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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/

Case o' The Week: Stretch on Loss Gets Sentence Tossed - Gainza and Guideline Loss Calculations for Identity and ATM Schemes

13 Dec 2020, 3:52 pm by Steve Kalar

" United States v. [read post]

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

Case preview: How must the government serve notice of removal proceedings?

6 Nov 2020, 1:22 pm by Jayesh Rathod

Enter Agusto Niz-Chavez, a Guatemalan national who fled violence in his home country and arrived in the United States in 2005. [read post]

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

When Do Ministers Win and Lose?

9 Sep 2020, 9:01 pm by Leslie C. Griffin

In July 2020, in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. [read post]

Verdict - http://verdict.justia.com/

The Quest For Gender Based Asylum: Exploring ‘Women’ as a Particular Social Group

13 Aug 2020, 8:42 am by Shebani Bhargava & Shreenandini Mukhopadhyay

[i]Hernandez- Ortiz v. [read post]

IntLawGrrls - http://ilg2.org/

Temporary Restraining Order Granted Against McDonald’s For Failing to Keep Employees Safe from COVID-19

28 Jul 2020, 9:56 am by Olivia Cross

[1] Hernandez v. [read post]

Dunlap Bennett & Ludwig Blog - https://www.dbllawyers.com/blog/

Jeffrey P. Gale, P.A. // Election of Remedy Key to Pursuing Civil Action for Personal Injuries Against Employers and Subcontractors

25 Jul 2020, 1:01 pm by Jeffrey P. Gale, P.A.

Annulis, 852 So.2d 430, 432 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003); Hernandez v. [read post]

Florida Injury Attorney Blawg - http://www.floridainjuryattorneyblawg.com/

Capital Punishment: The State of the Death Penalty in Tarrant County and Texas

14 Jul 2020, 10:14 am by Melody McDonald Lanier

Hernandez was convicted of capital murder for the July 27, 2014, slaying of James Bowling, who was strangled during a violent fight during a burglary attempt. [read post]

Versus Texas Criminal Defense Blog - https://www.versustexas.com/blog/

Using Qui Tam Statutes to Check Unconstitutional Exercises of Executive Power

12 Jun 2020, 2:35 pm by Masha Simonova

In its recent decision in Hernandez v. [read post]

Lawfare - http://www.lawfareblog.com/

[Josh Blackman] SCOTUS Rebukes Ninth Circuit Panel for "Radical Transformation" of Case

7 May 2020, 12:24 pm by Josh Blackman

United States, Welch v. [read post]

The Volokh Conspiracy - http://www.volokh.com/

[Josh Blackman] Justices Citing Their Own Circuit Court Decisions By Name

27 Apr 2020, 3:15 pm by Josh Blackman

See United States v. [read post]