Criminal Prosecution, Sixth Amendment, Criminal Convictions

Judge Rakoff Challenges Sentencing Guidelines: Upholding the Sixth Amendment

ArentFox Schiff on 3/20/2025

On March 10, US District Judge Jed S. Rakoff of the Southern District of New York issued a decision in United States v. Tavberidze, holding that section 3E1.1(b) of the US Sentencing Guidelines, which provides a one-point...more

Second Circuit Affirms Conviction and Sentence of Defendant Who Posted Video Urging "Slaughter" of Members of United States...

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 10/12/2023

In United States v. Hunt, the Second Circuit (Walker, Parker, and Bianco) affirmed the conviction and sentence of Brendan Hunt, who in the wake of the 2020 presidential election threatened prominent elected officials on...more

SCOTUS Rules That Sixth Amendment Requires Unanimous Jury Verdicts For Criminal Convictions In Federal And State Courts

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 4/23/2020

On April 20, 2020, the Supreme Court issued an opinion in Ramos v. Louisiana, ruling that the Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution requires unanimous jury verdicts for a conviction in a criminal case. In a split decision,...more

Circuit Affirms Conviction of Al Qaeda Member Who Claimed He Was Denied His Right to Self-Representation

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 4/30/2019

On April 24, 2019, the Second Circuit issued a per curiam decision in United States v. Hausa (Kearse, Jacobs, and Hall) affirming the conviction of Ibrahim Hausa—a member of Al Qaeda known as Spin Ghul (the “White Rose”)—on...more

Circuit Holds that Interstate Travel Element Confers Multiple Venues for Prosecution

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 3/1/2018

In United States v. Holcombe, 16-1429-cr, the Second Circuit (Jacobs, Leval, Lohier) resolved three open issues involving a conviction for failing to register pursuant to the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act...more

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Judge Rakoff Challenges Sentencing Guidelines: Upholding the Sixth Amendment

Second Circuit Affirms Conviction and Sentence of Defendant Who Posted Video Urging "Slaughter" of Members of United States...

SCOTUS Rules That Sixth Amendment Requires Unanimous Jury Verdicts For Criminal Convictions In Federal And State Courts

Circuit Affirms Conviction of Al Qaeda Member Who Claimed He Was Denied His Right to Self-Representation

Circuit Holds that Interstate Travel Element Confers Multiple Venues for Prosecution

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