Annual National Seminar Materials

Introduction to the Sentencing Guidelines

• Slide Presentation

Guideline Departure Variances

• Selected Departures and Variances Decisions

Relevant Conduct

• Slide presentation

Immigration Offenses

• Slide presentation
• Immigration Primer
• Sentencing Issues in §1326 cases

Drug Offenses

• Slide presentation
• Drug Primer
• Crack Retroactivity
• Drug Scenarios

Fraud and Theft Offenses

• Overview of Loss in §2B1.1

Criminal History

• Slide presentation
• Criminal History Checklist
• Criminal History: Calculation and Variance
• Sentencing Memorandum I
• Sentencing Memorandum II
• U.S. v. Nelson

Alternatives to Incarceration

• Accelerated Community Entry
• Developing a Reentry Program
• Reentry Court: Evaluation, Policy Recommendations, and Replication Strategies

Chapter Three Adjustments

• Slide presentation
• Selected Chapter Three Guideline Application Decisions

Child Pornography and Sex Offenses

• Slide presentation
• Sex Offense Primer: Commercial Sex Acts and Sexual Exploitation of Minors
• Sex Offense Primer: Sexual Abuse and Failure to Register Offenses
• Selected 9th Circuit Child Pornography and Sex Offense Case Law
• Outline of Child Pornography and Sex Offenses Sentencing Issues

Firearm Offenses

• Slide presentation
• Firearms Primer

New Guideline Amendments

• Slide presentation
• Reader-Friendly Version of Proposed 2009 Amendments

Restitution

• Slide presentation
• 2008 Statutory and Rule Changes
• Basic Steps, Key Provisions, and Developing Issues

Bureau of Prisons Issues

• Slide presentation I
• Slide presentation II

Grouping of Multiple Counts

• Slide presentation

Defense Attorney Training

• Sentences for Controlled Substance Offenses
• The Road to 1 to 1
• Challenging Criminal History Calculations

Supreme Court and Circuit Court Summaries

• 1st Circuit Cases
• 2nd Circuit Cases
• 3rd Circuit Cases
• 4th Circuit Cases
• 5th Circuit Cases
• 6th Circuit Cases
• 7th Circuit Cases
• 8th Circuit Cases
• 9th Circuit Cases
• 10th Circuit Cases
• 11th Circuit Cases
• DC Circuit Cases
• Supreme Court Cases

Commission Research Products

• Introduction to the Collection of Individual Offender Data
• Overview of Federal Criminal Cases
• Impact of Prior Minor Offenses on Eligibility for Safety Valve
• Changing Face of Federal Criminal Sentencing
• Alternative Sentencing in the Federal Criminal Justice System

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