Articles Posted in U.S. Supreme Court

January 23, 2009 From the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section “> www.abanet.org/crimjust“> Spears v. US, No. 08–5721 The government appealed a sentence for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base and powder cocaine in which the District Court reduced the sentencing range for crack cocaine from the 100 to 1 ratio…

From: Findlaw Breaking Documents May 28, 2008; Suspect’s Constitutional Rights Not Violated, Even If Prohibited By State Law VIRGINIA V. MOORE “(U.S. Supreme Ct., April 23, 2008) – Police did not violate a suspect’s Fourth Amendment rights when they made an arrest based on probable cause but prohibited by state…