This post reviews the federal drug schedules and the common schemes that emerge under the unlawful distribution statute in Title 21.
This post looks at the impact of Ruan v. United States on unlawful distribution cases under 21 U.S.C. ยง 841.
This blog reviews the sentencing commission’s new JSIN database which allows attorneys to review national sentencing facts for particular criminal offenses.
The guideline range is the starting point for sentencing a criminal defendant. However, there are multiple avenues at a defense attorneys disposal to argue for a sentence below the recommended range. This article examines the commonly used tactics to get the least severe sentence for a federal client.
In 1987, the United States Congress passed the first sentencing guidelines to end the sentencing disparity seen throughout the federal system. These guidelines stripped the district court of most of their discretion in sentencing federal criminal defendants. This post looks at the 2016 Sentencing Guidelines with a focus on criminal tax and child pornography cases.