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It Turns Out You Can Forfeit Assets You Don't Have
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
Erica Lynn Hampton committed wire and access device fraud. What that entailed exactly, isn't particularly important. What is important is her plea deal....
Oral Args. in Blewett Crack Resentencing En Banc Rehearing
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
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....
Does Faulty Affirmative Action Opinion Give SCOTUS an Easy Out?
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
"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...
Ineffective Assistance in a Plea: Lafler Redux?
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
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...
Maintaining a Stash House is 'Conduct Related to Narcotic Drugs'
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
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...
Judge Kethledge Defies Physics, Counsels State Farm on Decorum
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
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...