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Every decision we've filed under Criminal.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a federal sentence of one hundred sixty-five months for a convicted felon found in possession of a firearm. The court held that the district court adequately addressed the defendant's arguments for a lesser sentence despite his extensive criminal history.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed most of Lori Milliron's convictions but vacated one perjury count due to insufficient evidence regarding the prosecutor's questioning.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a sentence imposed on a defendant convicted of possessing child pornography. The court held that the record supported an inference that the defendant reviewed the presentence report with counsel before sentencing.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a criminal sentence for drug distribution, rejecting the appellant's claim of procedural unreasonableness. The court held that the district court properly considered the defendant's arguments and explained the sentence under federal guidelines.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a sentence for illegal reentry after the defendant argued that the district court imposed conflicting supervised release conditions. The court held that the conditions were not self-contradictory and that the defendant failed to demonstrate clear error.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a district court's decision to revoke supervised release and impose a twenty-four-month term of reimprisonment. The court rejected the defendant's arguments that the sentence impermissibly relied on retributive factors or was substantively unreasonable.
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 Fourth Circuit dismissed in part and affirmed in part the appeal of a defendant who pled guilty to tax and fraud offenses. The court held that the defendant validly waived his right to appeal most issues through his plea agreements.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the denial of a federal prisoner's motion for compassionate release. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in balancing the statutory factors.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a criminal judgment where the defendant challenged the consistency of supervised release conditions. The court held that the discrepancy between the oral and written judgments did not constitute a Rogers error under controlling precedent.