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Federal Courts It Turns Out You Can Forfeit Assets You Don't Have

It Turns Out You Can Forfeit Assets You Don't Have

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Erica Lynn Hampton committed wire and access device fraud. What that entailed exactly, isn't particularly important. What is important is her plea deal....

Federal Courts Oral Args. in Blewett Crack Resentencing En Banc Rehearing

Oral Args. in Blewett Crack Resentencing En Banc Rehearing

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

We've noted that the Sixth Circuit desperately needs to fix its Fair Sentencing Act crack resentencing jurisprudence, and it appears that they will do so soon....

Federal Courts Does Faulty Affirmative Action Opinion Give SCOTUS an Easy Out?

Does Faulty Affirmative Action Opinion Give SCOTUS an Easy Out?

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." Those words, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, are...

Federal Courts Ineffective Assistance in a Plea: Lafler Redux?

Ineffective Assistance in a Plea: Lafler Redux?

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

As SCOTUS Week continues, we turn to what could be the most factually interesting case of the 2013 term, and one that is being argued before the court as...

Federal Courts Maintaining a Stash House is 'Conduct Related to Narcotic Drugs'

Maintaining a Stash House is 'Conduct Related to Narcotic Drugs'

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

Kind of a "duh" proposition there, isn't it? Timothy Grayson was convicted of maintaining a drug house under Michigan state law in 2004. The crime punishes...

Federal Courts Judge Kethledge Defies Physics, Counsels State Farm on Decorum

Judge Kethledge Defies Physics, Counsels State Farm on Decorum

By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on March 21, 2019

There are good reasons not to call an opponent's argument "ridiculous," which is what State Farm calls Barbara Bennett's principal argument here. The reasons...

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