LAST week I started a series on sentence errors. Let’s take a look at the corrections of the exercises I shared then. Take out your note and compare the answers, and feel free to email me if there are ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Eight years was added to man’s prison sentence by error, but now it has been corrected after we called attention to it. WREG’s investigator Jessica Gertler has been working to get ...
When a criminal defendant’s sentence is plainly unlawful in light of an intervening Supreme Court decision, is “plain error” correction prohibited under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b) ...
Sometimes, an appellate court uses oral argument to help it decide who ought to win. Other times, the justices know who will win, and oral argument becomes an opportunity for the judges to use counsel ...
OLYMPIA — Incorrect language on a court sentencing form improperly shaved off community supervision and treatment time for at least 73 Washington state sex offenders participating in a special program ...
WRITING is a thing. It demands precision and attention to details for you to get it right. Many people hold back from writing because they feel that they always make mistakes in connection with ...
Instead of a sentence in state prison, offenders in the program get a suspended sentence along with a mix of county jail time, treatment and community supervision. That can include visits with ...