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In Plain Cite

In Plain Cite is a podcast about developments in federal criminal defense law, focusing on the US Supreme Court and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, produced by the Federal Public Defender Office in the Southern District of West Virginia.

Further podcasts by Federal Public Defender, WVS - A Federal Criminal Law Podcast

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Ep 82 November 2023 Fourth Circuit Update from 2023-12-01T17:47

Jonathan Byrne and Alicia Penn of the District of South Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit news.

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Ep 81 October 2023 Fourth Circuit Update from 2023-10-10T15:28

Jonathan Byrne and Josh Carpenter of the Western District of North Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit, Supreme Court, and Sentencing Guideline news.

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Ep 80 September 2023 Fourth Circuit Update from 2023-09-18T13:45

Jonathan Byrne and Jackie Tarlton discuss recent Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decisions.

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Ep 79 August 2023 Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court Update from 2023-08-23T17:10

Jonathan Byrne discusses recent Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court decisions with Jeremy Thompson from the Federal Public Defender Office in South Carolina.

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Ep 78 June 2023 Fourth Circuit Update from 2023-06-29T16:19

Jonathan Byrne and Andrew Grindrod from the Eastern District of Virginia discuss recent and Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 77 May 2023 Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court Update from 2023-05-15T15:08

Jonathan Byrne discusses recent Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 76 April 2023 Fourth Circuit Update from 2023-04-05T17:00

Jonathan Byrne and Jeremy Thompson of the District of South Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 75 March 2023 Fourth Circuit Update from 2023-03-23T18:29

Jonathan Byrne and Alicia Penn District of South Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 74 February 2023 Fourth Circuit Update from 2023-02-13T20:25

Jonathan Byrne and Josh Carpenter of the Western District of North Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 73 December 2022 Fourth Circuit Update from 2022-12-19T16:06

Jonathan Byrne and Andrew Grindrod of the Eastern District of Virginia Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 72 November 2022 Fourth Circuit Update from 2022-11-17T22:14

Jonathan Byrne and Jeremy Thompson from the Federal Public Defender Office in South Carolina discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 71 October 2022 Fourth Circuit and Supreme CourtUpdate from 2022-10-18T12:35

Jonathan Byrne and Josh Carpenter of the Western District of North Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 70 September 2022 Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit Update from 2022-09-19T15:15:12

Jonathan Byrne and Alicia Penn with the Federal Public Defender Office in South Carolina discuss recent Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 69 August 2022 Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit Update from 2022-08-17T18:26:34

Jonathan Byrne of the Southern District of West Virginia and Jackie Tarlton of the Eastern Disctrict of North Carolina discuss recent Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 68 June 2022 Fourth Circuit Update from 2022-06-22T13:36:12

Jonathan Byrne of the Southern District of West Virginia and Emily Harrell of the District of South Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit decisi...

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Ep 67 May 2022 Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court Update from 2022-05-13T14:45:35

Jonathan Byrne discusses recent Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 66 April 2022 Fourth Circuit Update from 2022-04-18T14:51:27

Jonathan Byrne and Andrew Grindrod of the Eastern District of Virginia Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 65 March 2022 Fourth Circuit Update from 2022-03-09T21:07:21

Jonathan Byrne and Alicia Penn of the District of South Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 64 February 2022 Fourth Circuit Update from 2022-02-18T13:09:49

Jonathan Byrne and Jackie Tarlton of the Eastern District of North Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 63 December 2021 Fourth Circuit Update from 2021-12-22T16:16:49

Jonathan Byrne and Josh Carpenter of the Western District of North Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 62 November 2021 Fourth Circuit Update from 2021-11-05T16:22:24

Jonathan Byrne and Alicia Penn of the District of South Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 61 October 2021 Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court Update from 2021-10-07T17:00:44

Jonathan Byrne and Jackie Tarlton of the Eastern District of North Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions and look at the upcoming Supreme Court session....

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Ep 60 September 2021 Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court Update from 2021-09-23T18:25:56

Jonathan Byrne and Andrew Grindrod of the Eastern District of Virginia Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 59 August 2021 Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit Update from 2021-08-23T14:03:48

Jonathan Byrne and Emily Harrell of the District of South Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 58 June 2021 Fourth Circuit Update from 2021-06-14T13:34:24

Jonathan Byrne and Alicia Penn of the District of South Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 57 May 2021 Fourth Circuit Update from 2021-05-10T16:22:05

Jonathan Byrne and Josh Carpenter of the Western District of North Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 56 April 2021 Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court Update from 2021-04-08T15:18:35

Jonathan Byrne and Emily Harrell of the District of South Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court decisions.

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Ep 55 March 2021 Fourth Circuit Update from 2021-03-09T16:45:41

Jonathan Byrne and Andrew Grindrod of the Eastern District of Virginia Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 54 February 2021 Fourth Circuit Update from 2021-02-08T13:13:34

Jonathan Byrne and Jackie Tarlton of the Eastern District of North Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 53 December 2020 Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court Update from 2020-12-15T18:22:22

Jonathan Byrne and Josh Carpenter of the Western District of North Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 52 November 2020 Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court Update from 2020-11-09T13:28:19

Jonathan Byrne and Andrew Grindrod of the Eastern District of Virginia Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court decisions.

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Ep 51 September 2020 Fourth Circuit Update from 2020-10-06T19:55:36

Jonathan Byrne and Alicia Penn of the District of South Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 50 August 2020 Fourth Circuit Update from 2020-08-14T19:54:59

Jonathan Byrne and Emily Harrell of the District of South Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 49 July 2020 Fourth Circuit Update from 2020-07-13T16:33:01

Jonathan Byrne and Jackie Tarlton of the Eastern District of North Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 48 June 2020 Fourth Circuit Update from 2020-06-12T14:33

Jonathan Byrne and Josh Carpenter from the Western North Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court decisions.

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Ep 47 May 2020 Fourth Circuit Update from 2020-05-11T13:42:34

Jonathan Byrne and Andrew Grindrod from the Eastern Virginia Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court decisions.

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Ep 46 April 2020 Fourth Circuit Update from 2020-04-08T15:55:27

Jonathan Byrne and Jackie DiLauro of the Eastern District of North Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 45 March 2020 Fourth Circuit Update from 2020-03-17T17:23:22

Jonathan Byrne and Emily Harrell of the South Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 44 February 2020 Fourth Circuit Update from 2020-02-07T18:25:47

Jonathan Byrne and Alicia Penn of the South Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 43 December 2019 Fourth Circuit Update from 2019-12-20T20:37:36

Jonathan Byrne and Brian Beck of the Western Virginia Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 42 November 2019 Fourth Circuit Update from 2019-11-15T15:38:23

Jonathan Byrne and Jackie DiLauro of the North Carolina Eastern Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 41 August 2019 Fourth Circuit Update from 2019-09-06T15:17:16

Jonathan Byrne and Andrew Grindrod from the Virginia Eastern Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions

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Ep 40 July 2019 Fourth Circuit Update from 2019-08-01T18:10:59

Jonathan Byrne and Josh Carpenter from the North Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions

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Ep 39 June 2019 Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court Update Part 2 from 2019-07-02T20:41:46

Jonathan and Emily Harrell from the South Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court decisions

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Ep 38 June 2019 Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court Update from 2019-07-02T14:12:06

Jonathan and Emily Harrell from the South Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court decisions.

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Ep 37 April 2019 Fourth Circuit Update from 2019-07-02T14:08:48

Jonathan and Emily Harrell from the South Carolina Federal Public Defender Office discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 36 March 2019 Fourth Circuit Update from 2019-04-18T19:45:17

Jonathan and Jackie DiLauro discuss recent Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court decisions

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Ep 35 February 2019 Fourth Circuit Update from 2019-03-27T13:44:02

Jonathan and Andrew Grindrod discuss recent Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court decisions

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Ep 34 January 2019 Fourth Circuit Update from 2019-02-11T15:52:35

Jonathan and Brian Beck discuss recent Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court decisions

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Ep 33 November 2018 Fourth Circuit Update from 2018-12-11T19:43:10

Jonathan and Alicia discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions

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Ep 32 October 2018 US Sentencing Guidelines Update from 2018-10-16T20:02:35

Jonathan and Lex discuss the new United States Sentencing Guidelines amendments taking effect on November 1, 2018.

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Ep 31 August 2018 Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court Update from 2018-09-04T19:18:07

Jonathan discusses recent Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit cases with special guest Alicia Penn from the Federal Public Defender Office in South Carolina.

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Ep 30 June 2018 Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court Update from 2018-07-02T19:03:58

Jonathan discusses recent Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit cases with special guest Brian Beck from the Federal Public Defender Office in Western Virginia.

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Ep 29 May 2018 Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court Update from 2018-06-11T15:31:09

Jonathan discusses recent Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit cases with special guest Josh Carpenter from the Federal Public Defender Office in Western North Carolina.

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Ep 28 April 2018 Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court Update from 2018-05-09T17:31:30

Jonathan discusses recent Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit cases with special guest Emily Harrill from the Federal Public Defender Office in South Carolina.

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Ep 27 Fourth Circuit Update No 2 March 2018 from 2018-03-30T16:02:16

In this episode Jonathan talks about recent Fourth Circuit cases touching on traffic stops, conspiracy as a crime of violence, and the evidentiary nature of Facebook posts with Jackie DiLauro fr...

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Ep 26 March Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court Update from 2018-03-02T14:25:03

Jonathan discusses recent Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit cases with special guest Andrew Grindrod from the Federal Public Defender Office in the Eastern District of Virginia.

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Ep 25 Fourth Circuit and Supreme Court Update from 2018-02-13T15:00:01

Jonathan discusses recent Supreme Court and Fourth Circuit cases with special guest Emily Harrill from the Federal Public Defender Office in South Carolina.

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Ep 24 December Fourth Circuit Update 2 from 2017-12-22T16:30:50

Jonathan discusses recent Fourth Circuit cases with special guest Josh Carpenter from the Western District of North Carolina.

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Ep 23 New Rules for 2018 from 2017-12-19T14:52:08

Jonathan, Rhett, and Lex discuss new rules of evidence and appellate procedure

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Ep 22 Fourth Circuit Update November 2017 from 2017-12-07T19:40:43

Jonathan talks about new cases dealing with child sexual exploitation, fraud, and the death penalty with Brian Beck from the Western District of Virginia.

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Ep 21 Fourth Circuit Update October 2017 from 2017-11-06T16:32:33

Jonathan and guest Alicia Penn discuss four new Fourth Circuit cases, covering topics including crimes of violence, child pornography sentences, and health care fraud.

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Ep 20 Fourth Circuit Update September 2017 from 2017-10-02T18:03:45

In this episode we bring back special guest Emily Harrill to discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions.

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Ep 19 Fourth Circuit update with Special Guest Emily Harrill from 2017-09-06T18:49:24

In this episode we discuss recent Fourth Circuit decisions with special guest Emily Harrill from the Federal Public Defender Office in South Carolina.

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Ep 18 2017 Sentencing Commission Update from 2017-09-05T17:27:51

In this episode we talk about the recent public meeting of the United States Sentencing Commission and what might be in store for the Guidelines.

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Ep 17 Fourth Circuit Update from 2017-06-09T13:52:46

In this episode we talk about recent Fourth Circuit cases touching on the use of force, prior bad acts, double jeopardy, and coerced statements

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Ep16 AFPD Interview from 2017-04-05T12:33:01

Our extern, Brittany, interviews AFPD David Bungard to get a feel for what it's like to practice federal criminal defense for the indigent charged with federal crimes.  David discusses the diffe...

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Ep15 Beckles Is Here from 2017-03-10T18:30:01

This week brought the eagerly awaited Supreme Court decision in Beckles, in which the Court held that the Sentencing Guidelines could not be challenged as being unconstitutionally vague. What do...

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Ep 14 - Overincarceration from 2017-02-14T18:51:44

Federal Public Defender Christian Capece and Legal Research and Writing Specialist Jonathan Byrne speak with Professor John Pfaff of Fordham University School of Law, author of "Locked In:  The ...

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Ep 13 - 2017 Preview of Sentencing Guideline Amendments from 2016-12-19T14:08:25

We look forward to 2017 and proposed Sentencing Guideline Amendments.  Also, a look back at two big stories of 2016, the death of Antonin Scalia and the the continuing ripple of Johnson...

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Ep 12 - Supervised Release Recommendations from 2016-11-29T18:40:28

Our team looks at the recent changes to the Sentencing Commission's recommended conditions of supervised release, examine some of the other Guideline amendments that went into effect at the begi...

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Ep 11 - Supreme Court Update from 2016-09-16T13:23:04

Today, Jonathan and Lex discuss Birchfield, which deals with the fourth amendment and blood alcohol and breath tests; Strieff which focuses on attenuation and the fourth amendm...

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Ep. 10 - Supervised Release from 2016-08-04T20:28:17

The office's summer interns offer a critique on how Supervised Release works in today's federal justice system and share their ideas on how to improve the same.

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Ep. 9 - Johnson Deadline from 2016-06-15T13:29:58

A quick discussion of the basics practitioners need to know as the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court's Johnson decision approaches and, along with it, the deadline for filing 2255 motion...

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Ep. 8 - Fourth Circuit Fourth Amendment from 2016-02-18T16:27:56

On this episode of In Plain Cite, Jonathan, Lex, and Rhett discuss guideline amendments adopted by the United States Sentencing Commission and then bring us some commentary on recent Fourth Amen...

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Ep. 7 - Sentencing Commission on US v Johnson from 2015-12-22T20:46:35

In Episode 7 of In Plain Cite, our hosts, Jonathan and Lex, take a look at amendments to the US Sentencing Guidelines that were proposed in August 2015. Those amendments would overhaul the defin...

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Ep. 6 - 2015 USSG Amendments from 2015-11-24T22:09:57

Episode 6 of In Plain Cite answers a question from our Criminal Just Act panel.  Lex and Rachel review some of the more important United States Sentencing Guideline amendments that went into eff...

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Ep. 5 - Clemency from 2015-11-06T20:21:13

Episode 5 of In Plain Cite deals with clemency.  Our hosts, Jonathan and Ann, speak with Italia Patti, Justice Franklin D. Cleckley Fellow of the WV Innocence Project, and Deidre Purdy, a solo-p...

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Episode 4 - Johnson update from 2015-10-09T20:46:58

Episode 4 of In Plain Cite revisits Johnson, ACCA, 2255, and Guidelines.  We also look at the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015 and other congressional initiatives.  Finally, a previ...

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Episode 3 - Cell phones from 2015-09-15T17:12:29

Jonathan and Rachel discuss cell phones, cell towers, the 4th Amendment, the Stored Communications Act, and the pending cases of Graham and Davis.

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Ep. 2 - Congressional Update from 2015-08-10T19:18:41

Jonathan and Rachel give some Congressional upates on federal criminal sentencing and discuss the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, the Smarter Sentencing Act, and the SAFE Act.  Is Sen. Grassley com...

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Ep. 1 - Johnson and Armed Career Criminal Act from 2015-07-15T17:40:35

The US Supreme Court just declared part of the Armed Career Criminal Act unconstitutional. Where does that leave federal criminal defendants going forward? Will it impact the Sentencing Guidelin...

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