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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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