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Every decision we've filed under Criminal.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a criminal sentence for a contractor who bribed a public official to rig bids for a residential school. The court held that the district court properly applied sentencing enhancements for the involvement of a sensitive public official and a fraudulent benefit exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction of a defendant charged with possessing an unregistered silencer. The court held that while silencers are protected arms under the Second Amendment, the defendant failed to show the National Firearms Act was applied abusively.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a restitution award for a child pornography victim while correcting a clerical error that understated the total amount. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in relying on a counselor's cost estimates despite minor arithmetic mistakes in the supporting chart.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion by the Federal Public Defender to withdraw from representing Cheri Ann Palmer. The court dismissed the appeal after finding no nonfrivolous issues for appellate review.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed in part and dismissed in part the sentence imposed on Michael Windom for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The court held that Windom's appeal waiver barred his challenge to the procedural reasonableness of his sentence, while finding no material discrepancy between his oral and written supervised release conditions.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the revocation of Andre Demarcus Rubell's supervised release and his subsequent sentence. The court held that Rubell's constitutional challenge to the statute was foreclosed by binding precedent.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the conviction of a police officer who submitted a false report to cover up coercing a minor into sex. The court rejected challenges regarding federal jurisdiction intent, Franks hearing denials, the good-faith exception, and claims of substantial prejudice from indictment delay.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's judgment revoking supervised release and imposing a nine-month prison sentence. The court found no reversible error in the revocation proceedings or the reasonableness of the sentence despite the appellant's arguments regarding procedural and substantive grounds.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court's upward variance in a supervised release revocation sentence. The court held that the district court did not plainly err by relying on unobjected-to facts in the violation report and the probation officer's testimony.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a federal drug defendant's sentence of one hundred sixty-seven months in prison. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in imposing a within-guidelines sentence despite the defendant's arguments regarding drug quantity and family circumstances.