When is Failing to Register as a Sex Offender Not a Crime?

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Ron Chapman

           In the case of Carr v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act ("SORNA") does not apply to sex offenders who traveled to another state or country before that law went into effect in 2006.  An article that I posted on my website, Federal Criminal Lawyer:  Frequently Asked Questions, examines the facts of the Carr case as well as the reason why the Supreme Court ruled in Mr. Carr's favor.

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When is an Automobile Passenger Not Guilty of Conspiracy to Commit a Federal Drug Crime?

Posted on August 18, 2010 by Ron Chapman

          When someone is charged in an alleged drug conspiracy and that person is located in an automobile that has drugs in it at the time of his arrest, it is not enough that he is merely present in the car; there must also be “circumstances evidencing a consciousness of guilt” on his part before he can be convicted of conspiracy.  My website, Federal Criminal Lawyer:  Frequently Asked Questions, contains an article that examines one case in which such circumstances were not present.

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