The Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (“MDLEA”) is a series of federal laws that allow the United States to prosecute nautical drug crimes even outside of its own territory. First implemented in 1986 as part of the larger Anti-Drug Abuse Act, the MDLEA remains a key player in federal drug prosecutions, accounting for 296 cases […]
Page Pate explains how the Buffalo mass shooting may be a federal hate crime TRANSCRIPT It appears that the federal government is currently investigating the murders that occurred recently in Buffalo, New York as a federal hate crime. But what is a federal hate crime? What does the government have to prove to convict […]
This week, our firm got all of our client’s child pornography charges dismissed after we proved to prosecutors that the images in question did not depict any minors. The images on his electronic devices were actually screenshots of an adult pornography video from a popular website. Even though the video was on a public website […]
We were able to convince a judge to issue an injunction preventing the DA from prosecuting people who are selling Delta 8 and Delta 10 products, and also stop her from seizing their property and conducting raids
Accountability courts and pretrial diversion allow some people that have been charged with a federal criminal avoid prison and a criminal record. Federal district courts across the country are now experimenting with these projects, including the Northern District of Georgia in Atlanta. On April 11, the federal court in Atlanta announced the formation of a […]