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CPSB Raleigh Criminal Defense Attorneys named NC Super Lawyers 2016
We are honored that Raleigh NC Criminal Defense Attorneys Joe Cheshire and Brad Bannon have again been named Super Lawyers by SuperLawyers.com. We are also proud to announce that, for the third year in a row, Joe Cheshire has been named Top Lawyer in…
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Supreme Court grants review of Va. Governor's conviction
As a follow up to this post, the Supreme Court has granted review of the question of the scope of the term “official act” in federal bribery law. This is an important question for white collar defense lawyers, particularly those who deal…
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Mayor's Bribery Convictions Upheld, Asset Forfeiture Arguments Rejected
In 2014, a federal jury convicted the former mayor of New Orleans (2002-2010) of twenty federal white-collar felonies including bribery, honest service wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and filing false tax returns. (Here’s the…
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Business NC names Four of Cheshire Parker's Raleigh criminal defense lawyers as "Legal Elite"
We are proud to announce that Business North Carolina‘s 2016 Legal Elite has named four of Cheshire Parker’s Raleigh criminal defense lawyers as Legal Elite in the field of criminal law. Elliot Abrams, Bradley Bannon, and Collin Cook have…
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Va governor's bribery conviction should be overturned
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell was convicted last year of honest services wire fraud, a vague law that the Supreme Court saved from constitutional challenge by redefining it to outlaw bribery and kickbacks by public officials. Unlike the standard an…
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Federal Government passes rules allowing asset freezes for computer hacking suspects
In April 2015, the president created new rules allowing the federal government to freeze the assets of those suspected to be involved in high-level computer hacking. (Executive Order; RT.Com article). On December 31, 2015, the Treasury Department pub…
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Federal government will no longer share seized assets with local police
In the wake of strong criticism of the federal civil asset forfeiture program, the United States Department of Justice has announced that it has ended its so-called “Equitable Sharing” program that allows local police to seize property fr…
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Feds seize more through asset forfeiture than burglars take
In 2014, the federal government took more property from American citizens through asset forfeiture than burglars did. According to the Washington Post (link), the federal government deposited more than $5 billion into their asset forfeiture funds, wh…
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Grand Juries Are Tools of Prosecution
In light of an Ohio grand jury’s recent decision not to indict the police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland, it’s worth revisiting a Letter to the Editor of the News & Observer from CPSB criminal defense…
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Raleigh federal criminal defense attorneys discuss government misconduct in Silk Road investigation
You may remember Silk Road, the “deep web” black market website where customers could purchase everything from drugs and guns to the services of hit men. Its founder, known as “Dread Pirate Roberts,” was a 29-year-old from Tex…
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John Keating (“Keat”) Wiles was a retired Raleigh criminal appeals attorney. He practiced in the areas of federal and state criminal defense, civil asset forfeiture defense, election law, ABC Commission defense, and professional licensing defense… Read More
John Keating (“Keat”) Wiles was a retired Raleigh criminal appeals attorney. He practiced in the areas of federal and state criminal defense, civil asset forfeiture defense, election law, ABC Commission defense, and professional licensing defense… Read More
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