The defendant in U.S. v. Webb was physician charged with unlawfully distributing numerous controlled substances such as oxycodone and fentanyl. Three of his patients died as a result of their over use and he was charged with enhanced provisions of the controlled substances law and enhanced provision of the healthcare…
In a 2 to 1 decision the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a district court’s sanctions imposed under the Hyde Amendment. The majority called this case a high stakes appeal involving the sovereign immunity of the United States, the separation of powers and the civil rights and professional reputation…
This case does not involve white collar crime. But it involves the issue of a joint trial with overwhelming bad evidence against the co-defendant, so it is still important. In U.S. v. Lopez this defendant appealed her drug trafficking conspiracy conviction. She was tried with two co-defendants, which were charged…
On May 14, 2011, FBI agents in Miami arrested Hafiz Muhammad Ali Khan, 76 year-old Imam, on charges of conspiracy along with four other family members to give financial aid to terrorist activities of the Taliban rebels in Pakistan. The indictment alleges specifically that they sent $50,000 to insurgents for…
According to a report by Jay Weaver of the Miami Herald, a Federal Judge issued an arrest warrant for lawyer Michael Walsh for his failure to appear in Federal Court. Walsh failed to show up for the start of a Federal mortgage fraud trial for John Guaracino on Monday May…