by Anthony Accurso

The Supreme Court of Kansas overturned a decision of the Court of Appeals and vacated the defendant’s sentence because the district court’s only reason for lengthening his sentence on remand was defendant’s successful appeal. 

Wyatt G. Brown pleaded no contest to one count of aggravated sodomy ...

by Anthony Accurso

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated and remanded the revocation sentence of Adrián Vázquez-Méndez because the sentencing judge likely extended the sentence for the purposes of rehabilitation. 

In 2001, Vázquez-Méndez pleaded guilty in a federal district court in Puerto Rico to one ...