Correspondent
Capitol Hill correspondent, covers legislative and political stories.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed the conviction of a defendant for being a felon in possession of a firearm, finding the eyewitness testimony and physical evidence sufficient to support the jury's verdict.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a thirty-six-month prison sentence for illegal reentry after removal. The court found the sentence procedurally and substantively reasonable despite the defendant's argument that it was excessive.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the revocation of Eric Lamount Whitener's supervised release and the three-month sentence imposed by the district court. The court found no due process violations, procedural errors, or inconsistencies in the sentencing conditions.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion to withdraw filed by appointed counsel for Myron Lacelle Glover, Jr. The court dismissed the appeal after determining that the case presented no nonfrivolous issues for appellate review.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the district court's revocation of supervised release and imposition of a six-month prison sentence. The court held that the defendant's constitutional challenge to the relevant statute was foreclosed by prior binding precedent.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the sentence of a defendant convicted of illegal reentry after removal. The court held that the defendant's constitutional challenge to the statute was foreclosed by binding precedent.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the denial of a federal prisoner's motion for compassionate release. The court held that the district court's independent review of sentencing factors was sufficient to support the denial.
The Fifth Circuit vacated one supervised release condition and remanded the case to correct a clerical omission in the written judgment. The court affirmed the remaining conditions, ruling that the sentencing court's intent was clear despite ambiguities in the oral pronouncement.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of Darrick Bell, who operated a drug and sex trafficking enterprise from a Detroit motel.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop. The court held that officers had reasonable suspicion to prolong the stop for a canine sniff based on the collective knowledge of prior drug investigations.
