This is an interesting decision that explores the current legal principles and rules governing the introduction into evidence of a defendant’s gang tattoos in a criminal proceeding.

This case involved the prosecution of a number of the alleged members of a racketeering enterprise known as the “Short North Posse”—a purported ...

Here the Court, sitting en banc, joined at least four other Circuits in holding, by a 10-4 vote, that military style assault weapons (like the AR-15) and detachable large capacity magazines are not protected by the Second Amendment.

In this sweeping en banc decision, the Fourth Circuit held, by a ...

This is a wonderful little gem of a sentencing decision in which a Federal judge not only expressed some real concern “about the Government’s unilateral control” (id., at 501) over the amount of drugs involved in a reverse sting operation - but he actually did something about it.

The Defendant, ...

This Medicare fraud case is noted for its debate (between the majority and the dissent) over the proper interpretation of the term “victim” as used both in general for sentencing enhancement purposes, and more particularly with respect to the provisions of U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1(b)(2)(C), which calls for a six-level sentence ...

This is the third in a series of remarkable decisions sentencing decisions recently authored by Judge Weinstein, each of which demonstrate compassionate and creative ways of addressing “the excessive incarceratory terms recommended by the Sentencing Commission” in child pornography cases. (See also, U.S. v. R.V., 157 F.Supp.3d 207 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. ...