Rule 35 Motions

Rule 35 Motions

  • Posted by Marcia Shein
  • On December 28, 2017
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  • criminal defense attorneys, Federal Sentencing, Rule 35
Recently, a year-long investigation resulted in 32 people being arrested in Marshall County, West Virginia. The nearly three dozen people arrested have since pleaded guilty to abusing and selling Buprenorphine and Suboxone. The legal counsel for many of these individuals has chosen to file Rule 35 motions to respond to these cases. Rule 35 of […]
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Rule 35: When You Believe the Jury’s Sentencing Verdict was too Strong

  • Posted by Marcia Shein
  • On November 20, 2016
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  • Criminal Defense, Rule 35, sentencing
You are the defendant in a federal criminal case awaiting your sentencing, having already been found guilty. The jury delivers the maximum sentence available and your body goes completely numb. Is this decision final? Is there any way that the sentence can be reduced? Yes. One possibility is through Rule 35. What is Rule 35? […]
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