...

If you are arrested for a federal warrant then they charge you later and those charges are dropped does that time count toward

A federal inmate will receive credit for all of the time that he or she has spent in federal pretrial detention that has not been credited toward...

The answer to whether you can win the case depends on (1) whether HSI legally obtained the electronic surveillance, and if so, whether the...

The federal government has no legal obligation to execute the arrest warrant and take your boyfriend into federal custody until any state charges...

If the case is dismissed for violation of the Federal Speedy Trial Act does the statute of limitations start to run again?

The Government must re-indict the case within 6 months from the dismissal of the statue of limitations period for the case already has expired...

Firearms possession may be considered as a sentencing enhancement under the sentencing guidelines if the Government proves that possession (or the...

If my husband plead guilty to conspiracy charges and they didn't charge him for the ghost guns but did add 2 points

A formal charge or conviction for the firearms offense aren’t necessary for the 2-point enhancement under the sentencing guidelines. The Government...

The statutory maximum penalty on 170 counts of the type of offenses that you describe typically would be irrelevant to the actual sentence imposed...

If there is a suspension of sentencing for federal prisons, does the 14th amendment protect against excessive delay?

The district court has jurisdiction to delay a defendant's surrender date, but it has no jurisdiction to modify the sentence more than 14 days...