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Recent 11th Circuit En Banc Case Regarding Cell Phone Tracking
March 1st, 2015
Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Hope C. Lefeber Discusses Recent 11th Circuit En Banc Case Regarding Cell Phone Tracking Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear arguments regarding constitutionality of warrantless cell phone tracking. Philadelphia, Penn…
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Recent Proposals to Federal Sentencing Guidelines
February 27th, 2015
Federal U.S. Sentencing Commission Proposes Changes to White Collar and Relevant Conduct Sentencing Guidelines. Ms. Lefeber discusses the proposals. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania February 27, 2015 To mark the ten year anniversary of U.S. v. Booker, 543…
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Recent Third Circuit Expansion of Exclusionary Rule
February 25th, 2015
Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Hope Lefeber Discusses Recent Third Circuit Expansion of Exclusionary Rule The Third Circuit, in U.S. v. Wright, 2015 WL 507169 (3d Cir. Feb. 2015) that DEA Agents’ inadvertent failure to include list of items to b…
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Abuse of Trust Sentencing Enhancement for Physician in Medicare Fraud
January 24th, 2015
Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Hope Lefeber Discusses Recent Third Circuit Case Affirming Abuse of Trust Sentencing Enhancement for Physician in Medicare Fraud In U.S. v. Babaria, 2014 WL 7399043, the Third Circuit held that a physician who paid k…
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Top Ten Attorney in Pennsylvania Hope Lefeber Named by National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys
December 30th, 2014
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania December 30, 2014 Philadelphia and New York City Criminal Defense Attorney, Hope Lefeber, was recently ranked as one of the Top Ten Criminal Defense Attorneys in Pennsylvania by the National Academy of Criminal Defense Atto…
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Police Officer's Mistaken Understanding of the Law is Irrelevant in Traffic Stop
December 28th, 2014
Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Hope Lefeber Discusses Supreme Court Case Holding That Police Officer’s Mistaken Understanding of the Law Is Irrelevant in Traffic Stop Heien v. North Carolina, 574 U.S. (2014), is a decision by the United States S…
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White Collar Offenses New Proposed Guidelines to Reduce Federal Sentences
December 16th, 2014
Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Hope Lefeber Discusses New Proposed Guidelines to Reduce Federal Sentences for White Collar Offenses Philadelphia, Pennsylvania December 16, 2014 The Criminal Justice Section of the American Bar Association has recen…
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Third Circuit Case Vacating Conviction Due to Delay in Presentment for Preliminary Hearing
December 2nd, 2014
Federal Criminal Defense Attorney, Hope Lefeber, Discusses Recent Third Circuit Case Vacating Conviction Due To Delay In Presentment for Preliminary Hearing In U.S.A. v. Thompson, 2014 WL 6463173, the Third Circuit reversed the trial court’s suppre…
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Exigent Circumstances and the Fourth Amendment
October 30th, 2014
Federal Criminal Defense Attorney Discusses Recent Third Circuit Decision Regarding Exigent Circumstances and the Fourth Amendment Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 30, 2014 The Third Circuit in U.S. v. Mallory, No. 13-2025, held that once a suspect…
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Philadelphia Defense Wins Motion to Withdraw Guilty Plea in Federal Court
October 24th, 2014
Federal Judge in U.S.A. v. Sonia Panell, No 14-80, Grants Defense Motion Based Upon Failure of Government to Disclose Brady and Giglio Evidence in Solicitation to Commit Murder for Hire Case. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania October 24, 2014 In a highly pu…
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