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Unpublished Decisions

By Shari Allison

U.S. v. Williams, 2010 WL 3733883 (9/27/10) (Colo) (unpub'd) - It was okay for an officer to identify the defendant as the person in the "less-than-perfect" video destroying a trail sign in a national forest. The officer had seen her 6 times over the course of 3 years, including a couple of heated meetings discussing her opposition to people traipsing over property that she had mineral rights in. U.S. v. Chism, 2010 WL 3735784 (9/24/10) (Kan.) (unpub'd) - D. Ct. refused to vary due to unfair crack-powder disparity but says it would be "more than pleased" to apply any change the Sentencing Commission might institute in the future, essentially leaving it up to the Commission to do the weighing of § 3553(a) factors re: the crack/powder disparity...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tenth Circuit Blog on October 07, 2010 (boomark / email).