Topic
Every decision we've filed under Drug Trafficking.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court's denial of a motion for early termination of supervised release. The court held that the district court did not abuse its discretion despite the defendant's stable employment and housing.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a drug trafficking conviction and sentence. The court rejected the defendant's challenge to a sentencing enhancement for being an organizer of a criminal enterprise involving five or more participants.
The Fifth Circuit vacated a supervised release condition that required a defendant to reside in a reentry center for up to one hundred twenty days. The court held that the written judgment conflicted with the oral sentencing pronouncement, which had limited that requirement to situations where the defendant lacked suitable housing.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the convictions of Brendan Gates for drug trafficking and firearm offenses. The court held that a district court did not abuse its discretion in denying a mistrial motion after a witness made an isolated, unprompted reference to domestic violence.
The Fourth Circuit vacated and remanded the defendant's sentence because the district court failed to make sufficient factual findings to support the application of a sentencing guideline enhancement.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a federal firearms offender's prison sentence but vacated two conditions of supervised release. The court held that the district court erred by imposing a GED requirement and a computer search condition without pronouncing them at the sentencing hearing.
The Fourth Circuit dismissed in part and affirmed in part the appeal of a defendant who pled guilty to drug conspiracy charges. The court enforced the defendant's appellate waiver and found no meritorious grounds for appeal outside its scope.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed a criminal judgment where a defendant challenged the substantive reasonableness of a below-Guidelines sentence. The court found the district court properly applied the abuse-of-discretion standard and adequately weighed the statutory factors.
The Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court's denial of a prisoner's motion for sentence reduction. The court held that the district judge applied the correct legal standard despite quoting language from a different statutory context.
The Seventh Circuit affirmed a drug trafficking defendant's sentence, rejecting claims that the government suppressed evidence regarding his leadership role. The court also upheld a sentencing enhancement for maintaining a drug premises, distinguishing the case from recent precedents based on the defendant's ownership and control.