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Thursday, May 11, 2006

News and notes

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1. Guilty on all counts for Masferrer. It was front page news for the Herald and the DBR. From what I understand, Judge Moore precluded ...
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Tuesday, May 09, 2006

Take two...

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The jury now has the case in United States v. Masferrer , the Hamilton Bank case. This is the second trial after the first jury couldn'...
Monday, May 08, 2006

Special Assesments...

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Criminal lawyers are well familiar with special assesments. For every count of conviction, a defendant must pay a $100 special assesment. N...
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Saturday, May 06, 2006

Cuban mafia leader to be released

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Many of you have been following the "Cuban Mafia" trial in front of Judge Gold. This is the case that was moving at a snail's...
Friday, May 05, 2006

Up in smoke...

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A helpful reader points out that the Mexico drug laws don't appear to be going forward: MEXICO Fox backtracks, sends drug bill back Pres...
Wednesday, May 03, 2006

Criminalizing conduct overseas

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Orin Kerr has this post about the legalization of drugs in Mexico: Mexico to Legalize Possession of Small Amounts of Cocaine, Heroin, Marij...
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Monday, May 01, 2006

Motion for bond granted...

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Here is the order on the motion discussed in the post below: Docket Text: ORAL ORDER granting [41] Motion for bond; Bond set for Frank Jesus...

Sweeping too far?

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Immigration sweeps and arrests have been in the news a lot the past few days. (Infrequent) Co-blogger Marc Seitles has decided to represent ...
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