Criminal Law

NMFS evaluating need to list five species of rockfish
73 Fed. Reg. 14195 (Mar. 17, 2008)( NOAA Fisheries; Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating Critical Habitat: Notice of Finding on a Petition to List Five Rockfish Species in Puget Sound (Washington) as Endangered or Threatened Species ...

ATM Thief's Sentence Affirmed
US v. Hahn, No. 2008 WL 5247929, 12/18/08 -Sentence for ATM technician who pled to stealing from ?straps? of cash meant for the ATMs affirmed. There was no clear error in loss calculation or restitution order, ordering sentence to run consecutively to state court sentence for lewd and indecent proposal to children was not an abuse of discretion, nor was imposing sex offender conditions as part of supervised release convictions because the conduct underlying the sex offender convictions occurred after defendant was fired for stealing the cash and is part of his history and characteristics.

Did you know
Did you know that in 2007 the Nevada Supreme Court issued final dispositions in 879 criminal appeals, that it affirmed the conviction in 608 of those appeals (69%); dismissed 167 of those appeals (19%); affirmed/reversed/remanded 51 convictions (6%); and reversed, remanded or vacated only 30 convictions (3%)...

Third Circuit Remands Brown (Rite-Aid) Case for Resentencing
An opinion issued by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals here affirmed the convictions of an individual who worked for the Rite Aid Corporation, on convictions for "conspiracy to commit accounting fraud, filing false statements with the SEC, conspiracy to...

Enron CEO Jeff Skilling's convictions affirmed, but resentencing ordered
The AP has this early report on today's huge white-collar sentencing news: An appeals court has upheld former Enron Corp. CEO Jeff Skilling's convictions for his role in the energy giant's collapse but orders that he be resentenced...

Court Affirms Kozlowski & Swartz Convictions
The New York Court of Appeals, the highest state court in New York, affirmed the convictions of L. Dennis Kozlowski and Mark H. Swartz. The former CEO and CFO of Tyco received sentences of 8-25 years, despite being first offenders...