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Byline: Tom Jackman As part of Maryland State Trooper John Sollon's assignment to a specialized drunk-driving enforcement team, he had to go to court to testify against the drivers he [...]

Byline: Don Thompson and Brian Melley, ASSOCIATED PRESS SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A former police officer accused of terrorizing California as a serial burglar and rapist and killing more than a [...]

Byline: Ann E. Marimow and Carol D. Leonnig WASHINGTON - Judge Emmet Sullivan should not be required to act as a 'mere rubber stamp' for the government's unusual move to [...]

As part of an agreement with prosecutors, Ms. Loughlin, the Hollywood actress, is expected to receive a two-month prison sentence. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- She frowned at times, and other times [...]

ABINGDON, VIRGINIA -- The following information was released by the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Virginia: A pair of New York men, who were stopped for [...]

Byline: Spencer S. Hsu A retired federal judge appointed to oppose the Justice Department's bid to dismiss former national security adviser Michael Flynn's guilty plea to lying to the FBI [...]

Byline: Aaron Blake Michael Flynn isn't a free man just yet, after a judge on Tuesday declined to immediately dismiss the case against him. Judge Emmet G. Sullivan will allow [...]

Byline: Spencer S. Hsu;Matt Zapotosky;Devlin Barrett Michael Flynn's sentencing judge Wednesday asked a former federal judge to oppose the Justice Department's request to dismiss the former Trump national security adviser's [...]

Byline: John Gleeson;David O'Neil;Marshall Miller John Gleeson served as a U.S. district judge for the Eastern District of New York and chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney's [...]

Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly A defendant who was incorrectly informed about the potential sentence if he pleaded guilty, which the government conceded was plain error, nevertheless failed to demonstrate the [...]

Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly An appeal waiver did not prevent the court from reviewing the defendant's claim her plea was tainted by constitutional error. On the merits, however, the court [...]

Byline: Mass. Lawyers Weekly StaffWhere a defendant who as a juvenile was found delinquent on three counts of indecent assault and battery based on a plea under North Carolina v. [...]

Byline: Mass. Lawyers Weekly StaffWhere (1) a defendant pleaded guilty to armed robbery while masked, (2) he was sentenced to eight and one-half to 20 years in state prison and [...]

Tim Watkins was only 22 years old when he was left for dead by the side of Wilsons Creek Road earlier this year. He was riding his bicycle home from [...]

Byline: Rachel Weiner Five years after residents in Alexandria's largest affordable-housing complex were exposed to asbestos during renovations, the contractor hired to deal with the problem has pleaded guilty to [...]

Byline: Mass. Lawyers Weekly StaffWhere a defendant moved to vacate his guilty plea on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel, the motion should have been allowed because the defendant [...]

Byline: Peter Vieth Less than two months after a Fairfax circuit judge considered whether "legal fiction" plea deals were acceptable under the law, a Norfolk federal judge turned thumbs down [...]

Byline: Virginia Lawyers Weekly Pino pleaded guilty to making a false statement in connection with the purchase of a firearm. The court vacated the guilty plea, however, because the factual [...]

Byline: Rebecca M. Lightle Even valid appeal waivers in plea agreements do not necessarily bar claims that the factual basis for a guilty plea is insufficient. In this case, however, [...]

Byline: Rebecca M. Lightle A defendant who'd agreed to plead guilty to murder could not withdraw his plea, fairly negotiated, based on the subsequent discovery of a witness with potentially [...]

Byline: Rebecca M. Lightle Even if he factually did not commit a charged offense, a criminal defendant may plead guiltyto avoid potential conviction of a more serious crime or imposition [...]

Byline: Rebecca M. Lightle Even if he factually did not commit a charged offense, a criminal defendant may plead guiltyto avoid potential conviction of a more serious crime or imposition [...]

Byline: Justin Jouvenal A neighbor of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, has agreed to plead guilty in federal court in a November attack that left the nation's best known libertarian with [...]