We did not weigh in yesterday, but the biggest federal criminal defense news was clearly the conviction of U.S. Representative William Jefferson of Louisiana in his criminal trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, as reported by the New Orleans Times-Picayune. The jury of eight women and four men returned a verdict of […]
READ MOREPfizer Enters Largest Healthcare Fraud Settlement in U.S. History
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, inc., will pay $2.3 billion to the Federal government and 49 States to settle allegations that it violated federal regulations in promoting several drugs, as reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The settlement is the largest in U.S. history to date in a healthcare fraud case. Georgia will receive $21.7 million as part of […]
READ MOREGun owner says being stopped for carrying a handgun in Belle Meade is Messed Up
A Brentwood man is suing a State Park Ranger in Federal Court alleging his civil rights were violated. This story stems back to a December 20th encounter at Radnor State Park. Leonard Embody was carrying an AK – 47 Pistol while walking the hiking trails. Park Rangers detained the former Williamson County School bus driver […]
READ MORESouth Korean Internet addicts convicted of abandoning, starving baby
A South Korean couple was convicted today of abandoning their baby to die while they let their Internet addiction take over their life. Prosecutors at South Korea’s Suwon District Court ended up with a two-year sentence for father Kim Jae-beom, 41, and a suspended sentence for mother Kim Yun-jeong, 25, who is expecting another baby […]
READ MOREBear Stearns Hedge Fund Managers’ Trial Begins Today
The trial of former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers Ralph Cioffi and Matthew Tannin begins today in Brooklyn, as reported by Bloomberg. A jury will be selected today. Cioffi and Tannin are charged with allegedly causing losses of $1.4 billion to investors by misleading investors regarding the health of two Bear Stearns hedge funds, the […]
READ MOREGovernment Drops Prosecution of Miami Attorney Ben Kuehne for Receipt of Legal Fees from Drug Kingpin
Last Wednesday, the Government, through Deputy Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco, filed a brief Motion to Dismiss Third Superseding Indictment with Prejudice seeking to dismiss its indictment against Miami, Florida, attorney Benedict P. Kuehne, and also Colombian attorney Oscar Saldarriaga Ochoa, in the criminal action of U.S. v. Velez, 1:05-cr-20770-MGC, in the U.S. District […]
READ MOREFriends ID victim shot backstage after Wiz Khalifa concert in Mountain View
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — A 38-year-old man has died Saturday morning as a result of injuries suffered during a shooting after a Wiz Khalifa concert at Mountain View’s Shoreline Amphitheatre on Friday night, police spokeswoman said. The Coroner’s Office has yet to name the victim but friends have identified him as 38-year-old Eric Johnson of […]
READ MOREForney woman, children accidentally pulled over at gunpoint by police
It’s late one evening in Anytown, USA. Two couples are walking home from a double date that took them to dinner and a movie. One couple is white, the other black. Ahead they see a police car slowly approaching. The visceral reaction of the couples is different. The white couple breathes a sigh of relief. […]
READ MORETwo Arrested for Making Threats Against East Hampton Jewish Center
The East Hampton Village Police Department arrested two Riverhead residents on Thursday on charges of making terrorist threats against the Jewish Center of the Hamptons. East Hampton Village detectives arrested Asli Dincer, 44, and her former husband, Melih Dincer, 31 on Thursday night at John F. Kennedy International Airport, when the two returned to the […]
READ MOREUnited States v. Dallman: Ninth Circuit on Drug Quantities and Sentencing
A federal trial court did not err in attributing 142 pounds of marijuana to one man for purposes of sentencing, even though the marijuana was actually carried by three men in the commission of the crime, a Ninth Circuit panel held Monday in United States v. Dallman, No. 05-30349. The defendant in Dallman was convicted of […]
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