Sentencing
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Fourth Circuit Considers Defendant’s Appellate Waiver in Plea Agreement
By: Katharine Yale Today in an unpublished per curiam decision, United States v. Talley, the Fourth Circuit considered the validity… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Rules Information Obtained from Plea Agreement was Improperly Considered at Sentencing
By Marcus Fields Last Thursday, in United States v. Wells, the Fourth Circuit vacated the defendant’s sentence and remanded to… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms—”Insanity” Proceeding to be Delayed Until 2019
By Joshua P. Bussen Yesterday, in United States v. Conrad—a published opinion—the Fourth Circuit affirmed a decision by the Western… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms 108-Month Sentence under Procedural & Substantive Reasonableness
By Kelsey Kolb Today, in United States v. Contee, the Fourth Circuit affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion the District… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Finds No Clear Error in Defendant’s 152-Month Sentence
By: Steven M. Franklin Today, in U.S. v. Hill, the Fourth Circuit found no clear error in the District Court… Read More
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Distribution of Heroin Conviction and Sentence Affirmed
By Evelyn Norton Today in an unpublished opinion, United States v. Yancey, the Fourth Circuit affirmed a decision of the… Read More
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Vacant Rental Property Involved in Interstate Commerce
By: Dan Menken Today, in United States v. White, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the conviction of Michael L. White for… Read More
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Enhanced Child Pornography Sentence Survives Constitutional Challenge
By Michael Mitchell Does Increased Sentencing for Crime Against “Vulnerable Victims” Violate the Eighth Amendment’s Prohibition of Cruel and Unusual… Read More
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Material Breach of Plea Agreement by Defendant Relieves the Government of its Obligations
By: Rolf Garcia-Gallont Today, in United States v. King, the Fourth Circuit affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion the sentences… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Upholds Sentencing Enhancement in Conspiracy to Possess Counterfeit and Identity Theft Case
By Taylor Ey Last Friday, November 7th, the Fourth Circuit issued its opinion in United States v. Mendez affirming the sentencing decision… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Sentence Under Two-Step Standard of Review
By: Katharine Yale Yesterday in United States v. Naumann, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the sentence of a defendant who pled… Read More
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Repeated Violent Offenses Add Up to Thirty-Seven Months for Illegal Immigrant
By Chad M. Zimlich Today, in the criminal case United States v. Avila, the Fourth Circuit considered the question of whether… Read More