Category Archives: Criminal Law

Petitioner was convicted on three counts of first degree murder and was sentenced to death in Florida’s state courts. On collateral review, the district court granted in part petitioner’s federal application for writ of habeas corpus, finding that tria… Continue reading →

Defendant pleaded guilty to drug offenses on the high seas and was sentenced to concurrent imprisonment terms of 120 months, pursuant to the statutory mandatory minimum sentence. Defendant appealed, contending that the district court erred in imposing … Continue reading →

In this capital case, the State of Florida appealed the district court’s order granting habeas relief to petitioner on his claim that the admission of a videotape of his custodial interrogation by law enforcement officers, when he never received any Mi… Continue reading →

Defendant pleaded guilty to 17 counts of tax-related offenses and was sentenced to 27 months in prison. On appeal, defendant argued that the district court erred by refusing to group all of his counts into a single group pursuant to U.S.S.G. 3D1.2(b) o… Continue reading →

Petitioner, a Florida prisoner on death row, appealed from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254. Petitioner argued that the trial court erred in sentencing him to death because his … Continue reading →

Defendant was before the court of a single incident of extreme domestic violence. At issue was whether the single incident of battery justified termination of supervised release. Defendant was present and represented by counsel; he neither objected nor… Continue reading →

Petitioner, an Alabama prisoner on death row, appealed from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254. The court found that petitioner’s claim that Alabama’s judicial override scheme vio… Continue reading →