In 2008, DEA agents arrested Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in Bangkok, Thailand, during a sting operation in which agents posed as buyers for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia, or FARC. After a delay of two years in extraditing Bout from Thailand, he was transferred to New York where he was charged in the U.S…. Continue Reading
Category Archives: Appeals
Subscribe to Appeals RSS FeedWho is Dr. Arthur Jordan and Why’s the Government Protecting This Guy
Posted in Appeals, Health Care FraudRoy Black, appeal, Dr. Arthur Jordan, confrontation clause, controlled substances, government expert witness, prescriptions, legitimate medical purpose
The Demise of Honest Services
Posted in AppealsThe oral arguments in the Conrad Black and Bruce Weyrauch cases last week portend the demise of honest services mail fraud. We expect the Supreme Court to declare 18 U.S.C. 1346 unconstitutionally vague.
Another Win in the Supremes
Posted in AppealsIn Abuelhawa v. United States, the Supreme Court held that using a telephone to make a misdemeanor drug purchase does not “facilitate” felony drug distribution in violation of 21 U.S.C. 843(b).