http://www.georgiafederalcriminallawyerblog.com/ Published by Kish & Lietz, P.C. en-us 2010-09-08T10:12:53-05:00 http://www.georgiafederalcriminallawyerblog.com/2010/09/ranier_eleventh_circuit_depart.html Last week, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in U.S. v. Ranier. In contrast to many recent cases in which the Court held that certain crimes were not “violent felonies” for the purposes of the Armed Career... Kish & Lietz 2010-09-08T10:12:53-05:00 http://www.georgiafederalcriminallawyerblog.com/2010/08/di_pietro_federal_court_of_app_1.html On Friday, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, where lawyers go when appealing a federal civil or criminal case that comes out of Georgia, Florida, or Alabama, issued its opinion in United States v. Di Pietro. Linsy Di Pietro was... Immigration Kish & Lietz 2010-08-31T10:16:58-05:00 http://www.georgiafederalcriminallawyerblog.com/2010/08/kottwitz_eleventh_circuit_hold.html Last week, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in United States v. Kottwitz. This opinion is important because it explains in detail when a trial court must instruct the jury on good faith reliance on the advice... Tax Crimes Kish & Lietz 2010-08-27T09:16:42-05:00 http://www.georgiafederalcriminallawyerblog.com/2010/08/villarreal_eleventh_circuit_co.html The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held last week that a ten-year delay between indictment and arrest did not deprive Victor Garcia Villarreal of his constitutional right to a speedy trial. The Court employed a four-factor balancing test, holding that... Kish & Lietz 2010-08-17T10:34:52-05:00 http://www.georgiafederalcriminallawyerblog.com/2010/08/us_v_belfast_eleventh_circuit.html Last month, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), which makes it a federal crime to use or possess a firearm in connection with a crime of violence, can apply to crimes of violence committed... Kish & Lietz 2010-08-09T13:18:08-05:00 http://www.georgiafederalcriminallawyerblog.com/2010/08/us_v_irey_divided_en_banc_elev.html Last week, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, decided United States v. Irey. The 142-page majority opinion recounted gruesome sex crimes that Mr. Irey admitted to committing against as many as 50 Cambodian girls, some as young... Kish & Lietz 2010-08-04T14:42:58-05:00 http://www.georgiafederalcriminallawyerblog.com/2010/08/federal_sentencing_disparity_b.html Today President Obama signed the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 into law. This federal law reduces the disparity between criminal sentences for crack and powder cocaine from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1 and eliminates the mandatory minimum five-year sentence for simple possession... Kish & Lietz 2010-08-03T14:17:07-05:00 http://www.georgiafederalcriminallawyerblog.com/2010/07/cunningham_eleventh_circuit_jo.html In late May, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears appeals from federal cases in Florida, Georgia, and Alabama, decided U.S. v. Cunningham. The Court held that the federal statute that provides for revocation of supervised release is constitutional... Sixth Amendment Kish & Lietz 2010-07-08T09:11:02-05:00 http://www.georgiafederalcriminallawyerblog.com/2010/07/garciacordero_eleventh_circuit.html Last week, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, which sits here in Atlanta, Georgia, issued its opinion in U.S. v. Garcia-Cordero. The Court held that the federal immigration law that requires persons transporting international passengers to “bring and present” those... Fifth Amendment Kish & Lietz 2010-07-06T14:45:30-05:00 http://www.georgiafederalcriminallawyerblog.com/2010/07/skilling_supreme_court_limits_1.html In this post last week, we announced the Supreme Court’s decision in Skilling v. U.S. The Court held that 18 U.S.C. § 1346, the honest services law that the government has been using to prosecute nearly everything as a federal... Kish & Lietz 2010-07-02T09:07:23-05:00