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Topics:
Acceptance of Responsibility (47)
--- Entrapment Defense - Effects of Asserting (10)
--- Legal or Factual Challenges - assertion of (10)
--- Relevant Conduct (49)
------ Same course of conduct or common scheme (18)
------ Uncharged Crimes and Acquitted Conduct (4)
Appeals/Appellate Jurisdiction (151)
--- Appealable Issues/Orders (6)
--------- Collateral Order Doctrine (2)
--- Audita Querela (2)
--- Felon in Possession Statute (26)
--- Jurisdictional Defects (7)
--- Law of the Case (8)
--- Mandamus, Writ of (7)
--- Notice of Appeal/Appeal Rights (8)
--- Preservation of Appellate Rights/Issues (8)
------ Waiver (3)
--- Procedural Default/Error (36)
------ Actual Innocence/Claim of Innocence (32)
--------- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel (15)
------ Capital Cases (2)
------ Cause and Prejudice (2)
--- Waiver of Appeal Rights (70)
Arrest/Arraignment (15)
--- Warrants - Requirements/Scope/Exceptions (16)
------ Good Faith (2)
Attorneys (3)
--- Prosecutors (3)
Authority and Jurisdiction (56)
--- Restoration of Civil Rights (19)
--- Sentences - Length/Severity of (24)
------ Disproportionality (5)
--- Victims - Generally (20)
Bail/Pretrial Release (18)
--- Danger to the Community (3)
--- Extradition (8)
------ Fugitives/Fugitive Disentitlement (7)
--- Failure to Make Findings or Articulate Reasons (6)
--- Pending Appeal/Sentencing (5)
Blakely/Booker (246)
--- Acquitted Conduct/Uncharged Crimes/Dismissed Counts (70)
------ Arrest Record (2)
------ Dismissed Counts (2)
--- AIDs/HIV Issues (12)
--- Crack v. Powdered Cocaine (79)
------ 2007 Crack Cocaine Amendments (5)
--------- Eligibility Under § 3582(c)(2) (5)
------ Cocaine Base (2)
--------- Differences (2)
------ Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 (22)
--------- Equal Protection (3)
--------- General Savings Statute (6)
--------- Pre-Effective Date Crimes (6)
------ Reasonableness of Departure/Sentence (31)
--------- Post Booker (Non-Guidelines Sentences) (12)
--------- Rita v. U.S. (13)
--- Reasonableness of Sentence (68)
------ Below Guidelines Sentence (45)
--------- Factors To Be Considered (13)
--------- Law Enforcement Discount (3)
--------- Post Gall/Kimbrough (10)
--------- Substantively Unreasonable (5)
------ Child Pornography (7)
------ Crack Cocaine (3)
------ Impermissible Factors (2)
------ Objections (5)
--------- Adequacy (5)
------ Parsimony Principle or Clause (3)
------ Policy Considerations (28)
--------- Lack of Empirical Support for Guidelines Sentence (27)
------ Recidivism (11)
--------- Failure to Consider (6)
------ Standard[s] of Review (13)
--------- Interests of Justice (3)
------ Substantive Reasonableness (6)
------ Within-Guidelines Sentence (10)
--------- Presumption of Reasonableness (8)
--- Section 3553(a) Factors (12)
--- Sentences - Adjustments and Departures (55)
------ Booker/Fanfan Issues (5)
--------- Post Sentence Rehabilitative Conduct (3)
Brady Rule violations (56)
--- Constructive/Imputed/Presumed knowledge (2)
--- Evidence - Failure to Disclose (9)
--- Perjury/Perjured Testimony (39)
--- Witnesses - Prior Statements/Testimony (14)
------ Failure to Disclose (9)
Bribery/Extortion/Theft (39)
--- Federal Funds (39)
Bureau of Prisons (BOP) (15)
--- Community Confinement/Home Detention (12)
------ Halfway House Placement (25)
--------- 10% Limitation (25)
--- Good Time Credits (3)
------ Section 3624(b) (14)
--------- Calculation of 54 Days (14)
Capital Punishment (95)
--- Aggravating Factors/Circumstances (8)
--- Antipsychotic Drugs/Forced Medication (24)
------ Chemical Castration (2)
--- Collateral Estoppel (12)
--- Effective Assistance of Counsel (32)
------ Expert and Opinion Evidence/Testimony (10)
--- Expert Witnesses/Testimony (31)
------ Exclusion of Witnesses at Trial (3)
--- Victim Impact Statement/Testimony (3)
Career Offenders (42)
--- Downward Departures (26)
------ Sentencing Goals/Purposes/Practices (16)
--- Offense Statutory Maximum (13)
--- Three Strikes Statutes/Rule (19)
Civil Procedure (213)
--- Appeals (9)
--- Collection (3)
------ Forfeiture Money Judgments (2)
--- Damages (4)
--- Depositions (2)
--- Discovery (2)
--- Filing Fees (7)
--- Jury Instructions (38)
--- Limitations (8)
--- Magistrates (5)
--- Mootness (5)
--- Recusal (32)
--- Retroactivity (55)
--- Sanctions (24)
--- Standing (15)
--- Transcripts (4)
Civil Rights Actions or Offenses/Bivens Actions (331)
--- Alien Tort Statute (9)
------ Corporate Liability (5)
--- Attorneys' Fees/Expenses (46)
--- Color of Law (3)
--- Confessions - Coerced (3)
--- Consent Decrees - Generally (4)
--- Cruel and Unusual Punishment (75)
------ Mental Retardation/Intellectual Disability (3)
------ Method of Execution (3)
--------- Lethal Injection (3)
------ Punishment (15)
--- Damages - Compensatory (6)
--- Damages - Punitive (4)
--- Dismissal (31)
------ Kastigar Hearing (3)
--------- Use of Immunized Testimony (3)
------ Solicitation to Commit a Crime of Violence (3)
--------- Protected Speech (3)
--- Drug Treatment Records (2)
--- False Arrrest/Malicious Prosecution (5)
------ Certificate of Innocence (2)
--- Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) (8)
--- Fighting Words Doctrine (7)
--- Frivolous Claims (6)
--- Hearings (4)
--- Immunity - Absolute and Qualified (116)
------ Confessions (5)
--------- Coercive Interrogations (5)
------ Material Witness Statute (11)
--------- Preventative Detention (3)
------ Monell Claims (3)
--------- False Testimony (2)
------ Waiver of Rights (3)
--- Immunity - Judicial (9)
--- Immunity - Sovereign/Municipal (6)
--- Jury Trial (4)
--- Medical Treatment/Expenses (6)
--- Rooker-Feldman Doctrine (9)
--- Searches - Body/Strip (26)
------ Body Cavity (2)
------ Immunity (9)
--------- School Searches (3)
--------- Child Abuse/Abusers (2)
--- Westfall Act (3)
Commerce Clause (2)
Competency (8)
--- Collateral Order Exception (6)
Conditions of Confinement (7)
--- Eighth Amendment (6)
Confessions and Statements of Defendant (76)
--- Bruton Error (12)
--- Defense - Right to Present (10)
--- Delay/Lateness (6)
------ McNabb-Mallory's Exclusionary Rule (5)
--------- Impact of 18 USC § 3501(c) (3)
--- Plea Discussions/Immunized Testimony - Use of (29)
--- Treaty Rights (4)
------ Geneva Convention Rights (3)
--------- Military Commissions Act (6)
------------ Suspension Clause (5)
--------------- Enemy Combatant Designation (4)
------ Vienna Convention (21)
--------- Enforceable Rights/Remedies (20)
--- Voluntary Nature/Voluntariness (19)
Confrontation Clause/Rights (33)
--- Crawford (15)
------ Testimonial Statements (5)
--------- Crime Lab Reports (3)
--- Video/Closed Circuit TV Testimony (9)
Conspiracies, Attempts, Solicitations (7)
--- Attempts/Incomplete Acts (5)
--- Completion of All Acts (2)
Constitutional Challenges/Law (231)
--- Adam Walsh Child Protection Safety Act (5)
------ Restrictions on Access to Evidence (3)
--- Bill of Attainder (4)
--- Child Online Protection Act (COPA) (5)
--- Child Support Recovery Act/Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act (20)
--- Court Rules (4)
--- Deportation/Removal/Exclusion (56)
------ Aggravated Felonies (7)
------ Collateral Consequences (3)
--------- Failure to Inform (2)
------ Crime of Moral Turpitude (2)
------ Detention Pending Removal (9)
--------- Limitations on Period of Detention (9)
------ Enforcement of Immigration Laws (2)
------ Fundamentally Unfair (5)
------ Section 212(c) Waiver (3)
--- Domestic Violence (4)
--- Equal Protection Clause/Claims (12)
--- Espionage (2)
--- Federal Carjacking Statute (3)
--- Federal Death Penalty Act (22)
------ Separate Juries (4)
--- Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) (10)
------ Significant Purpose Test (5)
--- Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA) (18)
------ Difficulty of Calculating (2)
--- Megan's Laws (29)
--- Pornography/Pornography Laws (6)
--- Pretrial Detention and Detainees (9)
--- Prohibited Persons (20)
------ Illegal Aliens (3)
------ Unlawful User (6)
--- Terrorist Designation/Terrorism Label (15)
------ Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) (2)
------ Patriot Act (9)
--------- Material Support Ban (9)
--- Vagueness/Overbreadth (33)
------ Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) (10)
--------- Detention (4)
------ Cyberstalking (2)
Constitution, U.S. (3)
--- Sixth Amendment (3)
Counsel - Effective Assistance of (150)
--- Anders Brief (9)
--- Appellate Advocacy/Counsel (2)
--- Battered Child/Spouse Evidence (2)
--- Collateral and Direct Consequences (4)
------ Consequences of Plea (12)
--------- Post Padilla v. Kentucky (10)
------ Misleading Advice/Statements to Defendant (4)
--------- FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (3)
--- Conflict of Interest (38)
--- Failure to Address/Advise Defendant (18)
--- Failure to Consult/Investigate/Raise (5)
--- Pre-Trial Restraint of Assets (8)
------ "Extraordinary Circumstances" Test (2)
--- Pro Se Issues (18)
--------- Competence to Litigate (2)
--- Strickland Standard (58)
------ Failure to Preserve Challenge (2)
--------- Future Change in the Law (2)
Counsel - Right to (42)
--- After Request for Counsel (3)
--- Confessions - Admissibility (3)
------ Impeachment Evidence/Purposes (20)
--------- Massiah Rule (19)
--- Counsel - Constructive denial of (20)
------ Counsel of Choice (3)
------ The Thompson Memorandum (6)
--- Immigration Hearings (4)
--- Indigent Defendants - Fees and Expenses (12)
------ Civil Contempt (2)
------ Criminal Justice Act Fees (2)
--- Misdemeanor Offenses (6)
--- Offense Specific Nature (3)
Crime/Demographics (29)
--- Conspiracy (28)
Criminal History (99)
--- Adequacy of Criminal History Category (33)
------ Prior Conviction Exception (4)
--- Evidence - Weight of (3)
--- Prior Conviction/Sentence/Incarceration (51)
------ Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal (ACD) (2)
--------- Conflicting Provisions (2)
--- Prior Convictions - Expungement or Reversal of (5)
--- Similar Acts or Crimes/Similarity in kind (11)
Criminal Justice Act (CJA) (3)
--- Attorneys' Fees/Expenses/Expenses (3)
Criminal Procedure (2)
--- Double jeopardy (2)
Cross-Examination (25)
--- Witnesses - Examination of (19)
Disciplinary Hearings (12)
--- Liberty Interests (8)
Discovery and Inspection (94)
--- Bill of Particulars (3)
--- Brady/Giglio/Jencks Act Issues (64)
------ Delay in Disclosure (2)
--- Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA) (4)
--- Discovery - Lateness of (2)
--- Exculpatory Evidence - Disclosure Obligations (5)
--- Foreign Countries (4)
------ Compelled Testimony (3)
--- Informer's Privilege (4)
--- Material Support to Terrorism (7)
------ Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) (4)
--------- Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) (4)
--- Material to the Preparation of the Defense (3)
--- Relevance (4)
------ Law Enforcement Privilege/Records (3)
Discretionary/Inherent Powers (7)
--- Expungement/Removal (9)
------ Privacy Rights (4)
--------- Hotel Guests (3)
Drug Equivalency Tables (67)
--- Drug Quantity (70)
Drug Laws/Offenses (112)
--- Drug Courier or "Mule" status (12)
--- Drug Mixtures/Purity (17)
--- Mandatory Minimums (49)
------ Felony Drug Offense (2)
--------- Statutory Interpretation (4)
------ Section 851 Enhancements (3)
--------- Causation - Results From (2)
--- Proceeds of an Unlawful Activity (6)
--- Simple Possession/Personal Use versus Distribution (17)
--- Third Party Rights/Notification/Assistance (13)
Drugs - Determination of (74)
--- Co-conspirator/Accomplice liability (18)
--- Drugs - Type or Quality of (12)
--- Estimates/Averages - Use of (15)
------ Pimentel Letters (3)
--- Marijuana Laws/Issues (19)
------ Medical Marijuana (8)
--- Mens Rea Element (17)
------ Reasonable Cause to Believe Standard (4)
--- Methamphetamine (6)
--- Sting Operations (3)
Entrapment (34)
--- Entrapment by Estoppel (6)
--- Government Deception and Trickery (2)
--- Post-Apprendi Challenges (3)
--- Predisposition/Inducement (22)
Essential Elements of Crime (19)
--- Counterfeiting and Forgery (7)
--- Kidnapping, Abduction or Unlawful Restraint (6)
Evidence - Admissibility (211)
--- Authencity/Authentication (2)
--- Best Evidence Rule (3)
--- Character/Reputation/Propensity (28)
------ Propensity Evidence (3)
------ Sex Crimes (3)
------ Social Media (3)
--- Civil Settlement - Effect of (6)
--- Daubert Standards (32)
------ Ballistics Evidence (4)
------ Eyewitness Identification (2)
------ Fingerprint Evidence (10)
------ Reliability of Evidence/Testimony (3)
--------- Hand Printing (2)
--- Evidence - Extrinsic (2)
--- Exclusionary Rule (29)
------ Attenuation Doctrine (3)
--- Gang Membership (16)
--- Habit (2)
--- Hearsay Evidence (92)
------ Co-onspirator and Accomplice Statements/Testimony (17)
------ Declarant Unavailable Exception (17)
--------- Excited Utterance (3)
------ Exceptions (26)
--------- Case Agents (3)
------ Hearsay Evidence/Exceptions (11)
------ Records - Business/Foreign/Public, etc. (8)
------ Reliability of Evidence (3)
------ Residual exception (4)
------ Statements Against Interest (13)
------ Statements - Out of Court (4)
--- Hypnotically Refreshed Memory (2)
--- Identification Evidence and Testimony (8)
--- Impeachment (13)
--- Materiality (12)
--- Motive/Opportunity/Intent/Identity Evidence (19)
--- Post-Complaint Evidence (6)
--- Prejudice - Potential for Undue (28)
--- Rape Shield Rule (4)
--- Summation (18)
------ Protecting Community Values (7)
--------- Prejudice (7)
Evidence - Integrity/Reliability of (29)
--- Corroboration/Corroboration Rule (4)
--- Drug Dealer/Courier Profile (16)
--- Drug-Tainted Currency (5)
--- Fragmentary Statements/Summaries (3)
--- Writings, Recordings & Photographs (4)
Excessive Force (31)
Fair Trial (29)
--- Courtroom Spectator Conduct (2)
--- Invasion of Defense Camp (4)
--- Presence of Defendant (5)
--- Restraint of Defendant (9)
------ Shackles (3)
--- Verdicts (12)
------ Communications with Jurors (4)
------ Juror Misconduct Issues (9)
--------- Dysfunctional Jury (2)
--------- Extrinsic Evidence (5)
False Statements/Perjury (4)
--- Exculpatory No Doctrine (4)
Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure (3)
--- Grand Jury - Secrecy Rule (3)
Federal Rules of Evidence (68)
--- Admissions (5)
------ Admissiion of Guilt (3)
--------- Self-Incrimination Privilege (3)
--- Doctor/Patient Privilege (12)
------ Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege (7)
--- Other Crimes/Bad Acts Evidence (73)
------ Closeness in Time (5)
------ Modus Operandi Evidence (3)
------ Sex Cases - Evidence of Similar Crimes and Acts (13)
--- Scientific Testimony or Evidence (46)
------ Handwriting Analysis and Exemplars (10)
------ Polygraph Evidence/Testing (26)
Federal Statutory Law (32)
--- AEDPA (4)
--- Alien Tort Claims Act (4)
--- Americans with Disabilities Act (7)
--- Clean Water Act (2)
--- Religious Freedom Restoration Act (4)
--- Violence Against Women Act (5)
Feeney Amendment (PROTECT Act) (3)
Fines (36)
--- Ability to Pay (36)
------ Inmate Financial Responsibility Program (IFRP) (5)
Firearms (103)
--- Civil Disabilities (5)
--- Definitions (20)
------ Imprisonment (5)
------ Non-violent offenses (3)
--- Predicate Acts/Offenses (7)
--- Sentences - Authorized (61)
------ Alternative Sentences (2)
------ Stacking Mandatory Minimum Sentences (7)
--- Stipulations (26)
Fourth Amendment (22)
--- Terry Stops (29)
------ Collective Knowledge Doctrine (4)
Fraud and Deceit (40)
--- Bank Fraud/Robbery/Theft (10)
------ Intent to Defraud (3)
--------- Federal/State Conflicts (2)
--- Check-Kiting/Bad Checks (5)
--- Identity Theft (7)
------ Aggravated Identity Theft (6)
--- Loss - Actual v. Intended (20)
Fraud and Theft Loss (77)
--- Affecting a Financial Institution (6)
--- Jeopardizing the Soundness of a Financial Institution (3)
--- Loss - Calculation/Determination of (71)
------ Food Stamp Fraud (2)
--- Loss - Consequential Damages (3)
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (8)
--- Exemptions (17)
------ Civil Rights Restored (2)
------ Glomar Response (5)
--------- Executive Authority (4)
------ Torture (12)
--------- Clearly Established Rights (3)
--------- U.S. Citizens in Iraq (3)
General Application Principles (22)
--- Applicable Guidelines Issues (19)
Grand Jury (30)
--- Contempt (11)
--- Disclosure - Improper or Wrongful (8)
--- Supervisory Powers (7)
Grounds for Appeal (6)
Grounds for Departure (333)
--- Aberrant Behavior (45)
------ Departures/Variances (7)
--- Abuse (3)
--- Atypical conduct (3)
--- Combination of Factors/Totality of Circumstances (27)
------ Substantially Overlapping Enhancements (3)
--- Cooperation with Local Authorities (4)
--- Criminal Conduct/Purpose (6)
--- Cultural Assimilation (9)
--- Deportation/Removal/Exclusion - Waivers of/Consents to (5)
--- Deterrence/Recidivism (5)
--- Disparity in Charging/Sentencing Practices (9)
--- Disruption of Governmental Function (5)
--- Drug or Alcohol Dependence (7)
--- Drug Testing/Treatment Programs (54)
------ Early Release (11)
--------- 18 U.S.C. § 3583(e) (2)
------ RDAP (5)
--------- Eligibility (2)
--- Extreme Conduct or Injury (17)
--- Federal-State Differences/Disparity/Conflicts (8)
--- Hardship - Extraordinary (2)
--- Heartland Departures (12)
--- Lesser Harms (15)
--- Loss - Multiple Loss Causation (4)
--- Loss of employment (3)
--- Post-Offense Conduct (43)
------ Extraordinary Rehabilitation (5)
--- Public Welfare (4)
--- Remorse (5)
--- Sentencing Disparity (44)
------ Procedural Reasonableness (3)
--- Status as an Alien (15)
--- Voluntary Disclosure of Offense (7)
Hobbs Act (43)
--- Extortion (3)
------ Federal/State Jurisdictional Issues (3)
--- Interstate Commerce - Effect on (38)
--- Venue - Generally (6)
Immigration Law/Offenses (159)
--- Aggravated Felony (30)
------ Elements of Crime (2)
--- Asylum (7)
--- Crimes of Violence/Violent Felony (43)
------ Assault Weapons (6)
--- Detention - Generally (47)
------ 8 U.S.C. § 1226(c) (2)
------ Right to Hearing (3)
--- Exhaustion of Remedies (36)
--- Illegal Immigration Reform Act of 1996 (IIRIRA) (12)
Immunity/Liability (6)
--- Qualified Immunity (4)
Implementing the Total Sentence (41)
--- Credits (24)
--- Multiple/Multiplicious Counts (4)
--- Undischarged Terms of Imprisonment (15)
Indictment/Information (73)
--- Accessories and Accomplices (6)
--- Amendment/Variance (9)
--- Constructive Amendment/Variances (7)
------ Core of Criminality (2)
--- Duplicity/Multiplicity (16)
--- Pre-Indictment Delay (33)
--- Surplusage (3)
International (8)
--- Terrorism (8)
Joinder and Severance (32)
--- Joinder of Offenses and/or Defendants (11)
--- Mutually Antagonistic Defenses (5)
--- Prejudicial Joinder Issues (7)
--- Prejudicial Spillover (10)
Judicial Disqualification/Misconduct (57)
--- Appearance of Justice/Impartiality (3)
--- Remands/Rehearings/Resentencings (18)
--- Vindictive Prosecution/Sentencing (49)
------ Dismissal of Indictment (5)
Jurors and Juries (107)
--- Bias/Discrimination (37)
------ Impartial Jury (3)
--------- Fair Cross Section Requirement (3)
--- Juror Competency/Inquiry Issues (9)
--- Jurors - Alternates (6)
--- Jurors - Removal/Excusing (8)
--- Jury Nullification (31)
--- Publicity - Prejudicial (16)
Jury Selection (59)
--- Batson Claims (58)
------ Peremptory Challenges (24)
--------- Erroneous Rejection of Challenge (12)
------------ Harmless Error (13)
--- Juries - Anonymous/Sequestered (18)
--- Juries - Fair and Impartial (4)
Juvenile Offenses/Offenders (10)
--- Arraignment Delay (3)
--- Speedy Trial Rights (9)
------ Barker Factors (4)
Mail (42)
Mail and Wire Fraud (38)
--- Affirmative Defenses (6)
--- Foreign Crimes/Convictions/Conduct (20)
------ Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (2)
--- Honest Services Fraud (8)
--- Jurisdiction - Generally (3)
------ Prisoners Rights (4)
--------- UNICOR (4)
--- Scheme or Artifice to Defraud (4)
--- Due Process (42)
Mandatory Minimum Sentence (152)
--- Burden of Proof (164)
------ Deceptive Investigative Techniques (3)
------ Preponderance of Evidence Standard (3)
--- Explosives (2)
--------- During the Commission of a Felony (2)
Media (34)
--- First Amendment (34)
Medical (3)
--- Abortion (2)
Mental Health (16)
--- Civil Commitment (16)
Misconduct/Corruption (6)
--- Police Misconduct (5)
Money Laundering/Structuring (68)
--- International Money Laundering (3)
------ Concealment (3)
--- Jurisdiction (55)
------ Jurisdiction - Extraterritorial (5)
--- Money Transmitting Business (5)
--- Overreaching (5)
Money/Property (34)
--- Bankruptcy (5)
--- Forfeiture (12)
--- Restitution (17)
Multiple Counts (93)
--- Concurrent and Consecutive Sentences (53)
--- Grouping (35)
--- Severance (9)
------ Bifurcation (3)
New Trial/Judgment of Acquittal (110)
--- Attorney Misconduct/Disqualification (10)
--- Evidence - Newly Discovered (22)
--- Sufficiency of Evidence (157)
------ Bribes and Gratuities (3)
------ Buyer-Seller Relationship/Instruction (13)
------ Controlled Substances (3)
------ Evidence - Circumstantial (6)
------ Murder/Felony Murder (6)
--------- Depraved Indifference Murder (4)
------ Nexus between crime and property (4)
--------- Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (CAFRA) (7)
------------ Notice Requirements (3)
------ Presentence Reports (PSRs) (18)
------ Rule 10(b)(5) (4)
------ Specific Offenses (7)
--------- Stolen Valor Act (3)
------ Sweat Patch Test (3)
------ Weapons (10)
Obstruction (58)
--- Instant Offense (4)
--- Obstruction of Justice (52)
Offenses Involving Public Officials (9)
--- Jury Coercion/Tampering (12)
------ Presumption of Prejudice (3)
--- Continuing Offenses (2)
Opinions and Expert Testimony (23)
--- Eyewitness Testimony (9)
--- Hypothetical Questions (6)
--- Opinion on Ultimate Issue (8)
--- Anti-Alienation Statutes (21)
------ Liens, Garnishments, Etc. (21)
Plain/Harmless Error (48)
--- Elements of Offense (40)
--- Failure to Instruct on Scienter Requirement (3)
--- Grounds for Relief (3)
------ Federal/State (2)
--- Structural Error (4)
Plea Agreements/Guilty Pleas (142)
--- Acceptance/Rejection by the Court (3)
--- Alford plea (2)
--- Authority to bind other Government agencies (4)
--- Cooperation Agreements (2)
--- Core Concerns (5)
--- Knowingly and Voluntarily Made (36)
--- Offense of Conviction (5)
--- Participation in plea discussions (11)
--- Proffer Agreements/Statements/Sessions (12)
--- Wired/Linked/Packaged Pleas (8)
--- Withdrawal (60)
Police (4)
--- False Arrest (4)
Prisoner Privileges (3)
--- Computers (3)
Prisoners' Rights (109)
--- Access To Courts (26)
------ Bivens Actions (11)
--------- Statute of Limitations (3)
------ Right to Documents (3)
------ Unpublished/Withdrawn/Redacted Decisions (9)
--- Civil Rights Violations (9)
--- Deliberate Indifference (14)
--- Detainers - Generally (2)
--- Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (6)
--- Prison Conditions (44)
------ Administrative Detention/Segregation (2)
------ Inadequate Health Care Facilities (7)
--------- Reduction of Prison Population (7)
--- Prison Mail (22)
------ Ensign Amendment (3)
--- Prison Regulations (7)
--- Religious Freedom/Worship (5)
------ Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) (3)
--- Voting Rights (10)
------ Felon Disenfranchisement Statute (11)
--------- Constitutional Challenges/Claims (8)
Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) (68)
--- Consent Decrees - Termination of (44)
--- Fee Provisions (4)
--- Imminent Danger Exception (2)
--- In Forma Pauperis (5)
--- Mental and Emotional Conditions/Distress/Claims (8)
Privileges (39)
--- Attorney/Client (31)
------ Crime Fraud Exception (3)
------ Joint Defense Agreement (4)
--- Marital Privilege (9)
--- Parent/Child Privilege (4)
Probation, Parole & Supervised Release (56)
--- Conditions of (15)
--- Reimbursement of Costs (3)
--- Revocation Proceedings (19)
------ Guideline Amendment (8)
--------- Based on a sentencing range subsequently lowered by the Sentencing Commission (2)
--------- Type C Plea Agreement (3)
--- Right of Allocution (13)
--- Special Parole (11)
Prosecutorial Misconduct (125)
--- Comments on Defendant's Silence (18)
--- Criticism of Government (3)
--- Ethical Restraints (5)
--- Evidence - Destruction/Fabrication/Manipulation of (12)
--- Evidence/Lists - Failure to Produce (3)
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