Sixth Circuit Blog @6thCirBlog
Collective of federal public defenders litigating appeals from states in CA6 (KY, MI, OH, TN). #AppellateTwitter #pdtwitter #lawtwitter circuit6.blogspot.com Cincinnati, OH Joined November 2017-
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The Dreaded Appellate Waiver Strikes Again: Court Holds that a Challenge to an Indictment is Barred By Appellate Waiver dlvr.it/TC7Ghn
Tread Carefully: Sixth Circuit Upholds Denial of Late-Filed Motion to Dismiss dlvr.it/TC4RzL
Sixth Circuit Upholds Convictions in Massive Medicare Fraud Scheme... and the Hefty Sentences Imposed. dlvr.it/TBzH6L
Acquitted Conduct Remains Fair Game in Sentencing: Court Upholds 450% Upward Variance Based (In Part) on Acquitted Conduct dlvr.it/TBtY1F
Can A Stash House Have More Than One "Principal Purpose?" dlvr.it/TBrD0z
Giving teeth to the Speedy Trial Act for competency-evaluation delays dlvr.it/T6SZ8x
Coram No Deal: Sixth Circuit Denies Petition to Overturn Guilty Plea that Resulted in Denaturalization Proceedings dlvr.it/T4DCcs
The Sixth Circuit Again Reminds Us that Supervised Release Revocation Proceedings are Different. dlvr.it/T49cDB
Watch Your Turn: Court Declines to Suppress Evidence Seized as a Result of Officers' Misreading of Turning Statute dlvr.it/T42hQP
Court Affirms Application of "Reckless Endangerment" Enhancement to Passenger dlvr.it/T405f8
Waiver or Invited Error? It Could be Both...or Either. dlvr.it/T0k7Y8
Officer saying "Let me see it" held to be request, not command dlvr.it/Sz1Hwy
The Supreme Court granted cert today in Smith v. Arizona, a Confrontation Clause case. Here is the question presented:
Judges disagree on denial of rehearing en banc on First Step Act retroactivity language dlvr.it/SwdZxQ
THIS IS A BIG DEAL: 8th Circuit sua sponte rules that when the government seizes a cell phone with a warrant, it has to return the phone if it's not needed, and/or return data it doesn't need. This appears to be outside Rule 41 return motions, sort of an ongoing constiutional…
Sixth Circuit’s Denial of Rehearing En Banc Spawns Concurring and Dissenting Opinions sixthcircuitappellateblog.com/en-banc-watch/…
No good faith for search of electronic device, even after consent to preview device dlvr.it/SwF1YT

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