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Climbing the Hill

By Melody Evans and Kirk Redmond

Always mighty grateful to guest bloggers, here is Charles Dedmon describing the courts' flip-flopping in US v. Jay Hill:The January 15 decision of the Tenth Circuit in United States v. Jay Hill 512 F.3d. 1277 has been vacated. The decision was reheard by the original panel and the Judgment in Mr. Hill?s favor was reversed. United States v. Hill No. 07-3034 (10th Cir., Aug. 22, 2008).Mr. Hill?s case had dealt with the interplay between the choice of law provision applicable to 18 U.S.C. 922(g) and Kansas sentencing law. Specifically, the question involved whether a prior Kansas crime was punishable by a term of incarceration greater than one year when the Kansas guideline range applicable to the person was, at the top end, less than or equal to one year...continue to full post

Full post as published by Kansas Federal Defender on September 08, 2008 (boomark / email).