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Bad Crimes Make Bad Law: Circuit Misreads Rule 404(b) and Uses Junk Science to Link Possession of Child Porn to Actual Illicit Sex

20 Oct 2006, 9:21 am

United States v. [read post]

Second Circuit Blog - http://circuit2.blogspot.com/

CA1: a reversal for a bad Booker explanation and accomplice liability

3 Apr 2007, 12:32 pm

" A crack-powder disparity argument is rejected under United States v. [read post]

Appellate Law & Practice - http://appellate.typepad.com/appellate/

Gulasekaram on Immigration Enforcement Preemption

5 May 2022, 4:45 pm by Lawrence Solum

United States, turned back the most robust and brazen state regulation of immigration in modern times, striking down several provisions of Arizona’s omnibus enforcement law. [read post]

Legal Theory Blog - https://lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/

SUPREME COURT DENIES IMMIGRANT DEATH PENALTY STAY

13 Jul 2011, 6:23 am by zshapiro

On July 7 Humberto Leal Garcia, a Mexican citizen was executed by the State of Texas for the rape, kidnapping, and murder of a 16 year old girl in 1994. [read post]

Taking the Fifth - http://takingthefifth-acriminallawblog.com

Second Circuit Rejects Rule 11 Challenge Based on District Court’s Confusing Explanation of the Mandatory Minimum on the Ground that the Circumstances Made it Unlikely that a More Precise Explanation Would Have Changed Defendant’s Decision to Plead Guilty.

21 Dec 2020, 11:21 am by Colleen Cassidy

Applying plain error review, the Court of Appeals concluded that the district court effectively conveyed to the defendant that 10 years “was the actual and inevitable sentence,” citing United States v. [read post]

Federal Defenders of New York Blog - http://blog.federaldefendersny.org/

C.P.L. 440.10 motion...cont

7 Feb 2014, 2:14 pm

It is the defendant’s contention that judgment was obtained in violation of a right of his right under the constitution of this state or of the United States pursuant to C.P.L. 440.10(1)(h). [read post]

New York Criminal Lawyer Blog - http://www.newyorkcriminallawyer24-7blog.com/

D.C.Cir.: Warrant needed for GPS surveillance (setting up a conflict in the circuits)

6 Aug 2010, 8:15 pm

United States v. [read post]

FourthAmendment.com - http://fourthamendment.com/blog/index.php?blog=1

Short Wins – The Third Level Edition

2 Mar 2015, 10:40 am by Matt Kaiser

United States v. [read post]

The Federal Criminal Appeals Blog - http://www.federalcriminalappealsblog.com/

N.D.Ohio: Reasonable belief person named in arrest warrant is required for entry, but here it was lacking

27 Nov 2009, 6:47 am

United States v. [read post]

FourthAmendment.com - http://fourthamendment.com/blog/index.php?blog=1

Crime Of Violence

22 May 2018, 11:13 am by John Wright

See Garcia-Dimaya v. [read post]

Wright Law Group Blog - http://wrightlawgroupnv.com/blog/

Chapter 15 ( The Federal-State Interplay, the 9th and 10th Amendments of the Federal Constitution): From "Elements of Law" to "Introduction to the Law and Legal System of the United States"--Building an Introductory Course to the Legal Curriculum for the 21st Century

17 Nov 2014, 5:26 pm

For that purpose we consider the legal position of the subsidiary units of government in the United States and their relationship to federal power. [read post]

Law at the End of the Day - http://lcbackerblog.blogspot.com/

Defendant arrested outside his home wanted his shoes, so officers could follow him in

21 Jun 2007, 3:44 pm

United States v. [read post]

FourthAmendment.com - http://fourthamendment.com/blog/index.php?blog=1

CA8: Police protocol justified towing and inventory of vehicle that would have been left on restaurant parking lot

18 Feb 2011, 9:15 am

United States v. [read post]

FourthAmendment.com - http://fourthamendment.com/blog/index.php?blog=1

Caraco loses at CAFC, but...

15 Apr 2010, 5:20 am by Lawrence B. Ebert

(quoting Garcia v. [read post]