11th Circ. Overturns 15-Year Sentence Over Deportation Error

By Brandon Lowrey ( July 28, 2025, 7:53 PM EDT) -- An Eleventh Circuit panel on Monday vacated a 15-year sentence for a man who pled guilty to drug and gun charges, saying the trial court judge went five years over prosecutors' recommendations based on the erroneous belief that the defendant was previously deported....

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