Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Hill, No. 13-4806 (4th Cir.) (776 F.3d 243) (January 13, 2015) (Judge Albert Diaz) by In this consolidated case, the Court reviewed the scope of Fourth Amendment protections as applied to individuals serving a term of Federal supervised release. The case was triggered when a confidential informant provided …

U.S. v. Quinn, No. 12-2260 (7th Cir.) (698 F.3d 651) (October 18, 2012) (Judge Frank H. Easterbrook) by The defendant in this case, Nicolai Quinn, pled guilty to possessing child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B). He was sentenced to 97 months' imprisonment and a lifetime term of …

U.S. v. Inman, No. 10-5702 (6th Cir.) (666 F.3d 1001) (February 7, 2012) (Per Curiam) by The Federal Sentencing Guidelines are littered with examples of a near-frenzied effort by the Sentencing Commission and/or Congress to impose the maximum possible punishment on all sex offenders, regardless of the specific sentencing factors …

U.S. v. Apodaca, No. 09-50372 (9th Cir.) (641 F.3d 1077) (April 12, 2011) (Judge Richard D. Cudahy) by Here the Court held that a district court’s decision to sentence a defendant, who was convicted of one count of possession of child pornography, to a lifetime term of supervised release was …

U.S. v. Hall, No. 04-50193 (9th Cir.) (419 F.3d 980) (August 15, 2005) (Judge Kim McLane Wardlaw) by The Sixth Amendment right to confront testimonial witnesses, established in Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), does not apply to the admission of hearsay evidence during revocation of supervised release proceedings. …

Griffin v. Wisconsin, No. 86-5324 (U.S. Supreme Court) (483 U.S. 868; 107 S.Ct. 3164) (June 26, 1987) (Justice Scalia) by In this case the Supreme Court outlined how courts should analyze searches of probationers and parolees and their property under the Fourth Amendment; holding that a State can provide for …