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Short Wins - It's A Relatively Good Week For The Constitution

It's a good week in the federal circuits for folks accused of a crime. Instead of the all-too-common diet of sentencing remands, there are some nice wins on our rights against unreasonable searches and seizures and...more

3/5/2013 - Child Pornography Evidence Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Restitution Search & Seizure Sentencing Enhancements

Health Care Fraud Restitution Amounts Can't Be Set On Just An Insurance Company Saying It Would Like A Lot Of Money

Two doctors, married to each other, were accused of health care fraud. They pled guilty and fought at sentencing about the amount of the restitution that they would have to pay back to the insurance companies for what they...more

1/25/2013 - Fraud Healthcare Restitution Reversible Error

Short Wins - Mayan Apocalypse Edition; The World Didn't End, But There Are New Cases On Restitution, Health Care Fraud, Federal...

One would have thought that, with the end of the world predicted for Friday of last week, our nation's appellate courts would have spent their last week on Earth with family or friends, rather than cranking out wins for folks...more

12/26/2012 - Abuse of Discretion Bank Fraud Fraud Healthcare Restitution Sentencing Sequestration Stalking

The Eleventh Circuit Discusses When The Government Can Take Your Wife's Stuff To Make Resitution For A Crime You Committed

When a person is convicted of a federal crime, especially in a fraud case, but in lots of other kinds of federal criminal cases too, the district court sometimes also orders that the person pay restitution....more

12/20/2012 - Jointly-Owned Property Levy Restitution Writ of Execution

A Federal Judge Can't Reopen A Sentencing Hearing, Even When There's $17 million In Restitution At Stake

It's hard, when things go wrong, not to seek a mulligan. And we all get off on the wrong foot sometimes. When a case is in front of a federal judge for sentencing, though, a mulligan is only very rarely...more

12/14/2012 - Appeals Fraud Ponzi Scheme Restitution Sentencing Waivers

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