4th Amendment: Search Warrant Application for all Email Accounts Overbroad in Criminal Case.
September 20th, 2013
Warrant applications by federal law enforcement officers to search all of the contents in the e-mail accounts of individuals suspected of purchasing stolen computer equipment were too broad and too general to pass Fourth Amendment scrutiny, The follo…
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Third Circuit Abolishes Judicial Immunity For Witnesses
September 6th, 2013
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals, in U.S.A. v. Quinn, 2013 WL 4504647, held that trial judges no longer have the authority to grant judicial immunity. The decision to grant immunity is solely within the prosecution's discretion.
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Third Circuit Abolishes Judicial Immunity for Witnesses
August 29th, 2013
The Third Circuit Court of Appeals, in U.S.A. v. Quinn, 2013 WL 4504647, held that trial judges no longer have the authority to grant judicial immunity. The decision to grant immunity is solely within the prosecution’s discretion. Hope Lefeber,…
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Stop and Frisk Tactics by NYPD Constitute Racial Profiling
August 13th, 2013
Stop and Frisk Tactics by NYPD Constitute Racial Profiling in Violation of 4th and 14th Amendments, Federal Judge Rules Philadelphia, Pennsylvania August 13, 2013 Hope Lefeber, a prominent New York City criminal defense lawyer discusses the case of F…
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Career Offenders Convicted of Crack Offenses ARe Not Elibible for a SEntence Reduction Under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c) If A Downward Departure Under §4A1.3 Was Granted
August 1st, 2013
In United States v. Flemming, No. 12-1118, the Third Circuit held that crack defendants who were designated as career offenders, but were granted downward departures from their career offender status pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 4A1.3, are not entitled to…
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Accused Have Constitutional Right to Challenge Pretrial Orders
July 25th, 2013
ABA Argues the Accused have Constitutional Right to Challenge Pretrial Orders Freezing Assets Needed For Counsel Fees Philadelphia, PA July 25, 2013 – Constitutional Right to Challenge Pretrial Orders Freezing Assets Hope Lefeber, a leading federal…
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Right to Remain Silent Does Not Exist Unless Explicitly Invoked Before Questioning
June 27th, 2013
U.S. Supreme Court Holds That the Right to Remain Silent Does Not Exist Unless Explicitly Invoked Before Questioning Philadelphia, PA June 27, 2013 – Right To Remain Silent Hope Lefeber, the leading federal criminal defense attorney in New York…
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Prosecutorial Misconduct
July 24th, 2012
A Washington Post article today points out that in many cases over the past several decades, federal prosecutors knew that the evidence against a defendant was flawed because the science upon which the conviction had relied was not reliable – yet t…
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Lawyer Who Claimed Child Porn Was Legal Research Is Acquitted – News – ABA Journal
July 24th, 2012
Lawyer Who Claimed Child Porn Was Legal Research Is Acquitted Leo Flynn plans to continue practicing law, the Argus Leader reports. “This just reaffirms why I became a lawyer,” he said outside the federal courtroom. “That’s why I’m going to…
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