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         These cases address a pivotal question regarding the application of the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) to state drug convictions that occurred before recent technical amendments to the federal drug schedules. ACCA imposes a stringent 15-year mandatory minimum sentence on defendants con...

Lora v. United States, No. 22-49, 2023 U.S. LEXIS 2548 (June 16, 2023) Supreme Court Lora Decision – What you need to know. I. Introduction The case revolves around the interpretation of two subsections of the United States Code, namely 18 U.S.C. §924(c) and 18 U.S.C. §924(j). Generally, a fede...

DUBIN v. UNITED STATES, No. 22-10. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Decided June 8, 2023 In this case, petitioner, David Dubin, was convicted of healthcare fraud for overbilling Medicaid for psychological testing. The question at hand was whether his actions a...

I.  Introduction of the case: Range v. AG United States, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 13972 (3d Cir. June 6, 2023) determined that Title 18 USC 922(g)(1) is not constitutional as applied. HOLDINGS: [1]-The federal "felon-in-possession" law—18 U.S.C.S. § 922(g)(1)—violated defendant's Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms because despite defendant's false statement conviction, he remained among "the people" protected by the Second Amendment. The Court of Appeals rejected the Government's argument that only "law-abiding, responsible citizens" are protected by the Second Amendment.