Anyone who uses the Internet knows (or should know) that simply by browsing the Internet a lot of nasty files can inadvertently become imbedded or stored on a computer’s hard drive without the user’s actual knowledge or intention. As the Court explained:

“[W]hen a person accesses a web page, his ...

Here, in a graphic example of the perils of winning an appeal, after his initial conviction and sentence of 210 months were vacated on appeal, the defendant was convicted on new charges and this time his sentence was doubled to 420 months.

Richard Jones, Jr. found out the hard way ...

Summary judgment for defendants, and denial of plaintiff's application for naturalization based on a 1993 conviction to smuggle aliens, are affirmed as: 1) the amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act that expanded the class of aggravated felonies to include defendant's offense apply retroactively; 2) defendant is, therefore, statutorily precluded ...

This case is the latest of a series of lawsuits brought by the Humanitarian Law Project (“HLP”), a human rights organization, challenging some of the broad powers asserted by Government in the wake of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Among the new terrorism laws were broad prohibitions against ...

Following an 18-day bench trial, District Judge Reginald Lindsay issued this stinging, 110-page rebuke of the FBI's mishandling of longtime informants James “Whitey” Bulger and Stephen “The Rifleman" Flemmi for their role in the 1984 murder of Quincy fisherman John McIntyre; and he ordered the Government to pay more than ...

Defendant was convicted upon his guilty plea to conspiracy to manufacture or distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas sentenced defendant to 240 months' incarceration. Defendant appealed, arguing that the district court was without jurisdiction to impose an enhanced ...

Martin Armstrong, a high profile international financier, was arrested on September 13, 1999, on a complaint charging him with securities fraud, mail fraud and related crimes. The case arose out of the sale of some $3 billion of so-called “Princeton Notes” to Japanese investors, which resulted in losses of nearly ...

In these seventeen consolidated criminal cases, each defendant moved to appear without shackles at the defendant's initial appearance. In each case, a magistrate judge denied the motion. In a consolidated action, the United States District Court for the Central District of California upheld the magistrate's orders. Defendants appealed.

Defendants sought ...