On November 1, 2025, the most recent amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual went into effect. Among other changes, the amendments streamline the sentencing process from three steps to two ...

The advisory federal sentencing guidelines play an important role in the sentencing of federal offenders (they do not apply to state offenders). The US Sentencing Commission has proposed that the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Changes are coming to federal sentencing guidelines unless Congress votes against them. The bipartisan United States Sentencing Commission met on April 11, 2025, and voted ...

Federal sentencing for fraud and theft offenses has long been dominated by a single metric: monetary loss. Section 2B1.1 of the Commission’s Guidelines Manual (the “Guidelines”) presents a graduated ...

While the Supreme Court's decision in Blakely v. Washington has the federal bar on edge, Texas lawyers have been given breathing room thanks to a 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision that held ...

The Ninth Circuit upheld a federal sentencing enhancement in United States v. Tekola, ruling a residence used as a drug trafficking hub can trigger guideline penalties.