Category Archives: Drug Trafficking
Proposed Federal Mandatory Minimums for Fentanyl are “Crazy,” Shameful
The state of New Hampshire is facing a drug epidemic crisis. No doubt about that. The epidemic is literally eating away at the social…
Multiple Arrests Made in Houston Synthetic Drug Ring
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said it was a $35 million international drug ring that produced 9.5 tons of synthetic marijuana. Fourteen individuals…
Failure of Feds to Comply with Title III leads to Suppression of Wiretaps
On April 8, 2016, the D.C. Court of Appeals in United States v. Scurry issued a significant clarification of wiretaps obtained by federal law enforcement agencies…
Laredo Cartel Leader Sentenced for Federal Drug Trafficking
With many Texas towns located close to the Mexico border, drug trafficking is a recurring problem for state and federal law enforcement. Last year…
Federal Sentencing Implications When Death or Serious Bodily Injury Results from Use of a Drug
U.S. Sentencing Guideline § 2D1.1(a)(2) applies a base “base offense level” of 38 in certain drug cases when “the offense of conviction establishes that…
Lawmakers and Federal Judges Seek Relief for Defendants Sentenced Unjustly
The federal judicial system has a perverse way of treating similarly situated criminal defendants in shameful disparate ways. For example, a federal drug defendant…
Corrupt Police Office Found Guilty of Distributing Marijuana, Making False Statements, Sentenced to One Month?
Bowling Green State University criminologist Philip M. Stinson is recognized as probably the nation’s best authority on police misconduct. Over a ten-year period, beginning in 2005,…
Appellate Court Agrees Prosecutors “Overreached at Trial” of Analogue Act Violation, Conviction Reversed
Iobal Makkar and Gaurav Sehgal operated a small town convenience store in northeastern Oklahoma named “Gitter Done.” Big Mistake to Ask Law Enforcement for…
Use of Drug Dog within Foot of Home Violates Forth Amendment, Case Reversed
In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court in Florida v. Jardines held that the police use of a drug-sniffing dog to investigate a home and its immediate…
Federal Weapons Convictions Decline, Sentencing Enhancements Remain Consistent
According to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), federal weapons convictions declined 5.8 percent in Fiscal Year 2015 from the previous fiscal year. In…
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