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In our last couple posts, we’ve been exploring the topic of downward departures in the context of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. We’ve already discussed the basic approach used by the guidelines in determining a defendant’s sentencing range for...
In our previous post, we began looking at the issue of departures from federal sentencing guidelines. Departures, as we noted, can be either downward or upward depending on the circumstances. Downward departures, to be sure, present an opportunity for advocacy in...
Sentencing is an important aspect of federal criminal cases. Although Federal Sentencing Guidelines provide a sentencing range deemed appropriate to the offender’s convictions, judges do have the discretion to depart from the sentencing range. Sometimes judges...
When an individual faces criminal charges, the normal reaction would be one of anxiousness, fear, confusion, and perhaps anger. Not only is there the surprise and embarrassment of the charges, there is the lack of understanding, for most, as to how the legal system...
In our previous post, we began speaking about a recent United States Supreme Court decision which determined that an officer’s reasonable misunderstanding of the law does not destroy probable cause. In the case which gave rise to that decision, the issue came up...
When building a criminal defense case, it is always important for defendants to work with an experienced attorney in evaluating the way police investigated the case. This is especially true in cases involving drug charges, which often involve search issues. In some...
Fraud is, generally speaking, not an area that Florida is generally known to have under control. To take just one example, recent data released by LexisNexis Risk Solutions shows that Florida has had the highest incidence of mortgage fraud in the nation for five...
A Florida woman who is currently serving a 21-year sentence for using other taxpayers’ identities to file false tax returns may be able to have her sentence reduced after a successful appeal of her case. The reason for the appeal in her case was that the judge...
Readers who have visited our website know that we pride ourselves on our commitment to providing our clients with the best possible criminal defense in their case. What this means is that our job is to provide our clients with the resources and advocacy they need to...
Back in October, we wrote about the tax fraud case of former “Jersey Shore” star Mike Sorrentino. As we noted, Sorrentino and his brother have been charged with failing to report business and personal income on tax returns between 2010 and 2012, as well as...
