Latest posts tagged with #plainerror on Bluesky
Briar Capital v Remmert: #5thCir affirms jury verdict rejecting #bankruptcy preference claim: claimant failed to file post-verdict motions, so waived review of sufficiency of evidence; no #plainerror review w/out 50(b) motion #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/3PAaU29
US v Lopez: #5thCir vacates sentence in child pornography case: where defendant exchanged images in chatroom, court properly applied 5-level distribution enhancement but incorrectly imposed pattern enhancement #plainerror #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/4rN3yGM
US v Dubois: #5thCir vacates #supervisedrelease condition: allowing probation officer to choose inpatient or outpatient substance abuse program after 10-mo sentence was impermissible delegation of sentencing power #appellatesky #lawsky #plainerror baffc.net/4bF6EXM
US v Wilson: #5thCir affirms after guilty plea to unlawful possession of machine gun: conviction didn't violate #2ndAmendment (Hollis still binds); no #plainerror in 2nd-degree murder USSG cross-reference #concur #dubitante #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/3LpRtHx
US v Trotter: #5thCir vacates for #plainerror, finds prosecutor's comments at #sentencing violated plea agreement; remands for defendant to either seek specific performance of agreement before new judge or rescind it #dissent #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/4oGDhZb
US v Sereal: #5thCir affirms conviction/sentence for felon in possession: #2ndAmendment #Bruen challenge failed; no #plainerror in applying #USSG crime-of-violence enhancement based on LA aggravated #assault conviction #Garner #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/4nguSu7
James v Smith: #5thCir reverses summary judgment for doctor defendants in #deliberateindifference claim by pretrial detainee w/infected prosthetic eye; dismissal of jail officials should've been w/out prejudice #plainerror #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/3HPkzhK
US v King: #5thCir affirms base offense level: no #plainerror in using LA #armedrobbery conviction as #crimeofviolence; remands for clarification & modification of written judgment to conform to oral pronouncement #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/3JednvZ
US v Wilson: #5thCir affirms convictions/sentence, holds police cannot #Terry stop person based solely on fact he is carrying #firearm, but upholds stop here on other grounds, finds no #plainerror #dissent #4thAmendment #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/4lDDCKx
