June 2024 federal methamphetamine sentencing update covering Davis Rehaif relief, Lemoine drug-trial new-trial ruling, Venjohn crime-of-violence guideline reversal, the U.S. Sentencing Commission methamphetamine trafficking report, purity-based sentencing issues, and BOP relief statistics.
June 2024 federal ACCA and crime-of-violence update covering Delligatti Supreme Court review, pending Rahimi and Erlinger decisions, Canada ACCA resentencing after Borden, South Carolina criminal domestic violence predicate issues, § 924(c) crime-of-violence review, and BOP relief statistics.
May 2024 federal supervised release and sentencing update covering Thornell habeas review, Mathis Rogers-Singletary supervised-release error, Rudolph career-offender proof issue, In re West Rule 60(b) and Apprendi review, Robertson obstruction guideline resentencing, and BOP statistics.
May 2024 federal ACCA and supervised-release update covering Brown serious-drug-offense predicate timing, Reardon self-employment supervised-release restriction, Elmore Fourth Amendment home-seizure suppression ruling, and BOP relief statistics.
May 2024 federal trial and sentencing update covering Villa-Guillen evidentiary errors, Frias organizer-or-leader enhancement reversal, Barrett Lora resentencing, Willis self-representation reversal, Faretta issues, drug-trafficking trial review, and BOP relief statistics.
May 2024 federal firearm and resentencing update covering Cora-Alicea variance error, Duarte § 922(g)(1) Second Amendment panel ruling, Murphy kidnapping-related sufficiency reversal, pending Supreme Court criminal-law cases, and BOP relief statistics.
May 2024 federal acquitted-conduct and sentencing update covering the Sentencing Commission’s acquitted-conduct amendment, Abbas venue reversal, Sanders firearm jury-instruction error, Brown Speedy Trial Act violation, Anderson ACCA resentencing, Feeney guideline double-counting issue, Charles inventory-search suppression, Lucas sentencing factfinding, and BOP relief statistics.
April 2024 federal restitution and sentencing update covering Rosa-Borges unreliable hearsay resentencing, West restitution proximate-cause error, Craft drug-premises enhancement reversal, Biden clemency for nonviolent drug offenses, and BOP relief statistics.
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.