United States v. Roy20 DownloadsYear: 2010 (Vol. 35). Topic: Criminal Procedure; Sentencing; Immigration Law. Question: Whether a federal judge may, when sentencing individuals convicted of illegal re-entry into the United States, depart downward from the Sentencing Guidelines based on the existence of fast-track programs in other districts. Format: PDF.
United States v. Levy29 DownloadsYear: 2012 (Vol. 36). Topic: Criminal Procedure. Question: (1) Whether the safe harbor provision of 18 U.S.C. § 1957 is an affirmative defense or an element of the statutory definition of “monetary transaction.” (2) Whether the safe harbor provision of 18 U.S.C. § 1957 is an affirmative defense or an element of the statutory definition Read more about United States v. Levy[…]
Floyd v. United States63 DownloadsYear: 2011 (Vol. 35). Topic: Criminal Procedure. Question: Whether the district court’s jury instruction was consistent with the standard articulated in Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973), and if so, whether Miller’s “contemporary community standard” is the proper standard to apply in the Internet obscenity context. Format: PDF.
United States v. Cunningham1 DownloadYear: 2007 (Vol. 31). Topic: Criminal Procedure. Question: Whether a sentencing court may impose a special condition of supervised release that prohibits an individual convicted of possession of child pornography from possessing and/or using a computer and/or accessing the Internet except with his probation officer’s prior written approval. Format: Word.
Costello v. United States45 DownloadsYear: 2007 (Vol. 31). Topic: Criminal Procedure. Question: Whether a sentencing judge can reasonably increase a defendant’s sentence for a conviction of voluntary manslaughter, beyond that which is recommended in the federal Sentencing Guidelines, in response to the defendant’s use of a weapon or dangerous instrumentality in the commission of the offense. Format: Word.