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Every decision we've filed under Criminal.
The First Circuit vacated a supervised release revocation sentence because the district court relied on extra-record evidence to find the defendant knowingly possessed a machine gun.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction and supervised release revocation of Samuel Isidro De La Fuente for illegal reentry. The court granted the government's motion for summary affirmance because the appellant conceded his constitutional challenge was foreclosed by existing precedent.
The First Circuit affirmed convictions for money laundering conspiracy against Sunna Sepetu and Nafis Quaye, finding sufficient circumstantial evidence of willful blindness regarding fraud proceeds.
The First Circuit affirmed convictions for money laundering conspiracy, finding sufficient circumstantial evidence of willful blindness regarding fraud proceeds.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the sentence of a defendant convicted of drug-distribution conspiracy. The court found no reversible error in the district court's drug-quantity findings, role-in-the-offense enhancement, or denial of an acceptance-of-responsibility adjustment.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by Jonathan Shane Stamper. The court found the petition moot because the district court had recently ruled on the underlying motion for reconsideration.
The First Circuit affirmed the convictions and sentences of a former mayor of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, for conspiracy to commit federal-program bribery, federal-program bribery, and extortion under color of official right.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a motion for early termination of supervised release. The panel found no abuse of discretion in the lower court's decision.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction of a defendant who pleaded guilty to attempted production of child pornography. The court held that the defendant's challenge to the factual basis of his plea was foreclosed by binding precedent.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a federal sentence of consecutive imprisonment for a defendant who committed murder while on supervised release. The court held the sentence was procedurally and substantively reasonable and did not violate the Eighth Amendment.