Here the Court rejected a series of constitutional challenges to the Federal Death Penalty Act (18 U.S.C. § 3591 et seq.); and, for the first time in its history, approved the imposition of the death penalty imposed by a Federal judge in that Circuit.

On January 29, 2004, Gary Lee ...

In this decision, the Sixth Circuit, sitting en banc, held by a vote of 8-7 that a criminal suspect in custody who invokes his right to a lawyer can re-initiate discussions with police through a family member even if a lawyer has not yet been provided. Under the rule established ...

This is a juvenile case, in which the defendant was apprehended for possibly smuggling aliens. He was not taken directly to a magistrate, his request to speak to the Mexican Consulate was ignored, and no family members were contacted despite the juvenile providing the information of their whereabouts - all ...

Defendant pleaded guilty to arson and was sentenced, inter alia, to pay $ 239,696 of restitution as a condition of his probation. Upon completion of probation, defendant's restitution obligation was converted to a civil judgment. Defendant's restitution obligation was discharged in bankruptcy. The United States District Court for the District ...

The police did not violate the 4th Amendment rights of a white couple by rousting them from bed and forcing them to stand naked until they realized that they were not the black suspects they were seeking who were described in the warrant.

This decision is another example of deliberate ...

Here the Court rejected a number of constitutional and Booker challenges to a sentence significantly enhanced by the "the district court's consideration of conduct on which a jury could not agree." Among some of the noteworthy passages from the Court's opinion were the following:

"Brika first alleges that the district ...

Jeffrey Landrigan is not the type of person who inspires much sympathy from the courts. In 1982, he was convicted of second degree murder in Oklahoma. While in custody for that crime, he repeatedly stabbed another inmate and was subsequently convicted of assault and battery with a deadly weapon. Three ...