Defendant appealed his sentence, arguing the district court erred in finding that his proffer to the government was not complete and truthful to entitle him to safety-valve relief for his various drug offenses. Where the government’s evidence suggested defendant had ...

Tagged with: Drug Offenses Incomplete Proffer safety valve relief

Defendant appealed from his within-guidelines sentence, imposed after defendant pleaded guilty to a drug offense. On appeal, defendant argued that the district court abused its discretion in denying defendant’s request from a downward variance. Where the district court considered defendant’s ...

Tagged with: Denial of Downward Variance Drug Offenses Within-Guidelines Sentence

  Defendant pleaded guilty to a drug offense pursuant to a plea agreement that contained an appeal waiver. On appeal, defendant challenged the sentence imposed by the district court, arguing he should receive credit for time spent in custody on ...

Tagged with: appeal waiver Criminal Law Drug Offenses Jail Credits

Defendant appealed from his sentence imposed pursuant to written plea agreement. Defendant challenged his sentence as substantively unreasonable, arguing that he did not understand the consequences of his guilty plea, that his plea agreement was breached and that he received ...

Tagged with: Criminal Law Drug Offenses ineffective assistance of counsel Substantively Unreasonable Sentence

U.S. v. Ramos (MLW No. 70331/Case No. 16-1306 – 15 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Kelly, J.)

Tagged with: Criminal Law Drug Offenses Felon Firearm Charge Sufficiency Of Evidence