Overview – Important Federal Circuit Decision
On January 9, 2018, the 1st Circuit issued an important decision for the criminal justice system, and for Eber Rivera, who may have been wrongfully convicted of Armed Assault with Intent to Murder a…
The Court’s Ruling
On February 3d, 2017, the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston reversed felony drug convictions for conspiracy to smuggle cocaine from Puerto Rico to the continental United States, because of the prosecutor’s improp…
On January 28-30, Ted Lothstein and Richard Guerriero flew out to San Antonio, Texas for a three-day federal criminal defense continuing legal education course entitled “Winning Strategies Seminar” and presented by the Administrative Off…
Court Orders Sentence Reduction underAmendment 782
Effective November 1, 2014, Amendment 782 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines, the so-called “Drugs Minus Two Amendment” reduced the guidelines for all federal drug offenses by two…
Boston Court Issues Published Decision in Case Handled by Lothstein Guerriero, PLLC
On November, 4, 2015, the First Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston issued a published decision in an appeal handled by Ted Lothstein, United States v. Sean Brown, No.…
An important new 1st Circuit decision reminds us that the lawyer’s duty to object to inadmissible material can be just as important during sentencing, as at trial.
Luis Cirilo pled guilty to unlawful firearm possession, pursuant to a plea ag…
On Friday, June 26, 2015, in a decision entitled Johnson v. United States, the United States Supreme Court struck down the ‘residual clause’ of the Armed Career Criminals Act. This federal law elevates the sentence for a an illegal gun co…
