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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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.

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February 2024 federal § 3553 and compassionate-release update covering Watkins sentencing explanation error, Hohn en banc attorney-client intrusion review, compassionate release based on nonretroactive changes in law, Amendment 821 screening, federal prison rumor control, and BOP relief statistics.

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January 2024 federal Speedy Trial and plea-relief update covering Hart witness-tampering Speedy Trial Act relief, Newby Rogers resentencing, Tighe § 2255 appeal-consultation claim, Simpkins Indian Country sufficiency reversal, Swan involuntary plea withdrawal, Kearn plea-bargaining ineffective assistance, proposed guideline amendments, and BOP relief statistics.

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