Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Ciavarella, No. 11-3277 (3rd Cir.) (716 F.3d 705) (May 24, 2013) (Judge Julio M. Fuentes) by This decision marks the culmination of the sordid “Kids for Cash” scandal that erupted in Pennsylvania in 2008, in which the defendant, Mark Ciavarella, a former state judge, and a number of …

U.S. v. Richardson, No. 04-3472 (8th Cir.) (439 F.3d 421) (March 3, 2006) (Per Curiam) by The issue before the Court in this case was whether a defendant, based upon a single act of possession of a firearm, can be convicted and punished under both 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (felon …

U.S. v. Iniguez, No. 01-50553 (9th Cir.) (368 F.3d 1113) (May 26, 2004) (Judge M. Margaret McKeown) by Here the Court joined most of the Circuits in holding that that the term “total punishment” as used in U.S.S.G. § 5G1.2(d) means the sentence chosen by the district court “from the …

U.S. v. Graham, No. 02-1575 (6th Cir.) (327 F.3d 460) (April 28, 2003) (Judge Karen Nelson Moore) by A sentence that is "imposed independently" under U.S.S.G. § 5G1.2(a) does not count toward the total punishment when stacking consecutive sentences under § 5G1.2(d).