WAIVER – FORFEITURE – SERIOUS NON-POLITICAL CRIMES – AND LOZADA! What a Week!

Weekly Blog for 6.1.19 by Merle Kahn, Esq. Two interesting cases came down from the Ninth Circuit at the end of May 2019.  First, the Ninth Circuit analyzes the differences between waiving an argument and forfeiting an argument.  In the Continue reading WAIVER – FORFEITURE – SERIOUS NON-POLITICAL CRIMES – AND LOZADA! What a Week!

SENTENCING ENHANCEMENTS ARE PART OF THE SENTENCE FOR PARTICULARLY SERIOUS CRIME DETERMINATIONS

Weekly Blog for 3.9.19 Part II, by Merle Kahn, Esq. Sentencing Enhancements are Per Se Part of the Sentence for a Particularly Serious Crime Determination This week two cases came down from the Ninth Circuit and one was so amazing Continue reading SENTENCING ENHANCEMENTS ARE PART OF THE SENTENCE FOR PARTICULARLY SERIOUS CRIME DETERMINATIONS