Facts: In-time, first 2255 claimant alleges aiding and abetting instruction improper on 922(g) claim Seabrooks was charged with and found guilty of aiding and abetting a 922(g) claim, otherwise known as felon in possession of a weapon. The testimony at trial indicated that a codendant broke into a car, stole objects and placed them into […]
Author: Jeremy Gordon
Pierre was a suspected courier for a drug conspiracy. The agents saw Pierre throw two bags of cocaine into a co-conspirator’s car. He was later indicted for conspiring to traffic 280 grams or more of cocaine base and distributing 28 or more grams of cocaine base. The parties came to a plea agreement: Under it, […]
Facts: Felon in Possession, Judge does not ask for objections before carrying out sentence. Mosely was involved in a foot and car chase with police. During the chase he drove through stop signs and almost crashed into other cars. While running, he hid a gun under a trailer near a house. He was arrested near […]
We often hear people say things that indicate that they did not know that there was a difference between the federal criminal system and the state criminal system where they live. We hear things such as "I may have committed several state crimes but this is my first time in the federal system" or "my […]
We have had a lot of questions about the MORE Act. There will be several entries here about the MORE Act about this topic but I wanted to start with a primer: The MORE Act, or the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act is a bill that if passed in its current form would decriminalize […]
Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmed to the Supreme Court Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed to the Supreme Court on April 7, 2022. This is a monumental event for the future of the Supreme Court, as she is the first African American woman to be appointed to this position. Brown has an impressive background and qualifications […]
Facts: Serial Burglar Gets Challenges ACCA Conviction Franklin was sentenced in the District of Minnesota for a federal firearms offense. He was enhanced under the Armed Career Criminal Act for three prior convictions of Minnesota burglary and two Illinois residential burglary cases. He did not appeal or file a 2255 within the normal one-year timeframe. […]
Our office communicates with hundreds of inmates and their families each week through phone calls, emails and corrlinks. At least once a day we hear either an inmate or a loved one say that either they wanted to write a letter to the judge explaining their side of the story, they already wrote the letter […]
FACTS: Lawyer represented health care fraud defendant and also government witness on same case Sheperd was indicted for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. She retained a lawyer and the case was set for trial. Her hired counsel met with FBI agents and a prosecutor to discuss the case. However the lawyer was there acting on […]
On March 7, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision in Wooden v. United States, case number 20-5279 (2022). At issue in the Wooden case was how to interpret a particular phrase in the ACCA penalty clause found at 18 U.S.C. 924(e). Thankfully, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a good decision today. We are […]