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" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 4:50 PM" + "

" + "Court Declines to Find Exception to Auto Exception" + "

" + "US v. Kelly: Kelly was the subject of an investigation into drug dealing in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, area. Officers obtained a warrant to search Kelly\'s home, although not any vehicles that were there. When police executed the search warrant, a green Lexus that was known to be Kelly\'s was one of three vehicles outside the house. When Kelly was told that a drug dog was on its way, he acknowledge that there were drugs in one or more of the vehicles, but did not specify which ones. The drug dog..." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 4:49 PM" + "

" + "Decision to Agree to Mistrial Is Counsel\'s to Make, Not Defendant\'s" + "

" + "US v. Chapman: In this 2255 action, Chapman challenged the effectiveness of his counsel at trial. In particular, Chapman argued that when the Government went beyond the scope of certain evidentiary rulings with relation to FRE 404(b) evidence, his counsel was ineffective for moving only for a mistrial with prejudice, which the district court denied. The district court \"offered\" to grant a mistrial without prejudice, but trial counsel declined the invitation. Chapman argued, unsuccessfully before..." + "

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" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 4:47 PM" + "

" + "Appeal Waiver Not Valid, Defendant Loses Anyway" + "

" + "US v. Manigan: Manigan pleaded guilty to three counts of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, pursuant to a plea agreement in which he waive his right to all appeals and 2255 claims (save ineffective assistance of counsel and prosecutorial misconduct) - the Government waived nothing. Nonetheless, the district court at the plea hearing told Manigan that after sentencing \"you . . . may have a right to appeal this sentence.\" At sentencing, the parties argued about whether Manigan posses..." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 4:46 PM" + "

" + "13 B&Es at Same Location Trigger ACCA" + "

" + "US v. Carr: Carr pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. He had 13 prior felony convictions in North Carolina for breaking or entering, leading the district court to determine he qualified as an Armed Career Criminal. Carr agreed that he had the 13 convictions, but argued that they did not occur \"on occasions different from one another.\" Specifically, the 13 convictions stemmed from 13 indictments for breaking into 13 different storage units at a self-store complex. The dist..." + "

" + "Mon, Feb 8 2010 - 4:44 PM" + "

" + "Lawfully Obtained ID Info Can Be Used Unlawfully" + "

" + "US v. Abdelshafi: Abdelshafi owned and ran a medical transport (aka ambulance) service that contracted with Medicaid to transport patients in Virginia. As part of the routine transportations that Abdelshafi\'s company would do, it would collect bits of personal identifying information such as birth dates and Medicaid IDs. Eventually, investigators discovered that Abdelshafi\'s company was overcharging for some transports and charging for transports that never took place. He was charged with (among..." + "

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