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The Cortes decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is an important sentencing entrapment ruling in which the Ninth Circuit held, for the first time, that a Tampa federal crimes attorney and a federal defendant "is entitled to present his sentencing entrapment...
In Hankins v. State, 38 Fla. L. Weekly D2198a (Fla. 5th DCA 2013), Hankins sought another appeal, alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel for counsel's failure to argue that his convictions and sentences violated double jeopardy.The court affirmed his...
Many people don't realize that being charged with a crime can result in many or all of their assets being seized by the government. Both Florida and the federal government have granted themselves the authority to confiscate any property law enforcement believes can be...
By far, the most concrete and useful of the three pronouncements for criminal defense attorneys made last week was United States Attorney General Eric Holder's Memorandum to all Assistant United States Attorneys regarding the "Department Policy on Charging Mandatory...
Criminal defense attorneys are seeing a change in the landscape of federal crimes. On the same day as United States Attorney General Eric Holder's drug charges and mandatory minimum speech, the DOJ released an eight-page brochure entitled "Smart on Crime: Reforming...
In a series of announcements last month, Attorney General Eric Holder proposed a number of sweeping changes to the Federal Government's federal crimes sentencing practices and policies that could result in real and significant reforms to a bloated system that...
In a major speech on drug charges and mandatory minimums to the Annual Meeting of the American Bar Association on August 12, 2013, United States Attorney General Eric Holder amplified that message by stating that "too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too...
The Kupa decision by District Judge John Gleeson of the E.D.N.Y. is an amazing and memorable indictment of the "illegitimate" and deeply entrenched practice of federal prosecutors who use the sentencing enhancements, known as mandatory minimums, authorized by 21...
The New York Times has reported the Solicitor General is of the opinion that "secret" NSA wiretaps used in relation to federal crimes should be disclosed to federal criminal defense attorneys defending white collar criminal cases.
In Smith v. State, 38 Fla. L. Weekly D2172b (Fla. 2nd DCA 2013), Smith sought review of his judgment and sentence for possession of a controlled substance (oxycodone) and possession of paraphernalia. Smith argued that the trial court erred in denying his motion for...
