Category Archives: Federal Criminal Law
Supreme Court Reverses Conviction for Failure to Register as Sex Offender
For many sex offenders, the prospect of registration for life is actually worse than imprisonment. Many offenders complain they can never pay their debt to society…
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…
No Trespass Signs in Yard, on Front Door, Not Enough to Prevent “Investigative Knock-and-Talk, Create Violation of Fourth Amendment
Ralph Gene Carloss lived in Tahlequah, Oklahoma—a city in Cherokee County located at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains. He is an ex-felon who…
Courts Expanding Definition of “Lascivious Exhibition” in Child Pornography Cases
There is no doubt that Melvin Hubert Holmes took videos of his teenage stepdaughter in various stages of undress without her knowledge. The images…
Cell Phone Privacy Gaining Strength in Courts, Even for Probationers and Parolees
In 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court in Riley v. California held that the police, acting without a warrant, generally may not examine digital information…
A Guide to Cyber Crime Laws
The U.S. Justice Department prosecutes computer crimes, more commonly known as cybercrime, under three different sections of federal law. First, there is the Computer Fraud and…
Can Any Crime Become a Federal Crime?
The difference between federal and state crimes is oftentimes complicated. The charging, and prosecution, mechanisms in both legal jurisdictions are similar in some respects…
Beware of the Government Eye on the Utility Pole
Rocky Joe Houston, and his brother Leon, do not like the government, and in particular do not like the police. In May 2006 the…
Will Apple Become an Agent of the Government?
The first thing to know about the raging battle between the U.S. Justice Department and Apple over the iPhone used by San Bernardino terrorist…
Federal Prison Industrial Complex Thrives on Harsh Sentences, Human Misery
THE FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX In 1984, Congress enacted, in a bipartisan manner, the Sentencing Reform Act (SRA) following a decade of hearings, arguments…
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