ZMO Law Blog

After being arrested with a negligible amount of marijuana, police suspected fidgety Felix Booker was hiding something more. Police transported Booker to — September 13, 2013

Attorney General Eric Holder has issued a new memorandum to all federal prosecutors regarding mandatory minimum sentences in narcotics cases. Mandatory — August 13, 2013

We advocate for just sentences for our clients convicted of crimes. One way sentences can be unfair in the federal system is that they can be based on — July 24, 2013

In a letter responding to the U.S. Sentencing Commission's call for comments on its priorities for the upcoming year, Mark Allenbaugh, the chair of the — July 19, 2013

Back when the federal Sentencing Guidelines were mandatory, there was broad agreement that an increase in a guideline after the completion of a crime — June 10, 2013

The immigration service has confirmed that former client Idriss Abdelrahman is on his way to Mali after three-and-a-half years in American prisons.  Mr. — June 5, 2013

The Supreme Court has ruled that Maryland's policy of swabbing arrestees for DNA is a search, but a reasonable, constitutional search, even without — June 3, 2013

Under New York's Sex Offender Registration Act, a judge determines risk.  That's a good thing, because it ensures that the defendant (i.e. convicted sex — May 13, 2013

Pretty much every defendant arrested by the feds -- the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Department of Homeland Security or the FBI -- is subjected to — April 22, 2013

Attorneys Adam Perlmutter and Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma have filed a complaint in Federal court in Albany alleging a pervasive pattern of sexual abuse by a — April 16, 2013

There was a fascinating report in the New York Times today about delays in the state courts in the Bronx, and a particular lawyer who -- according to the — April 15, 2013

According to the New York Times, a lawsuit over unpaid legal bills has given rise to a counterclaim for massive overbilling by one of the world's largest — March 26, 2013

According to online news outlet Main Justice, the Southern District's Judge Jed Rakoff came out with a "modest proposal" to scrap the U.S. Sentencing — March 12, 2013

The United States Sentencing Commission has finally released its long-awaited report on child pornography.  At upwards of 400 pages full of facts, — February 28, 2013

The Supreme Court has been busy lately fine-tuning the law on search-and-seizure, assistance of counsel and post-conviction procedures.  Here's a — February 25, 2013

Since the Supreme Court made the federal Sentencing Guidelines advisory and not mandatory on courts in 2005 in U.S. v. Booker, judges have struggled with — February 1, 2013

Judge John Gleeson of the Eastern District of New York has written a scathing opinion criticizing the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines approach to drug — January 30, 2013

Late last year, President Obama quietly signed into law the  Child Protection Act of 2012 (“CPA”).  Primarily publicized as a piece of anti-trafficking — January 27, 2013