Lenient White-Collar Sentences
The Fifth Circuit affirms a white-collar sentence despite a hot-collar dissent.
Texas Assault of Public Servant is Not a Violent Offense
The Fifth Circuit vacates a sentence by holding that Texas Assault on a Public Servant is not violent offense under the Sentencing Guidelines.
Loss-Amount Reversal
The Fifth Circuit reverses a total-loss figure because the district court rejected the Government’s concessions which accounted for proper offsets to that figure.
ACCA and Occasions
The Supreme Court decides that convictions stemming from a single criminal episode count only once under the Armed Career Criminal Act.