An error of a single point in a Guideline calculation can be the basis for reversal.

The Fifth Circuit affirms a white-collar sentence despite a hot-collar dissent.

The Fifth Circuit adopts the circuits’ consensus that the Government can conduct manual cell phone searches at the border without individualized suspicion.

The Fifth Circuit holds multiple possessions of a firearm can support a U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) enhancement.

The Supreme Court cabins the reach of the Fifth Circuit’s construction of 18 U.S.C. 1028, the identity-theft statute.

The Supreme Court holds the Second Circuit’s right-of-control theory cannot form the basis of a conviction under the federal fraud statutes.

The Fifth Circuit decides a restitution appeal is reviewable even though the defendant had executed an appeals waiver in her plea agreement.

The Fifth Circuit holds that U.S.S.G. 2K2.1(b)(4)(B) applies only when an actual serial number has been altered or obliterated.

The Fifth Circuit holds that the factual circumstances of the crime of conviction determines whether the crime is an “offense against property” requiring mandatory restitution.

The Fifth Circuit sets out the standard of review for unpreserved insufficiency-of-the-evidence claims.

A Texas conviction for aggravated assault of a child qualifies as an enhancing offense under 18 U.S.C. 2256(e).

The Fifth Circuit decides that 18 U.S.C. 666 requires evidence of a quid pro quo for conviction. Mere gratuities are not enough.

The Fifth Circuit affirms the conviction of a Facebook poster who falsely posted that he had paid a COVID-positive friend to lick items in two grocery stores.

The Fifth Circuit holds that a prolonged use of pole cameras for surveillance doesn’t contravene the Fourth Amendment.

The Fifth Circuit, over a strong dissent by the chief judge, rules that the defendant, handcuffed and threatened with tasing, was not in custody for purposes of Miranda.

The Fifth Circuit reverses the denial of a motion to suppress based upon the Government’s failure to show officers had reasonable suspicion for a Terry stop.

The Fifth Circuit remands the denial of a motion to suppress because the facts showed deputies had effected a stop under the Fourth Amendment.

The Fifth Circuit vacates a sentence by holding that Texas Assault on a Public Servant is not violent offense under the Sentencing Guidelines.

The Supreme Court requires the Government to prove defendant doctors knew they were acting in an unauthorized manner, or intended to do so.

The Fifth Circuit reverses false-statement and firearms convictions because the district court constructively amended the indictment by its jury instructions.