A federal judge in Boston used his personal experience with firearms to help prosecutors get over the hump in making the case to revoke a drug defendant’s supervised release and the 1st Circuit says that’s OK. In August 2021, U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns conducted a hearing on the government’s motion to
An appeal waiver in a defendant’s plea agreement was binding on him despite his claim of a confusing and inadequate colloquy, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. Defendant Anthony Mondrez Thompson filed an appeal challenging the application of two sentencing enhancements. “The gateway issue in this appeal is whether the appeal waiver
Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in Thursday as an associate justice to the United States Supreme Court, making history as the first Black woman on the highest court in the
Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in Thursday as an associate justice to the United States Supreme Court on Thursday, making history as the first Black woman on the highest court
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