Category Archives: Drug Trafficking

Aug 03 2018

Profiling Experts in Federal Drug Cases

The core federal drug statute is 21 U.S.C. § 841. This statute focuses exclusively on the manufacture, distribution, dispensation, or possession of a “controlled…

Aug 01 2018

Improper Bolstering in Federal Drug Conspiracies

Two years ago the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals said that a prosecutor’s role “is not that it shall win a case, but that…

Jul 17 2018

Drug Overdose Deaths Result in Unfair Sentencing

Who is responsible for a drug overdose death? Dubuque, Iowa, the corn capital of the U.S., has a serious drug overdose problem. A local…

Jun 08 2018

Federal Trafficking Charges for Man with RV of Marijuana by Hondo HS?

A 36-year-old man was recently arrested for parking an RV with a large amount of marijuana across the street from Hondo High School in…

May 30 2018

The Sanctity of The Home Reinforced by Second Circuit

The Sanctity of The Home Reinforced by Second Circuit The U.S. Supreme Court has for nearly six decades has recognized the fundamental Fourth Amendment…

May 29 2018

Unauthorized Drivers May have Expectation of Privacy in Rental Vehicles

On September 17, 2014, Terrence Byrd and a companion, Latasha Reed, went to a Budget car rental affiliate in Wayne, New Jersey. Ms. Reed…

Feb 03 2018

Touching White Fog Line, No Basis for Traffic Stop

A “fog line” is a white (usually bright) line painted on the right side of a roadway separating the roadway from what is known…

Jan 25 2018

Will Your Drug Trafficking Sentencing Be Concurrent or Consecutive?

A recent South Texas drug case involving multiple defendants illustrates the workings of concurrent/consecutive sentencing. The five defendants convicted in the case, including on…

Jan 16 2018

The Continuing Problem in Federal Drug Sentencing

Sentencing in federal drug cases can sometimes pose difficult challenges for the judges imposing sentence. This was illustrated in a December 12, 2017 decision,…