Experienced and Aggressive
Philadelphia Criminal Defense Lawyer
Call for a Consultation
The Supreme Court has just made an important step towards protecting defendants in criminal forfeiture. In Honeycutt v. United States, No 16-142 (June 5, 2017), the Court held that a defendant may not be held jointly and severally liable for proper…
Read More
The Tenth Circuit recently found it was permissible to add a sentencing enhancement based on the number of victims, even if not all of those victims had suffered financial loss. In United States v. Gonzales, No 16-2022 (10th Cir. 2016), defendant Gon…
Read More
The Supreme Court, by a 6-2 vote, held that a defendant who wishes to appeal an order imposing restitution in a deferred restitution case must file a separate notice of appeal from that order; if he/she fails to file such an appeal and the government…
Read More
In United States v. Huggins, 844 F. 3d 118 (2d Cir. 2016) the Second Circuit found that merely withdrawing money from a bank’s ATM does not trigger a sentencing enhancement under § 2B.1(b)(16)(A), which generally adds a two-level enhancement for…
Read More
In a very important case, the Seventh Circuit departed from the overwhelming majority of cases that with a broad brush, enhance defendants for the full amount of the fraud and order forfeiture and restitution in the full amount, regardless of a defen…
Read More
On March 6, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court in Beckles v. United States unanimously held that defendants cannot challenge the federal Sentencing Guidelines as unconstitutionally vague because they are recommendations subject to a judge’s discretion, n…
Read More
The U.S. Supreme Court, in Shaw v. United States, held that a violation of the federal bank fraud statute does not require a finding of intent to defraud the bank. In this case, Lawrence Shaw stole over $300,000 by using fraudulent personal informati…
Read More
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Balman, a Chicago grocery wholesaler, who received stock tips from a friend, who had received the inside information from Salman’s brother-in-law, an investment banker at Citigroup. The issue b…
Read More
© 2017 Law Offices of Hope Lefeber
Federal Criminal Defense Resources
View Our Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
Law Firm Website Design by The Modern Firm
