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Every decision we've filed under Sentencing Guidelines.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction and supervised release revocation for illegal reentry. The court held that the defendant's constitutional challenge to the statutory sentencing enhancement was foreclosed by existing Supreme Court precedent.
The Eighth Circuit affirmed a district court's revocation of supervised release and imposition of a ten-month prison sentence. The panel found no significant procedural error and determined the sentence was not substantively unreasonable.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of Deshante R. Nabors in a per curiam decision. The court rejected Nabors's pro se challenges regarding pretrial motions, trial conduct, and sentencing guidelines calculations.
The Tenth Circuit affirmed a federal drug trafficking sentence after rejecting the defendant's challenge to prior state convictions used in her sentencing calculation. The court held that a defendant cannot collaterally attack prior state convictions during a federal sentencing hearing unless those convictions were obtained in violation of the right to counsel.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of a convicted felon for possessing a firearm. The court rejected challenges regarding an armed career criminal enhancement, sufficiency of the evidence, and a constitutional claim under the Bruen framework.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the convictions and sentences of two defendants who orchestrated a fraudulent discount scheme involving medical and consumer goods. The court rejected challenges to the indictment, evidentiary rulings, and sentencing enhancements, while remanding for the correction of clerical errors in the criminal judgment.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the convictions and sentences of two defendants who orchestrated a fraudulent discount scheme involving medical and consumer goods. The court rejected challenges to the indictment, the admission of prior bad acts evidence, and the exclusion of expert testimony.
The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the convictions and sentences of two defendants who orchestrated a fraudulent discount scheme involving medical supplies. The court rejected arguments that the scheme was merely a legal deception and upheld the admission of prior bad acts evidence to prove intent.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the conviction and sentence of a defendant convicted of possessing a firearm as a felon. The court rejected the defendant's challenge to a sentencing enhancement and his constitutional arguments regarding the underlying statute.
The Fifth Circuit affirmed a district court's revocation sentence for supervised release. The court found no plain error in the lower court's consideration of the defendant's respect for the law.