Defendant Tamela M. Lee (“Defendant” or “Lee”) appeals from
the district court judgment convicting her on six counts after a plea of not guilty and sentencing
her to a total term of sixty months’ imprisonment. Counts One through Four concerned
conspiracy to commit honest services mail and wire fraud, honest services mail fraud, Hobbs Act
conspiracy, and Hobbs A

A. Pre-Trial Proceedings
1. Indictment and Guilty Pleas
In December 2015, Jackson, Palmer, Tervon’tae Taylor, D’Wan Dillard, Jr., and Calvin
Rembert were charged with multiple violations of 18 U.S.C. § 2119(2)—carjacking resulting in
serious bodily injury—and 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(ii)—using, carrying, or possessing a
firearm during a crime of violence. P

Steven Ingersoll was an optometrist in Bay City, Michigan. (Bradley PSR at 5). He was
also the sole owner of Smart Schools Management (SSM) and Smart Schools, Inc. (SSI), two
entities created to operate public charter schools in Michigan. R. 393 (Tr. at 39, 50) (Page ID
#8472, 8483); R. 394 (Tr. at 11) (Page ID #8579); R. 396 (Tr. at 164–65) (Page ID #8903–04).
To run

RE The defendants here took part in a decade-long scheme
surreptitiously to sell tax-free cigarettes, thereby defrauding federal, state, and local governments
of more than $45 million in tax revenue. The federal government eventually uncovered the
scheme and charged them with 34 counts of various crimes, including conspiracy to commit mail
or wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.

Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, conspiracy to escape from an institution, and conspiracy to possess contraband in prison.

Randy Bull, age 41, sold over 72.6 grams of ice methamphetamine in July of 2020. After he was taken into custody, and while detained at the Sangamon County Jail, B

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

Federal law imposes longer prison sentences
on certain violent career criminals. As relevant here, both the Armed Career Criminal Act
(“ACCA”) and the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“Guidelines”) impose longer prison
sentences on certain defendants who have a crimin

Appellants Lott and Diggs were charged with multiple counts of
Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951, and using and carrying a
firearm during a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).1
Each
Hobbs Act count served as the predicate “crime of violence” for the
Section 924(c) count it preceded. A jury convicted Appellants on the
re

II. Background
A. Wells Fargo Murder-Robbery and Subsequent Investigation
On August 29, 2016, Batiste, assisted by Hill and Polk, shot and killed
an armored car driver as he was delivering approximately $120,000 to a Wells
Fargo ATM. The following month, the Houston Police Department (HPD)
received an anonymous tip that Batiste had been involved in the Wells Fargo

PER CURIAM:

Micheal Geronald Prince pled guilty, pursuant to a written plea agreement, to
conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute various controlled substances, including—
as attributable to him through his own conduct and the conduct of other conspirators
reasonably foreseeable to him—five kilograms or more of cocaine and 280 grams or more
of cocaine base,

. 2 PER CURIAM: Michael M. Brown pled guilty, pursuant to a written plea agreement, to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1349, and aggravated identity theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1028A. The district court sentenced Brown to a total term of 75 months’ imprisonment. Brown’s counsel has filed a brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1

PER CURIAM:

In 2014, Melchor Calderon was convicted of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act
robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951; possessing a firearm during a crime of violence,
in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 924(c)(1)(B)(i); conspiracy to distribute cocaine, in violation
of 21 U.S.C. § 846; and kidnapping, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 1201(a). Calderon filed

PER CURIAM:
Saquan Lanard Rouse seeks to appeal his convictions and the 195-month sentence
imposed following his guilty plea, pursuant to a written plea agreement, to Racketeer
Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d),
and attempted murder in aid of racketeering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(5).
Rouse’s counsel has fi

Chicago, Illinois civil rights lawyers represented Jimmy Soto on his effort to be exonerated on the charged that he committed a murder.

Jimmy Soto, 62, and his cousin David Ayala, 60, were tried and convicted before a single jury of the Aug. 16, 1981, shooting that killed Julie Limas and Hector Valeriano in Pietrowksi Park at 31st Street and Keeler Avenue. Valeriano was a U.S. Marine home

New York, New York civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff that sued the Defendant seeking a search warrant for information allegedly stolen from a laptop owned by Joe Biden's daughter.

In November 2021, the Honorable Sarah L. Cave issued three search warrants for electronic devices at the residences of James O'Keefe, Spencer Meads, and Eric Cochran, all members of Project Veri

PER CURIAM:
Andy Tovar entered a plea of nolo contendere to conspiracy to participate in a
racketeering enterprise, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d); and conspiracy to commit
murder in aid of racketeering activity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(5); and pleaded
guilty to a second count of conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering activity, in
violation o

Knoxville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ne count of conspiracy to produce, without lawful authority, identification documents or false identification documents.

Cheryl Huff and Mario Paz-Mejia each face a term of up to 15 years in Federal prison, $250,000 in fines, and supervised release of three years.

As part of their written ple

David Anthony Taylor appeals from his 240-month sentence, imposed at
resentencing. On appeal, Taylor asserts that the sentencing judge gave undue consideration
to the judgment imposed by a different judge at Taylor’s original sentencing hearing.
Finding no error, we affirm.
In 2013, a jury convicted Taylor of two counts of attempted Hobbs Act robbery and
one count of poss

In 2016, Malik Shropshire pleaded guilty to conspiracy to impede the Internal
Revenue Service, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371; and making false statements on a loan
application, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 1014. The district court sentenced Shropshire
to 51 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release. After
Shropshire was released onto supervis

Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with romance-fraud conspiracy and making false statements on a COVID‑relief application.

From January 2019 through July 2021, Benjamin Adu Acheampong, 37, of Fairfield, Ohio, conspired with others to create false online profiles, which the conspirators used to express romantic interest in victims. Once the victi

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with smuggling of narcotics into Texas prisons.

A federal grand jury in San Antonio returned an indictment charging 13 defendants, including inmates and correctional officers, for their involvement in the smuggling of narcotics into Texas prisons.

Inmate Juan Francisco Munoz aka “Joker,” 35, leads th

El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with emgagomg an ongoing conspiracy to bring in, transport, and harbor undocumented immigrants into the U.S. from Mexico from on or about November 2019 through on or about August 2021.

Guadalupe Quezada, 35, of Mesa, Arizona, along with codefendants Veronica Quezada, 39, of Mesa, and Elizabeth Miranda Lozano, 39, of

Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants who was charged with money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business.

From 2018 to 2023, Emmanuel Unuigbe, age 41, of Dallas, Texas, conspired with other individuals in the United States and overseas to launder millions of dollars of illegal proceeds obtained throu

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

The facts are undisputed. Mr. Anderson was a member of a nationwide
group called the Orchid Club, the purpose of which was to exchange new and rare
child pornography, including private pictures produced by group members with
access to children. Mr. Anderson participated in an o

Austin, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking and money laundering.

38-year-old Round Rock resident Tu Hoang Dinh remain in federal custody after he entered a not-guilty plea to drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy charges involving the Dark Web, announced U.S. Attorney Gregg N. Sofer; Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Deput

Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felon in possession of a firearm.

TYRICO DEVONTE BOWENS, age 30, of Durham, was sentenced to a 120-month term of imprisonment by the Honorable William L. Osteen, Jr., United States District Judge in the United States District Court for the MDNC. He pleaded guilty on September 29, 2023, to felon in p