US v. Smith: An ACCA Win on Multiple Georgia Predicates
We don’t often feature unpublished opinions, but this one is too good to pass up. Congratulations to Leigh Ann Webster
A legal blog of the Federal Defender Program, Atlanta, Georgia
We don’t often feature unpublished opinions, but this one is too good to pass up. Congratulations to Leigh Ann Webster
Did you ever wonder what sentences are being doled out for clients prosecuted for COVID-related fraud? Look no further than
In our local appeals court, wayward doctors are having a moment. In two recent opinions, the Eleventh Circuit has refined
Written by Nicole M. Kaplan In December, the Eleventh Circuit decided the Jackson case, which tells us how to decide
Written by Nicole M. Kaplan In the bad old days, if your client had more than one criminal history point,
Once upon a time, the question in this title would have seemed ridiculous. Any conviction labeled “robbery”―state, federal, armed, unarmed,
Written by Nicole M. Kaplan: The en banc Eleventh Circuit recently issued an opinion in United States v. Dupree, 2023
Your correspondent has been on a blog sabbatical these past few months. He apologizes. Meanwhile, the Eleventh Circuit has been
Written by Nicole Kaplan My new year’s resolution is to sweat the small stuff! We are often focused almost exclusively
A DEA-led federal drug task force installed a pole camera outside a home in East Point, Georgia. A local law