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Split Seventh Circuit upholds seemingly Carr-questionable SORNA conviction

1 Jul 2010, 12:21 pm

7-1-2010 7th Circuit:From Sentencing, Law & Policy:A number of helpful readers have alerted me to a notable split Seventh Circuit opinion today in United States v. [read post]

Sex Offender Research by A Voice of Reason - http://sexoffenderresearch.blogspot.com/

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10 Feb 2014, 1:08 pm by Jon Sands

United States v. [read post]

Ninth Circuit Blog - http://circuit9.blogspot.com/

Crossing some lines and “tiptoeing near” others: Three Third Circuit reversals

30 Jun 2016, 5:49 am by The Blog Team

United States v. [read post]

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

Today at the Court: Wednesday, March 21, 2012

21 Mar 2012, 6:24 am by Kali Borkoski

In the first case, Vasquez v. [read post]

SCOTUSblog - http://www.scotusblog.com/

Court: Cops Can’t Stop You Just Because Your State Has Legal Weed

2 Sep 2016, 9:12 am by The Law Offices of Richard Ansara, P.A.

Additional Resources: Vasquez v. [read post]

Fort Lauderdale Criminal Attorney Blog - http://www.fortlauderdalecriminalattorneyblog.com/

Argument preview: Second Circuit appoints amicus to defend sentence apparently based on defendant’s national origin.

27 Feb 2023, 1:30 am by Sarah Baumgartel

United States v. [read post]

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

The sixteen-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. §2L1.2(b)(1)(A)(i) for a "drug trafficking offense" includes both completed and inchoate offenses, even conspiracies without overt acts

5 Jun 2023, 2:29 pm

In United States v. [read post]

Third Circuit Blog - http://circuit3.blogspot.com/

Circuit orders resentencing in light of statements that created a risk of the appearance that a defendant’s nationality impacted his sentence.

2 Mar 2023, 5:51 pm by Sarah Baumgartel

In United States v. [read post]

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

A Panel of the Second Circuit holds (over a dissent) that a non-citizen is removable for a crime involving moral turpitude “for which a sentence of one year or longer may be imposed” — under 8 U.S.C. § 1227(a)(2)(A)(i) — even though New York subsequently reduced the maximum sentence for Class A misdemeanors from one year to “364 days” and made the change retroactive. Vasquez v. Garland, No. 21-6380, __ F.4th ____ (2d Cir. Sept. 13, 2023) (C.J.J.’s Jacobs and Chin; C.J.J. Robinson dissenting).

22 Sep 2023, 1:25 pm by Darrell Fields

“Peguero Vasquez . . . was admitted to the United States as a permanent resident in 2012. [read post]

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

Defendant failed to show his cross at a Franks hearing was not related to his direct

21 Oct 2008, 11:11 am

United States v. [read post]

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

Seventh Circuit Lacks Jurisdiction To Hear Illegal Immigrant's Due Process Claim

6 Jan 2009, 8:25 pm

Then 17 in 1991, Aura left her home and entered the United States as an illegal immigrant. [read post]

Illinois Appellate Lawyer Blog - http://www.illinoisappellatelawyerblog.com/

Destruction of evidence and private actors

15 Dec 2017, 8:20 am by Kevin Schad appellate division SDOH

The defendants in United States v. [read post]

Sixth Circuit Blog - http://circuit6.blogspot.com/

Federal Appeals Court: License Plate Profiling Illegal

7 Sep 2016, 5:16 am by Cannabis Law Group

In Vasquez v. [read post]

Cannabis Law Group's Medical Marijuana Legal Blog - http://www.marijuanalawyerblog.com/

Drug Conviction Overturned for Constitutional Violation

3 Apr 2010, 12:19 pm

In the recent case of Commonwealth v. [read post]

Boston Criminal Lawyers Blog - http://www.bostoncriminallawyersblog.com/

S.D.N.Y.: Slight exaggerations in officer's testimony about seeing defendants smoking MJ in car did not make it unbelievable

3 Dec 2012, 4:39 am

United States v. [read post]

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

Short Wins - The First Post of 2014 Edition

21 Jan 2014, 7:16 am

Vasquez Macias, Second Circuit: Appellant was found guilty by a jury of being a previously-deported alien "found in" the United States. [read post]

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

U.S. v. Vasquez (9th Cir. - June 18, 2013)

18 Jun 2013, 12:00 pm

The one advanced by the United States. [read post]

California Appellate Report - http://calapp.blogspot.com/

Case o' The Week: Guidelines, Schmuidelines - Vasquez-Cruz and Sentencing Guideline Review

2 Sep 2012, 10:18 am by Steve Kalar

United States v. [read post]

Ninth Circuit Blog - http://circuit9.blogspot.com/

CA10: Drug dog success rate of 80% is PC

19 Jan 2009, 5:20 am

United States v. [read post]