Wednesday, October 05, 2011

Third Circuit -- USA v. Daniel Siddons

"Because my attorney wasn't ready for trial" not a valid reason to withdraw plea.

No ex post facto violation where sentencing bump not in existence at the time of crime is applied, so long as the crime is part of continuing related conduct later sentenced according to the latest version of the Guidelines.

No error in obstruction bump, sentence substantively reasonable.

USA v. Daniel Siddons
Compiled by D.E. Frydrychowski, who is, not incidentally, not giving you legal advice.

Category tags above are sporadically maintained Do not rely. Do not rely. Do not rely.

Author's SSRN page here.