April 2024 federal Rehaif and meth sentencing update covering Hill § 2255 review, Yates Ice methamphetamine purity resentencing, Milheiser mail-fraud theory limits, Fischer Supreme Court obstruction argument, post-Bruen firearm litigation, and BOP relief statistics.
April 2024 federal revocation and sentencing update covering Barksdale supervised-release hearing testimony rights, Arrington restitution offset, Tat organizer-or-leader enhancement reversal, Hansen specific-intent jury-instruction error, and BOP relief statistics.
March 2024 federal ACCA and minor-role update covering Erlinger Supreme Court argument, ACCA different-occasions jury-finding issues, Jimenez-Chaidez minor-role resentencing, marijuana clemency developments, and BOP relief statistics.
March 2024 federal supervised release and First Step Act update covering Oliveras suspicionless search condition, Lassiter Rogers resentencing, Richardson sentencing package doctrine, Santiago self-defense and attempted-murder cross-reference, Alvarado reckless-endangerment error, and BOP relief statistics.
March 2024 federal safety-valve and compassionate-release update covering Pulsifer safety-valve limits, Orozco-Orozco § 1326(d) removal challenge, California carjacking aggravated-felony analysis, Sentencing Commission compassionate-release data, and BOP relief statistics.
March 2024 federal plea-agreement and sentencing update covering Cruz government plea breach, sensitive-position enhancement, Cargill bump-stock Supreme Court review, Sentencing Commission acquitted-conduct hearings, Williams v. Binance domestic-transaction issues, and BOP relief statistics.
March 2024 federal methamphetamine and obstruction sentencing update covering Johnson methamphetamine quantity recalculation, Alahmedalabdaloklah Davis relief for destructive-device counts, Brock obstruction enhancement resentencing, Sentencing Commission acquitted-conduct public comment, and BOP relief statistics.
February 2024 federal double-jeopardy and drug-sentencing update covering McElrath double-jeopardy protection after acquittal, Thomas § 2255 appeal-request factfinding, Histed methamphetamine drug-quantity resentencing, Ivy crime-of-violence predicate reversal, Williams First Step Act explanation requirement, Garcia-Rodriguez passenger knowledge acquittal, and BOP relief statistics.
February 2024 federal suppression and sentencing update covering Parkins co-tenant consent search suppression, Sentencing Commission data briefings on youthful individuals and simplification, fraud-loss and restitution discussion in the Bankman-Fried sentencing context, and BOP relief statistics.
February 2024 federal plea and supervised-release update covering Sims special-condition review, Smithers Ruan new trial, Malmquist plea-agreement breach, Lester early termination authority, Devereaux crime-of-violence predicate reversal, Sentencing Commission guideline monitoring, and BOP relief statistics.