Skip navigation

Search

197 results
Page 9 of 10. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | Next »

Article • May 15, 2007
No Sentencing Guidelines Departure for Heart Transplant by An "extraordinary physical impairment" may justify a downward departure under the federal sentencing guidelines, but the district court declined to grant one based on this criminal defendant's severe cardiac problem and the fact that the Bureau of Prisons does not provide organ …
Article • May 15, 2007
BOP Must Obey Judge's Sentencing Order by The Third Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals vacated a district court decision on a federal prisoner's petition for writ of habeas corpus where the prisoner argued that the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) had ignored the sentencing judge's order and consequently …
Anonymous Jury, Failure to Disclose, Approved in Latin Kings' Trial by The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals approved the use of an anonymous jury by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and held that the Government's failure to disclose to the defense a witness' …
Texas Prison Guards Who Murdered a Convict Sent to Federal Prison by On March 13, 2002, two former Texas prison guards admitted in plea agreements that they beat a prisoner to death. Their pleas were accepted by U.S. District Judge Howell Cobb who sentenced them to federal prison. Joel Lambright …
Article • May 15, 2007
Escape Begins When Prisoner Departs Custody by The court of appeals for the Ninth circuit held that for U.S. Sentencing Guidelines purposes, an "escape" begins when a federal prisoner departs lawful custody with the intent to evade detection. The case involves a BOP prisoner who walked away from a prison …
Article • May 15, 2007
Fed Prisoner's Standard Range Sentence for Escape Affirmed by In April, 2004, Lonnie Davis, a federal prisoner, was sent to a work release center after serving eleven years of a twelve-and-a-half year sentence for bank robbery. In May he escaped. He was later arrested and charged with escape. Davis was …
Sixth Circuit Orders Evidentiary Hearing in § 2255 Action; BOP Guard Gets 262 Months for Prisoner Rapes by Sixth Circuit Orders Evidentiary Hearing in § 2255 Action; BOP Guard Gets 262 Months for Prisoner Rapes The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a lower court's denial of a federal prisoner's …
Guard Properly Convicted, Sentenced for Extorting Prisoners by The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the sentence of a prison guard convicted of extorting prisoners. William D. Coger, a prison guard in West Virginia, was convicted of extorting money and favors from prisoners in the amount of $90,104. He …
Article • May 15, 2007
Misdemeanor Conviction Can Be Treated as Felony Under USSG by The U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has held that, under certain circumstances, a prior misdemeanor conviction can be treated as a felony conviction under the United States Sentencing Guidelines (USSG). Joe Couch was convicted in the U.S. District Court …
Article • May 15, 2007
Brother Sentenced in Attempted Escape of Federal Prisoner by The United States District Court of New Mexico sentenced Adalberto Nava-Sotelo, alias Robert Montoya and El Guero, in the attempted escape of his older brother Oswaldo Nava-Sotelo, a prisoner in federal custody. On May 8, 2001, Adalberto Nava-Sotelo drove from his …
Article • February 15, 2007 • from PLN February, 2007
BOP Halfway House Walkaway Is Not Federal “Crime of Violence” by John Dannenberg BOP Halfway House Walkaway Is Not Federal "Crime of Violence" by John E. Dannenberg The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that a walkaway from a federal halfway house did not fit the categorical "crime of …
Second Circuit Upholds Guard's Rape Sentence Under Federal Guidelines by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit held that multiple counts of prisoner sexual abuse against a prison guard had been properly grouped under federal sentencing guidelines. While employed as a guard at the federal prison in Danbury, …
Article • February 15, 2006 • from PLN February, 2006
BOP's Failure to Provide Adequate Medical Treatment Nets Downward Departure Sentence by A Massachusetts federal district court has departed from the Federal Sentencing Guidelines because of the defendant's illness and the Bureau of Prisons' (BOP) failure to meet its burden that it could provide the most effective" medical treatment. Robert …
Harsh Pre-trial Conditions of Confinement Justify Reduced Federal Sentence by Harsh Pre-trial Conditions of Confinement Justify Reduced Federal Sentence by Matthew T. Clarke A New York federal court has held that harsh pre-trial conditions of confinement justify a downward departure in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Jubelequis Mateo, a New York …
Former Warden and Two Jailers Sentenced for Philadelphia Jail Beating by Former Warden and Two Jailers Sentenced for Philadelphia Jail Beating A former warden and two former guards were sentenced in federal court for their roles in connection with the severe beating of a federal prisoner who was being held …
Brooklyn MDC Guard Pleads Guilty to Raping Prisoner by by Matthew T. Clarke On October 17, 2002, Randy Denjen, a guard lieutenant at the Brooklyn, New York Metropolitan Detention Center (MDC) pleaded guilty to charges of causing a prisoner to engage in sexual contact by threatening and placing her in …
Article • April 15, 2004 • from PLN April, 2004
Jail Rape Results in Reduced Sentence by An Alabama federal district court has reduced a female prisoner's sentence by a three-level downward departure based on her rape by a jail guard. Deborah Rodriguez pled guilty to possession with intent to distribute 382 kilograms of cocaine hydrochloride. After being raped by …
Criminal Law Update by Reaves, Jr, Walter M by Walter Reaves The following are summaries of the some of more significant, and interesting cases decided during the last several months dealing with issues important to prisoners and those interested in post-conviction litigation. SEARCH AND SEIZURE Corroboration of Affidavit - United …
Article • June 15, 2003 • from PLN June, 2003
No Termination of Special Parole Upon Deportation by No Termination of Special Parole Upon Deportation In a case of first impression, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that a term of special parole does not terminate upon the parolee being deported to his home country. Antonio Cuero-Flores appealed …
Brutal Jail Conditions Warrant Reduced Federal Prison Sentence by A federal court judge granted a defendant's request for a reduced prison sentence based upon the abject conditions of pre-sentence confinement in a New York Jail. Elvin Francis came before a U. S. District Court where he pled guilty to illegal …
Page 9 of 10. « Previous | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 | Next »