United States v. Powell, No. 11-6152
Decided: August 20, 2012
The defendant filed a § 2255 motion requesting that his sentence for a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 be vacated as it was impermissibly based upon a prior drug conviction, …
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Decided: August 20, 2012
The defendant filed a § 2255 motion requesting that his sentence for a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 be vacated as it was impermissibly based upon a prior drug conviction, …
Decided: August 17, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the district court’s judgment that the district court does not have jurisdiction over a habeas corpus petition where the petitioner has not been in …
Decided: August 16, 2012
Davis was convicted of various federal offenses arising from the armed robbery of an armored car employee, the murder of that employee, and a subsequent carjacking. Davis challenges the use of …
Decided: August 14, 2012
Defendant Douglas Chappell appealed his conviction under Virginia’s police impersonation statute, Virginia Code § 18.2-174. Chappell challenged the constitutionality of the statute, arguing that it violates the Free Speech Clause of …
Decided: August 13, 2012
The Court of Appeals affirmed Charles Lee Smoot’s conviction for being a felon in possession of a firearm, rejecting Smoot’s 18 U.S.C. § 922 challenges to his conviction.
In 2008, an …
Decided: August 13, 2012
This case addressed an appeal from a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (the “BIA”), affirming the defendant’s ineligibility for a special rule cancellation of removal. The Material Support Bar …
Decided: August 10, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded Mirna Del Carmen Gomez’s sentence because the district court erred in calculating her sentence under the modified categorical approach.
Gomez pleaded guilty …
Decided: August 10, 2012
Brehm appealed from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, challenging the jurisdictional basis for the indictment underlying his conviction. The Court of Appeals …
Decided: August 10, 2012
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the district court’s denial of Mubdi’s motion to suppress evidence seized during a traffic stop, finding that the police officers involved in the traffic stop at issue …
Decided: August 8, 2012
Michael Dwayne Durham was indicted by a Virginia grand jury on three counts of selling drugs and was later arrested and jailed for several months. The indictment of Durham resulted from …
Decided: July 26, 2012
This case addressed whether an employee’s authorized access of a computer or information on a computer could form the basis of a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of …
Decided: July 26, 2012
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions of Mouzone and Fleming, gang members who were jointly tried and convicted for racketeering and drug offenses. The jury convicted Mouzone and …
Decided: July 25, 2012
Plaintiffs brought multiple class action claims against Bank of America Corporation (BOA) for alleged violations of certain provisions of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The district court …
Decided: July 25, 2012
The Fourth Circuit granted defendant Temitope Akinsade’s petition for writ of error coram nobis and vacated his conviction, finding that the district court’s admonishment during its Rule 11 proceeding was insufficient …
Decided: July 23, 2012
In this case, the Fourth Circuit held that a criminal defendant sentenced to a fifteen-year minimum sentence could not have his sentence reduced where, in both the plea agreement and at …