Federal Sentencing Guidelines

FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES

ANNUAL NATIONAL SEMINAR

DEFENSE LAWYER TRAINING

May 20, 2011

Eric A. Tirschwell, Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP, New York, New York

David Debold, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington DC

Justine A. Harris, Colson & Harris LLP, New York, New York

SELECTED RESOURCES AND ARTICLES

General Advocacy Material

1.  Federal Defender Sentencing Resource Page

http://www.fd.org/odstb_SentencingResource3.htm

2.  “Departures and Variances,” David Hemingway and Janet Hinton, September 1, 2009

http://www.fd.org/pdf_lib/DeparturesandVariances2apt.jgh.pdf

3.  Deconstructing the Guidelines

http://www.fd.org/odstb_SentencingResource3.htm#DECONS

4. 20th Annual Sentencing Seminar – Year in Review Power Point.

http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/whitecollar/Sentencing/$FILE/DeboldSlides.pdf

5.  “Seeking Leniency in Federal Sentences: Are Departures Dead?” Eric A. Tirschwell, New York Law Journal, May 4, 2010
http://www.kramerlevin.com/files/Publication/d80692c9-faa0-471b-bd67-0c115928ec5a/Presentation/PublicationAttachment/ac4dd0c5-bd3b-4608-9268-009796d2e8d1/NYLJ%20May%202010.pdf

6.  “No More Math Without Subtraction: Deconstructing the Guidelines’ Prohibitions and Restrictions on Mitigating Factors,” Amy Baron-Evans and Jennifer Niles Coffin (Revised April 15, 2011)

http://www.fd.org/pdf_lib/No_More_Math_Without_Subtraction.pdf

7.  Sentencing Commission 2010 Judge Survey

http://www.ussc.gov/Research/Research_Projects/Surveys/20100608_Judge_Survey.pdf

8.  “Fifteen Years of Guidelines Sentencing,” USSC, November 2004

http://www.ussc.gov/Research/Research_Projects/Miscellaneous/15_Year_Study/index.cfm

9.  Four Steps Towards Better Advocacy: Approaching Your Client’s Sentencing After Booker, Rita, Gall, and Kimbrough, Molly Lizbeth Roth, June 2010

http://www.fd.org/pdf_lib/Roth%20four%20steps%20article%206_10.pdf

9. United States v. Escobar-Arias, 2011 WL 133031 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 14, 2011)

Fraud/White Collar Crime

1.  NACDL October 2010 White Collar Sentencing Panel – Power Point

http://www.fd.org/pdf_lib/NACDL%2010.1.2010%20white%20collar%20sentencing%20panel.pdf

2.  Report in Support of Resolution Supporting Reform of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Economic Crimes

http://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/migrated/sections/criminaljustice/PublicDocuments/policy_econ_crime_report.authcheckdam.pdf

3.  United States v. Parris, 573 F. Supp. 2d 744 (E.D.N.Y. 2008)

4.  United States v. Ovid, 2010 WL 3940724 (E.D.N.Y. Oct. 1, 2010)

Drugs

1.  Understanding 2011 Federal Guideline Reform Efforts, FAMM

http://www.famm.org/FederalSentencing/USSentencingGuidelines/USSentencingGuidelinesUpdates/FederalSentencingGuidelines2011/Whatsitallabout.aspx

2.  Collection of Materials Relating to Crack Cocaine Sentencing

http://www.fd.org/odstb_CrackCocaine.htm

Child Pornography Guidelines

1.  “The History of the Child Pornography Guidelines,” USSC, October 2009

http://www.ussc.gov/Research/Research_Projects/Sex_Offenses/20091030_History_Child_Pornography_Guidelines.pdf

2.  “Deconstructing the Myth of Careful Study: A Primer of the Flawed Progression of the Child Pornography Guidelines,” Toby Stabenow, July 2009

http://www.fd.org/pdf_lib/child%20porn%20july%20revision.pdf

3. United States v. Dorvee, 616 F.3d 174 (2d Cir. 2010)

4. United States v. C.R., No. 09-CR-155 (E.D.N.Y. May 16, 2011)

http://sentencing.typepad.com/files/us-v-cr-eeinstein-sentencing_memorandum-final.pdf

Criminal History/Recidivism

1.  Three reports by USSC: “Measuring Recidivism: The Criminal History Computation of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines,” “Recidivism and the ‘First Offender,”” and “A Comparison of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines Criminal History Category and the U.S. Parole Commission Salient Factor Score.”

http://www.ussc.gov/Research/Research_Publications/publications.cfm

Collateral Consequences/Immigration Issues

1.  Immigration Consequences of Crimes Summary Checklist, Immigrant Defense Project

http://www.immigrantdefenseproject.org/docs/10_IDP%20Checklist-6-17-10.pdf

2.  Selected Immigration Consequences of Certain Federal Offenses, Dan Kesselbrenner and Sandy Lin, National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild

http://www.nationalimmigrationproject.org/legalresources/fed_chart_2010%20update.pdf

3.  “The Need for Second Chances After a Federal Conviction,” Robert J. Morvillo and Robert J. Anello, New York Law Journal, April 7, 2009

http://www.maglaw.com/publications/data/00193/_res/id=sa_File1/070040905Morvillo%20(2).pdf

4.  Collateral Consequences Resource List

http://www.fd.org/pdf_lib/Collateral%20Consequences%20Resource%20List.6.1.10.pdf

5.  The Consequences of a Criminal Charge, A People’s Guide

http://www.reentry.net/ny/public/

6.  Consequences of Criminal Charges (NY related)

http://www.lawhelp.org/NY/StateSubTopics.cfm/County/%20/City/%20/demoMode/%3D%201/Language/1/State/NY/TextOnly/N/ZipCode/%20/LoggedIn/0/iTopicID/1291/sTopicImage/court.gif/bAllState/0

7.  ABA Collateral Consequences Project

http://www2.americanbar.org/sections/criminaljustice/CR206500/Pages/collateral.aspx

8.  ABA Padilla Resources

http://www2.americanbar.org/sections/criminaljustice/CR109200/Lists/Announcements/DispFormNew.aspx?List=5ef5e2bc-c944-494e-93e8-f317ac692f29&ID=1&Source=http://www2.americanbar.org/sections/criminaljustice/CR109200/Pages/default.aspx