Meaningful Appellate Review: Where A District Court Makes A Decision Based On Discretion It Must Sufficiently Explain Why It Arrived At Its Conclusion To Allow For Meaningful Appellate Review Published October 3, 2014
Federal Sentencing Guidelines: Applying The Correct Legal Standard Under U.S.S.G § 2K2.1 Published September 26, 2014
Defendant Can Not Revisit Past Violent Felony For The Possibility Of Youthful Offender Status Published July 26, 2014
Determining The Reasonableness Of A Sentence: Substantive And Procedural Reasonableness. Published July 10, 2014
Sentencing Guidelines And The Sixth Amendment: Sentencing Enhancements That Increase The Maximum Or Minimum Must Be Submitted To The Jury. Published January 28, 2014
Sentencing Reform Act: Judge Cannot Lengthen Sentence To Promote Rehabilitation Published April 26, 2013
Trial Court May Enhance Federal Sentence Even Where Enhancement Omitted From Indictment Published March 25, 2013
Aggravating Factors At Sentencing: To Increase A Sentence The Aggravating Factor Must Be Found By Jury, Not Judge. Published March 18, 2013
Armed Career Criminal Act: Defining Violent Felonies Under The United States Sentencing Guidelines – Failure To Report Published February 13, 2013
The Armed Career Criminal Act And Defining “Serious Drug Offense”: Prior State Convictions Published January 30, 2013