Topic
Every decision we've filed under Drug Trafficking.
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit affirmed a criminal sentence despite finding the government breached a plea agreement. The court held that the breach did not affect the outcome because the district court provided independent reasons for the upward variance.
The First Circuit vacated a drug trafficking sentence because the district court erred in defining the universe of participants for a mitigating role adjustment. The court affirmed the dangerous weapon enhancement and the denial of a duress departure but remanded for resentencing.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the convictions of three doctors who operated a pill mill disguised as an addiction treatment clinic. The court found the evidence sufficient to prove the defendants knowingly distributed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the convictions of three doctors who operated a pill mill disguised as an addiction treatment clinic. The court found the evidence sufficient to prove the defendants knowingly distributed controlled substances outside the usual course of professional practice.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the convictions of three doctors for operating a pill mill that prescribed controlled substances without legitimate medical purpose. The court rejected challenges regarding evidence sufficiency, evidentiary rulings, and jury instructions, finding no reversible error.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the convictions of three doctors convicted for operating a pill mill that prescribed controlled substances without legitimate medical purpose. The court rejected challenges regarding sufficiency of evidence, evidentiary rulings, and jury instructions, finding the government proved the defendants knowingly violated federal drug laws.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed the conviction of Quincy Taylor for drug trafficking and firearm offenses. The court held that the district court did not violate Taylor's Confrontation Clause rights by limiting cross-examination of a key witness regarding the underlying facts of the witness's expunged criminal charges.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court's decision to revoke supervised release and impose consecutive sentences totaling forty-eight months. The appellate court found no abuse of discretion in the district court's weighing of sentencing factors or its choice to run the terms consecutively.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sixty-year sentence of Ricardo Delgado, a defendant convicted of participating in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving cocaine, fentanyl, and firearms.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a federal sentence enhancement for a serial bank robber, ruling that both federal bank robbery and Florida aggravated assault qualify as crimes of violence under the Sentencing Guidelines. The court held that the mens rea for these offenses meets the requirements for career offender status despite arguments regarding reckless conduct.