South Carolina justices rebuff bid to stop Friday execution
COLUMBIA — The South Carolina Supreme Court has refused to stop the execution of Freddie Owens who is set to die by lethal injection Friday in the state’s first execution […]
Criminal Practice – Sentence-reduction motion was in feds’ discretion
By the unambiguous terms of a plea agreement, the government had discretion to determine whether the defendant had complied with his obligation under the agreement to give full and complete […]
Criminal Practice — Sentencing Judge Looked to Unrelated Factors
U.S. v. Concha (Lawyers Weekly No. 001-147-17, 9 pp.) (Traxler, J.) No. 15-4760, June 26, 2017; USDC at Greensboro, N.C. (Biggs, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: When ruling on the government’s […]
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