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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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More