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Every decision we've filed under Criminal.
The Eleventh Circuit held that Google's automated hash-value matching protocol constitutes a valid private search under the Fourth Amendment. The court affirmed the conviction but vacated and remanded the sentence due to an erroneous application of a sentencing enhancement.
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a wrongful death claim against child welfare workers who failed to prevent a child's death while in his mother's custody. The court held that the workers' investigative errors did not create a constitutional danger or shock the conscience under the state-created danger exception.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a district court's grant of summary judgment for prison officials sued over the Eighth Amendment death of an inmate. The court held that the officers did not act with the deliberate indifference required to establish a constitutional violation.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion to suppress evidence obtained during a traffic stop. The court held that snow obstructing a license plate provided reasonable suspicion for the stop and that subsequent inquiries were justified by the driver's evasive behavior.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a conviction for possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. The court held that the district court did not clearly err in crediting police testimony regarding the traffic stop that led to the discovery of the firearm.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion by appointed counsel to withdraw from representing the defendant. The court dismissed the appeal after finding no nonfrivolous issues for appellate review.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the denial of a motion to withdraw a guilty plea involving child sexual abuse and pornography offenses. The court found no abuse of discretion in the district court's decision to deny the motion without an evidentiary hearing.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a twenty-four-month sentence for illegal reentry, rejecting the defendant's claim that the above-guidelines term was substantively unreasonable. The court held that the district court properly justified the upward variance based on the defendant's criminal history and other statutory factors.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a one hundred month prison sentence for a defendant convicted of illegal re-entry and drug offenses. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion by imposing an above-Guidelines sentence based on the defendant's pre-sentencing disciplinary conduct.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed Frank Marrupe's conviction for possessing a firearm as a convicted felon but vacated his sentence. The court remanded the case for resentencing because the district court failed to consider federal sentencing guidelines regarding concurrent sentences.