The BACK BENCHER Central District of Illinois Federal Defenders Vol. No. 28 Reversible Error 2002 attorneys from all divisions will attend, but DEFENDER’S MESSAGE especially those in the Urbana Division. Please make every effort to attend the seminar and take advantage of the opportunity to not only benefit I am pleased to present you with another from the topics addressed, but also enjoy meeting “Reversible Error” Special Edition of The Back and conversing with other CJA panel attorneys in Bencher. Alex Bunin, the Federal Defender for the your division. Northern District of New York and Vermont, has compiled cases from every federal circuit finding Please notify the Peoria office if you plan to attend reversible error since 1995, and he has generously by May 2, 2002. You may do so by mail or phone. shared his work with us, which we now pass on to The Peoria office is located at 401 Main Street, you. His compilation will undoubtedly be of use to Suite 1500, Peoria, IL 61602, and the telephone you when defending your clients both in the district number is (309) 671-7891. court and on appeal. We hope to see you there. Also useful to you in your practice will be our upcoming panel attorney seminar open to all panel attorneys. With the cooperation of Judge Yours very truly, McCuskey, the seminar will be held in the Urbana Division at the federal courthouse on May 9, 2002, at 3:00 pm. The program will last approximately two and one-half hours, with a social gathering Richard H. Parsons afterward at a place to be determined. Federal Public Defender Central District of Illinois Dean Strang, the Federal Defender for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, will address the critical topic of Motions Practice in Federal Court; George Taseff, Senior Litigator, will address Table Of Contents the topic of New Tools of the Trade for Effective Federal Advocacy; and Jonathan Hawley, Appellate Churchilliana ............................... 2 Division Chief, will give an Update on Recent Dictum Du Jour ............................. 3 Seventh Circuit and Supreme Court Opinions. Welcome Aboard ............................ 6 Additionally, a great deal of written materials in Reversible Error both hard copy and CD will also be available at no Release .................................... 6 cost to you. Counsel .................................... 7 Discovery .................................. 8 As you know, federal criminal defense practice is a Arrests ..................................... 8 Search of Persons ............................ 9 challenging and complex area of the law. Periodic Search of Private Vehicles ..................... 9 training and communication with fellow Search of Commercial Vehicles ................ 10 practitioners is essential to providing quality Search of Packages .......................... 10 Search of Private Property . .11 representation to our clients. It is hoped that Warrants .................................. 11 P 2 Reversible Error 2002 The BACK BENCHER Knock and Announce ........................ 12 Sentencing - Firearms ........................ 42 Statements ................................. 12 Sentencing - Money Laundering ................ 42 Recusal ................................... 13 Sentencing - Pornography ..................... 43 Indictments ................................ 13 Sentencing - Fraud / Theft .................... 43 Limitation of Actions ........................ 13 Enhancements - General ...................... 44 Venue .................................... 13 Enhancements - Drug Crimes .................. 44 Pretrial Procedure ........................... 14 Enhancements - Violence ..................... 45 Severance ................................. 14 Enhancements - Immigration .................. 46 Conflicts .................................. 14 Career Enhancements ........................ 46 Competency / Sanity ......................... 14 Cross References ............................ 47 Privilege .................................. 15 Abuse of Trust .............................. 48 Jeopardy / Estoppel .......................... 15 Obstruction of Justice ........................ 48 Plea Agreements ............................ 16 Vulnerable Victim ........................... 49 Guilty Pleas ................................ 17 Aggravating Role ........................... 49 Timely Prosecution .......................... 18 Mitigating Role ............................. 50 Jury Selection .............................. 19 Acceptance of Responsibility .................. 50 Closure ................................... 19 Safety Valve ............................... 51 Jury Trial .................................. 19 Criminal History ............................ 51 Confrontation .............................. 20 Upward Departures .......................... 52 Impeachment ............................... 20 Downward Departures ....................... 53 Co-Defendant’s Statements .................... 21 Fines / Restitution ........................... 54 Misconduct ................................ 21 Appeals ................................... 56 Extraneous Evidence ......................... 22 Resentencing ............................... 56 Identification ............................... 23 Supervised Release / Probation ................. 57 Expert Testimony ........................... 23 Ineffective Assistance of Counsel ............... 57 Entrapment ................................ 24 Defenses .................................. 24 Jury Instructions ............................ 25 Deliberations ............................... 25 Variance .................................. 26 CHURCHILLIANA Speech / Assembly .......................... 26 Interstate Commerce ......................... 26 In 1944, Churchill made a Christmas visit to Conspiracy ................................ 27 Athens. In Athens, the Prime Minister met General Firearms .................................. 28 Alexander. He asked Alexander what kind of a man was Extortion .................................. 29 Damaskenos, the Orthodox Archbishop of Greece. Drugs ..................................... 29 CCE / RICO ............................... 30 “Is he one of those priestly ascetics concerned only Fraud / Theft ............................... 31 with spiritual grace or one of those crafty prelates Money Laundering .......................... 33 concerned rather with temporal gain? Aiding and Abetting ......................... 33 Perjury .................................... 34 “Regrettably,” replied Macmillan, “the archbishop False Statements ............................ 34 seems to be one of the latter.” Contempt .................................. 34 Immigration ................................ 35 “Good,” replied Churchill, rubbing his hands. Pornography ............................... 35 “Then he is just our man.” Violent Crimes ............................. 35 Assimilative Crimes ......................... 36 Miscellaneous Crimes ........................ 36 Juveniles .................................. 36 Sentencing - General ......................... 37 Grouping .................................. 38 Consecutive/Concurrent ...................... 39 Retroactivity ............................... 39 Sentencing - Marijuana ....................... 39 Sentencing - Meth ........................... 40 Sentencing - Heroin ......................... 40 Sentencing - Cocaine ........................ 40 Sentencing - Crack .......................... 41 P 3 Reversible Error 2002 The BACK BENCHER To prevent this abuse, it is reasonable doubt. This notion is necessary from the very nature of basic in our law and rightly one of Dictum Du Jour things, power should be a check to the boasts of a free society - is a power.” requirement and a safeguard of due As warm bread is sliced by process of law in the historic, a gleaming knife This case provides us with a procedural content of ‘due May sunlight cut through textbook example of the abuse of process’”. In re Winship, 397 U.S. the harsh winter cold executive power contemplated by 358, 362 (1970) (quoting dissent in May God’s love shine Montesquieu, Lord Acton, and the Leland v. Oregon, 343 U.S. 790, brightly in your common life Framers of our Constitution. Rather 802-03 (1952)). Second, the right to And may your own romance than adhere to the clear letter of the counsel does not require a showing be never old law, which itself is the ultimate of actual innocence. Kimmelman, May hope increase with check against arrogation of power, 477 U.S. at 380. Third, the Sixth each lengthening day the prosecutor apparently Amendment commands that even And rout the ache of hurt deliberately withheld from the trial where there is no defense theory and conflict’s gloom court and from the jury admissible available, counsel still has a duty to May loyal friends never be evidence that would cause any fair- hold the state to it’s “heavy burden” far away minded person to have grave to prove guilt beyond reasonable With the promise that spring reservations about the credibility of doubt. Cronic, 466 U.S. at 657 n. will surely bloom a key government witness. 19. May our good God of songs round the fireplace - Benn v. Lambert, These principles together Of love and laughter, of 2__ F.3d ___, 2002 U.S. App. require that we not limit ineffective good wine and fun LEXIS 2899, *58-*59 (9th Cir. Feb. assistance to only those claims Lurk always in your home’s 26, 2002) (Trott, J., concurring). where defendant can demonstrate hidden