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DOJ Publications and Memos
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US Attorneys Manual
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BOP Drug Treatment Center Chart 2006
Naturalization Chart 2004
Training Material
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  Find out IP addresses, Who owns a website, etc...
  International Journal of Digital Evidence
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Sentencing
 

An Introduction to Federal Guideline Sentencing (9th ed. April. 2006). A brief introduction to federal sentencing under the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, incorporating changes brought about by United States v. Booker. Includes a summary of the relevant statutes and the Guidelines Manual, and provides tips for applying the guidelines, commentary on plea bargaining, and traps for the unwary. In pdf format.

  Selected Firearms Offenses - Cheat Sheet
  Supervised Release (DC) Table
  Firearms Offenses - Sentencing Enhancement based on prior conviction
  Opportunities in Guideline Amendments Sent to Congress May 1, 2007 by Amy Baron-Evans
  Federal Sentencing Grid
  Anomaly in the Crack Guidelines by Amy Baron-Evans
Sentencing Resource Counsel
Federal Public and Community Defenders. See their Sentencing Resource page
Crack Changes  
 

Commission Clarifies Meaning of USSG §1B1.10(b)(2)(B): Clients Who Received Non-Guideline Sentence Under Booker Still Eligible for Crack Retroactivity Sentence Reduction - 2008

 

The amended guideline retroactivity policy statement, USSG §1B1.10, states at §1B1.10(b)(2)(B) that “if the original term of imprisonment constituted a non-guideline sentence determined pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) and United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220 (2005), a further reduction generally would not be appropriate.” This appears to suggest that clients are not entitled to relief under the amendment if they received a non-guideline sentence under Booker.

However, Sentencing Resource Counsel, as well as many Federal Defenders, report that at the Crack Summits in Charlotte and St. Louis, and at the Defender conference in Seattle, the Commission explained that §1B1.10(b)(2)(B) applies only if the original sentencing judge did not consider the guidelines at all. This acknowledgment is good news because there should be no instances in which judges ignored the guidelines. A sentencing judge must consider the guidelines, even if she then rejects them as unsound policy, and to do otherwise is reversible error. Gall v. United States, 128 S.Ct. 586, 596 (2007); Kimbrough v. United States, 128 S.Ct. 558, 564, 570 (2007); Rita v. United States, 127 S.Ct. 2456, 2465, 2468 (2007); United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 245-46 (2005).

  Admendments to Guidelines (opens fd.org)
   
Spanish  
  Translation of legal terms/words used in Federal Court
   
Newsletters

Summer issue (May 2007) of the The Liberty Legend which is published by the National Association of Federal Defenders

   
   

 

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