Third Circuit Blog
Commentary and summaries of cases before the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Author: Candace Hom, Melinda Ghilardi, Nancy Rimmer, Sarah Gannett, Renee Pietropaolo and Tieffa Harper are federal defenders.
Blawg Related Categories: Appellate Practice • Criminal Justice • Public Defenders • Law Practice Management • Trials & Litigation • 3rd Circuit Court • Public Defender
Recent Posts from Third Circuit Blog
- For Purposes of Double Jeopardy, General Conspiracy Statute Creates Single Offense that May Be Committed in Two Ways
- Indictment Alleging Honest Services Fraud Sufficient Where Charges Allege Intentional Violation of Clearly Defined Fiduciary Duty
- Shoupe Departures Applicable to Criminal History Only, Not Offense Level
- Third is First of Circuits to Address Constitutionality of AEPA: Denies First Amendment Challenges
- Defendant properly prosecuted and sentenced under federal chemical weapons statute after strategically employing toxic chemicals with intent to harm
- Entry of dual convictions for bank robbery and armed bank robbery violated Double Jeopardy Clause
- Plain error when district court, after granting downward departure, imposes sentence higher than bottom of pre-departure Guidelines range.
- In an Clean Air Act Case, the Judgments of Conviction and Sentence Are Affirmed
- A Civil Contempt Order, Which Confined the Defendant for 5 Years, Was Not a De Facto Criminal Contempt Order
- Rehearing Granted in Case Where Court Previously Held That Prior Conviction for Resisting Arrest Qualified as a Crime of Violence.