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Blake v. Carbone, No. 05-2988-ag(L) (2nd Cir.) (489 F.3d 88) (June 1, 2007) (Judge Richard C. Wesley)

Article • July 1, 2007 • from P&J July, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Section 212(c) Waiver

Blake v. Carbone, No. 05-2988-ag(L) (2nd Cir.) (489 F.3d 88) (June 1, 2007) (Judge Richard C. Wesley) by Petitions for review of orders holding deportees ineligible for relief under former section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act because their aggravated felony ground of deportation lacked a counterpart ground of …

U.S. v. Hurn, No. 06-3666 (7th Cir.) (496 F.3d 784) (August 3, 2007) (Judge Joel L. Flaum)

Article • July 1, 2007 • from P&J July, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Acquitted Conduct/Uncharged Crimes/Dismissed Counts

U.S. v. Hurn, No. 06-3666 (7th Cir.) (496 F.3d 784) (August 3, 2007) (Judge Joel L. Flaum) by Judge Hugh Bownes of the First Circuit once commented on the insidious effect of using acquitted conduct to increase a defendant’s sentence by stating: “[W]e believe that a defendant's Fifth and Sixth …

U.S. v. Gammicchia, No. 06-3325 (7th Cir.) (498 F.3d 467) (August 9, 2007) (Judge Richard A. Posner)

Article • July 1, 2007 • from P&J July, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Rita v. U.S.

U.S. v. Gammicchia, No. 06-3325 (7th Cir.) (498 F.3d 467) (August 9, 2007) (Judge Richard A. Posner) by U.S. v. Gammicchia, 498 F.3d 467 (7th Cir. Aug. 9, 2007) (Judge Posner) U.S. v. Paul, 239 Fed.Appx. 353 (9th Cir. Aug. 17, 2007) (Per Curiam) (unpublished) It is, by now, well …

U.S. v. Kapp, No. 06-CR-389 (M.D.Pa.) (487 F.Supp.2d 536) (May 16, 2007) (Judge Yvette Kane)

Article • July 1, 2007 • from P&J July, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists

U.S. v. Kapp, No. 06-CR-389 (M.D.Pa.) (487 F.Supp.2d 536) (May 16, 2007) (Judge Yvette Kane) by Here, Chief Judge Yvette Kane held that the provisions of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2250 (“SORNA”), which were recently amended in part by the Adam Walsh Child Protection …

U.S. v. Larson, No. 05-30076 (9th Cir.) (495 F.3d 1094) (August 1, 2007) (Judge Richard A. Paez)

Article • July 1, 2007 • from P&J July, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists

U.S. v. Larson, No. 05-30076 (9th Cir.) (495 F.3d 1094) (August 1, 2007) (Judge Richard A. Paez) by In a much criticized decision previously reported at U.S. v. Larson, 460 F.3d 1200 (9th Cir. 2006) (P&J, 08/07/06) (Larson I), a three-judge panel held that the district court had not erred …

U.S. v. Griffin, No. Crim. No. 05-10175-WGY (D.Mass.) (494 F.Supp.2d 1) (June 6, 2007) (Judge William G. Young)

Article • July 1, 2007 • from P&J July, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists

U.S. v. Griffin, No. Crim. No. 05-10175-WGY (D.Mass.) (494 F.Supp.2d 1) (June 6, 2007) (Judge William G. Young) by Six days after defendant's sentencing, the United States Supreme Court decided Cunningham v. California, 127 S.Ct. 856 (2007), which affected the legal framework applicable to defendant's sentence. In light of the …

U.S. v. Lopez-Vanegas, No. 05-15021 (11th Cir.) (493 F.3d 1305) (July 26, 2007) (Judge Donald E. Walter)

Article • July 1, 2007 • from P&J July, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Foreign Crimes/Convictions/Conduct

U.S. v. Lopez-Vanegas, No. 05-15021 (11th Cir.) (493 F.3d 1305) (July 26, 2007) (Judge Donald E. Walter) by The defendants in this case, Doris Salazar ("Salazar") and Ivan Lopez-Vanegas ("Lopez") appealed their convictions on one count each of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute five kilograms or more …

U.S. v. Frank, No. 04-20778-CR-JORDAN (S.D.Fla.) (486 F.Supp.2d 1353) (May 4, 2007) (Judge Adalberto Jose Jordan)

Article • July 1, 2007 • from P&J July, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Foreign Crimes/Convictions/Conduct

U.S. v. Frank, No. 04-20778-CR-JORDAN (S.D.Fla.) (486 F.Supp.2d 1353) (May 4, 2007) (Judge Adalberto Jose Jordan) by Kent Frank, an American citizen, was indicted for traveling to Cambodia on five occasions to engage in illicit sexual conduct in that country with various females under the age of 18. The charges …

Brecht v. Abrahamson, No. 91-7358 (U.S. Supreme Court) (507 U.S. 619; 113 S.Ct. 1710) (April 21, 1993) (Justice Rehnquist)

Article • June 19, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Substantial and Injurious Effect

Brecht v. Abrahamson, No. 91-7358 (U.S. Supreme Court) (507 U.S. 619; 113 S.Ct. 1710) (April 21, 1993) (Justice Rehnquist) by In this case, the Court built upon the harmless error standard that was established in Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, 24 (1967) where the Court held that a conviction …

Erickson v. Pardus, No. 06-7317 (U.S. Supreme Court) (551 U.S. 89; 127 S.Ct. 2197) (June 4, 2007) (Per Curiam)

Article • June 11, 2007 • from P&J May, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Prison Conditions

Erickson v. Pardus, No. 06-7317 (U.S. Supreme Court) (551 U.S. 89; 127 S.Ct. 2197) (June 4, 2007) (Per Curiam) by It is really hard to glean much of value from this brief, per curiam decision involving a claim of unconstitutionally deficient health care in the Colorado state prison system. But …

Uttecht v. Brown, No. 06-413 (U.S. Supreme Court) (551 U.S. 1; 127 S.Ct. 2218) (June 4, 2007) (Justice Kennedy)

Article • June 11, 2007 • from P&J May, 2007

Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Juror Views Regarding the Death Penalty

Uttecht v. Brown, No. 06-413 (U.S. Supreme Court) (551 U.S. 1; 127 S.Ct. 2218) (June 4, 2007) (Justice Kennedy) by This is the eighth death penalty case that the Supreme Court has decided this term; and in each of those cases Justice Kennedy has provided the swing vote - four …

U.S. v. Wilms, No. 06-1896 (6th Cir.) (495 F.3d 277) (July 23, 2007) (Judge Karen Nelson Moore)