Can a defendant have an indictment expunged if the Government later dismisses all of the charges?

A failure to fully investigate an aspect of a criminal case can form part of a constitutional defensive strategy.

The Fifth Circuit decides that an overnight sequestration order that prevented a defendant from conversing with his lawyer was plain error.

A final order of garnishment requires its own separate notice of appeal. An appeal of the original sentence won’t do.

The Fifth Circuit upholds a calculation of victims over and above the offense of conviction.

The Fifth Circuit holds that the crime of wire fraud doesn’t have to involve an intent to obtain property directly from a victim.

The offense of conviction defines the temporal scope of restitution.

Present indigency does not affect future earning capacity.

A Fifth Circuit case that will affect the way the Government prosecutes its cases.

The Fifth Circuit affirms a conviction when the search warrant contained an incorrect address. The Court held that the agents involved had simply made a mistake.

The Fifth Circuit decides SORNA requires more investigation than the categorical approach allows.

Fulton argued that agents obtained evidence on his cellphone in violation of the Fourth Amendment. He first argued that the cellphone wasn’t one of the items to be seized in the original warrant. The Government alleged that the warrant’s reference to “ledgers” was close enough.