United States v. Gowing and Scheringer, Nos. 10-4037-cr, 11-683-cr (2d Cir. June 6, 2012) (Winter, Straub, Lynch, CJJ) (per curiam) The court’s latest per curiam looks at 18 U.S.C. § 3147, which enhances the sentence of a person “convicted of an offense committed while on release.” The underlying case involved a massive oil contract fraud … Read more

United States v. English, No. 10-3258-cr (2d Cir. January 18, 2011) (Kearse, Winter, Hall, CJJ). The defendants in this case, charged with narcotics and firearms offenses, sought bail from a magistrate and two district judges. Each time they were ordered detained. This opinion is the result of their effort to get the circuit to release … Read more