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Order granting sentence reduction.
Order Granting Motion for Compassionate Release
Order Granting Compassionate Release
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner-Appellant.
Brief of Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Defendant-Appellant and Reversal.
Attorney-client communications federal caselaw and state-specific anecdotal data in Texas
Attorney-client communications federal caselaw and state-specific anecdotal data in Mississippi
Attorney-client communications federal caselaw and state-specific anecdotal data in Louisiana
Brief of Amicus Curiae the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Support of Petitioner’s Objections to Magistrate Judge’s Order.
All three defendants were convicted of conspiracy (18 USC § 371); mail, wire and honest services fraud (18 USC §§ 1341, 1343, 1346); and bribery (18 USC 666). In addition, Minor was convicted of RICO (18 USC §1962). The Fifth Circuit vacated all convictions related to bribery and conspiracy to commit bribery. The court affirmed all remaining convictions. Each defendant filed a Petition for A Writ of Certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The United States Supreme Court vacated Skilling's honest services fraud conspiracy conviction and remanded to the 5th Circuit to determine whether the remaining convictions stand. On September 3, 2010, the Court denied Skilling’s request for bail pending its ruling on his appeal. Oral argument is schedule for November 1, 2010, before the 5th Circuit.
Scruggs pled guilty to the crime of misprision of felony, which the information described as an honest services fraud crime. He has now filed a motion to vacate his conviction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. On September 16, 2010, District Court Judge Neal B. Biggers ordered the government to respond to the defendant’s motion to vacate by October 16. On October 15, the Government filed for an extension, citing the need to submit an “outline of the government’s proposed response” to the Dept. of Justice for approval in order to ensure DOJ responses are “uniform and consistent nationwide.”
Order granting compassionate release: pre-COVID Compassionate Release grant in mandatory life drug case citing age, rehabilitation, and the "fundamental change to sentencing policy carried out in the First Step Act's elimination of life imprisonment as a mandatory sentence solely by reason of a defendant's prior convictions."
Brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Appellant (in support of petition for rehearing en banc).
Brief for Harris County Public Defender, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo*, Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis, Precinct 1* and National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers as Amicus Curiae in Support of Plaintiffs-Appellees (*as elected officials and not on behalf of Harris County government).
