Dunbar Armored Car Robbery Trial Ends in Hung Jury

Last week, a federal jury was discharged after explaining that they were unable to reach a unanimous verdict as to whether the Government had met their burden of proof in a case involving the armed robbery of a Dunbar armored car.  Judge Duffey discharged the jury and declared a mistrial.  The case is scheduled to be retried in several weeks.

Sentencing Commission Data Reveals Trend in Child Porn Sentencing

Sentencing Commission data reveals that judges impose below-Guidelines sentences in roughly 51% of sentences in the Eleventh Circuit and nationwide for child pornography offenses. The average variance is approximately 40% below the advisory Guideline range. See the link below to access the Commission's data tables.

http://sentencing.typepad.com/sentencing_law_and_policy/2010/06/fascinating-data-on-recent-trends-and-circuit-specifics-for-federal-child-porn-sentences.html

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Practice Advisory: The 2010 11th Circuit Criminal Jury Instructions are Available Online - See link below.

Please be advised that the Eleventh Circuit has revised its pattern criminal jury instructions book.  A link to the pdf version is HERE.  There is also a wordperfect version available here and on the Eleventh Circuit's website.