The Sixth Circuit recently issued yet another opinion regarding the impact of the Fair Sentencing Act. This latest case,U.S. v. Bell, involved a guilty plea by Gregory Bell to crack cocaine and gun...
In an incident that puts the notion that all publicity is good publicity to the test, a hotel in Pigeon Forge recently lost an appeal before the Sixth Circuit--Grand Resort v. TripAdvisor--regarding...
Edward Young received a mandatory 15-year prison sentence for the crime of possessing seven shotgun shells belonging to his widowed neighbor. At sentencing he was confronted with the harshness of...
In United States v. Davila, the defendant pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud the United States by obtaining false tax refunds. Prior to his plea, the defendant requested that the magistrate judge...
Nominating Commission Selects 3 Candidates for 6th District Circuit Court. The Judicial Nominating Commission met in Knoxville today to review the eight applicants for the Third Circuit Court...
UNITED STATES v. HERBERT WILFRED NIXON The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided to uphold the five-year sentence of a man who sent threatening letters to a federal judge in Nashville -...
U.S. v. Hughes In another confusing and unfortunate case involving the Fair Sentencing Act, the Sixth Circuit recently ruled against a man who had been convicted of possession with intent to...
A recent Sixth Circuit opinion concerned a Tennessee man, Ronald Michael Cauthern v. Roland Colson, who was convicted of murder and rape and sentenced to death for his crimes. Cauthern sought a writ...
The New York Times discussed the case of a college senior from Texas, Maxwell Birnbaum, who was arrested for possession of ecstasy during his freshman year while on a road trip with college buddies....
Jasubhai K Desai v. Raymond Booker This case begins with a doctor, Jasubhai Desai, and a nurse, Anna Marie Turetzky, agreeing to open a medical clinic together back in the 1970s. Their business did...