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Every decision we've filed under Criminal.
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 Tenth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a motion to suppress wiretap evidence in a federal drug trafficking case, finding the government sufficiently demonstrated the necessity of the surveillance.
The Tenth Circuit dismissed the appeal of a defendant convicted of unlawful reentry after appointed counsel filed an Anders brief asserting the appeal was frivolous.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit dismissed an appeal regarding claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. The court found the record insufficient to fairly evaluate the defendant's arguments.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed the sentence imposed on Jeffrey Alan Guentert for receipt of child pornography. The court found no non-frivolous issues for appeal outside the scope of the defendant's plea agreement waiver.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a 156-month prison sentence for a defendant convicted of child sex trafficking conspiracy. The court found the district court's upward variance from the sentencing guidelines was not substantively unreasonable given the defendant's history of violence and obstruction of justice.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted a motion by the Federal Public Defender to withdraw from representing the defendant. The court dismissed the appeal after finding no nonfrivolous issues for appellate review.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the denial of a minor-role adjustment but vacated a sentence due to an improper sophisticated-laundering enhancement. The court held that the district court erred by applying the enhancement based on generalized conspiracy conduct rather than individualized findings.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a conviction for possession of a firearm by a felon. The court held that the defendant's constitutional challenges to the federal statute were foreclosed by existing precedent.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a thirty-six-month prison sentence for a defendant convicted of drug trafficking and firearm offenses. The court rejected the defendant's arguments that the district court failed to adequately explain the sentence or clearly erred in balancing sentencing factors.