sentences

Stacked sentences - is it fair?

Walter Reaves
August 21, 2008 02:37

A jury in Waco, Texas recently sentenced a defendant to 20 years for intoxication manslaughter, the maximum sentence. There were also two people injured in the accident, and the jury sentenced him to 5 years for each of those (intoxication assault). The judge stacked the sentences, and he ended up...

Stacked sentences - is it fair?

Walter Reaves
August 21, 2008 02:37

A jury in Waco, Texas recently sentenced a defendant to 20 years for intoxication manslaughter, the maximum sentence. There were also two people injured in the accident, and the jury sentenced him to 5 years for each of those (intoxication assault). The judge stacked the sentences, and he ended up...

New “Tougher” Criminal Laws Now In Effect

Omar Ha-Redeye
July 02, 2008 06:40

It appears that law students are going to have to buy an updated Criminal Code for next year. The Harper Conservatives’ new “get tough on crime” legislation comes into full force today. The Tackling Violent Crime Act creates a number of amendments to the Criminal Code and...

Counterfeiting Sentences of 36 and 48 Months Affirmed

Leora Herrmann
September 30, 2007 16:23

The First Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the convictions and sentencing of Nelson Acevedo-Cruz and his wife Noraida Beltran who were indicted on November 4, 2004 on multiple counts of conspiracy to infringe copyright, trafficking in counterfeit labels, and trafficking in counterfeit goods or...

Soft Sentence in Federal Counterfeit Luxury Goods Prosecution

Leora Herrmann
August 19, 2007 05:06

The recent sentencing of Mamdou Diallo illustrates that many members of the federal judiciary are unsympathetic to Government requests for stiff sentences for counterfeiters.  Federal prosecutors asked for a sentence of 33 to 41 months in prison for Diallo, who was was found guilty of...