Sentencing
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Defendant Appeals Court’s Sentencing Procedure After Entering a Plea Agreement
By Taylor Ey On Thursday, October 9, 2014, the Fourth Circuit rendered its decision in United States v. Bennett, an appeal… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Sentencing Judgment
by Katharine Yale On October 10th in U.S. v. Stroud, the Fourth Circuit affirmed a judgment that revoked the defendant’s… Read More
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Straight Up Guilty: Baltimore Officer’s Criminal Conspiracy Judgment Affirmed
By Chad M. Zimlich Today, in United States v. Manrich, the Fourth Circuit affirmed a judgment sentencing former Baltimore Police… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Considers Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea
By Diana C. Castro Today, in United States of America v. Gregory Lawrence Tropea, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals… Read More
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Affirms Felony Firearm Sentencing
By: Kaitlin Price The Fourth Circuit, in United States of America v. Moody, affirmed the District Court’s 110-month sentence imposed… Read More
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Fourth Circuit Affirms Reasonableness of Revocation Sentence
By: Patrick Southern Today, in United States v. Jeter, the Fourth Circuit affirmed a twenty-four month sentence imposed by the… Read More
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Right to Appeal Validly Waived in Exchange for Forbearance from Enhanced Sentencing
By Lauren D. Emery Today in United States v. Eades, the Fourth Circuit considered Kevin Eades’s appeal from the district… Read More
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Under the ACCA, Predicate Convictions Add Up Through Consolidated Judgments
By: Steven Franklin Today, in United States v. Carr, the Fourth Circuit held that a defendant can receive the requisite… Read More
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Bank Robber’s Mental Health Diagnosis Not Enough for a Reduced Sentence
By Evelyn Norton Today, in United States v. Seburn, the Fourth Circuit affirmed the decision of the United States District… Read More
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Reasonable Sentence for Drug Dealer
By Chad M. Zimlich Today, in the case of United States v. Mitchell, the Fourth Circuit ruled on the reasonableness… Read More
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4th Circuit Denies Plainly Unreasonable Prison Sentence
By Kim Sokolich This week, in an unpublished opinion, the Fourth Circuit Court of appeals rejected appellant’s argument that that… Read More
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Substantive and Constitutional Challenge to Use of NCIC Report for Enhanced Sentencing
By Karon Fowler In 2010, Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) agents sent an undercover informant to buy fifteen bundles of heroin… Read More