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11-3802 U.S. v. Dixon
Tagged with: 7th Circuit Digest Crack cocaine Criminal Digest Retroactivity Sentencing Digest
Read More »Criminal Procedure – expungement — retroactivity
2011AP1556-CR State v. Meinhardt
Tagged with: Criminal Digest Criminal Procedure Digest Expungement Retroactivity WI Court of Appeals Digest
Read More »Sentencing — crack cocaine — retroactivity
11-1313, 11-1323, 11-2057, 11-2061, 11-2062 & 11-2071 U.S. v. Davis
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Read More »Sentencing — career offenders — retroactivity
09-2919 Narvaez v. U.S.
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Read More »Sentence reduction not barred by agreement
When the U.S. Supreme Court accepted review in Freeman v. U.S., it seemed that the Court would answer a straightforward question with a straightforward answer.
Tagged with: Crack cocaine Retroactivity Sentencing
Read More »09-10245 Freeman v. U.S.
Criminal Procedure Plea agreements; retroactivity
Tagged with: Criminal Digest Criminal Procedure Criminal Procedure Digest Plea agreements Retroactivity SCOTUS Digest
Read More »Another exception adopted for exclusionary rule
The exclusionary rule does not apply if an unlawful search was permitted by binding precedent at the time it occurred. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote for the Court on June 16, “It is one thing for the criminal ...
Tagged with: exclusionary rule Good faith Retroactivity
Read More »09-2919 Narvaez v. U.S.
Sentencing Career offender enhancement; retroactivity A defendant unlawfully sentenced as a career offender can collaterally attack the sentence. “The fact that Mr. Narvaez’s sentence falls below the applicable statutory-maximum sentence is not alone determinative of whether a miscarriage of justice ...
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Read More »07-2932 Groesch v. city of Springfield, Illinois
United States Court of Appeals CIVIL OPINIONS Employment Fair pay; retroactivity The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 is retroactive to claims after November 10, 2003. “The City has not offered any persuasive basis for avoiding application of the ...
Tagged with: Retroactivity
Read More »10-38561 In re Willems
Bankruptcy Retroactivity The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Ransom v. FIA Card Services, 2011 U.S. LEXIS 608 (Jan. 11, 2011), applies retroactively to unconfirmed Chapter 13 plans filed prior to the decision. “Ransom announces the Supreme Court’s construction of the ...
Tagged with: Bankruptcy Digest Retroactivity
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