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Can I Get a Sentence Reduction Under the First Step Act?

What is the 2018 First Step Act? It’s the most recent effort to correct the long-standing 100-1...
Fourth Circuit Overturns “Habitual Drunkard” Law: Manning v. Caldwell, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Decided July 16, 2019

Fourth Circuit Overturns “Habitual Drunkard” Law: Manning v. Caldwell, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Decided July 16, 2019

In Manning v. Caldwell, the Fourth Circuit overturned a Virginia law that criminalized “habitual...
Bad Advice About Deportation is Ineffective Assistance: U.S. v. Murillo, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Decided June 24, 2019

Bad Advice About Deportation is Ineffective Assistance: U.S. v. Murillo, Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, Decided June 24, 2019

In U.S. v. Murillo, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that, when an attorney gives bad...