Federal Sentencing
If convicted in federal court, an individual then faces a complex and harsh sentencing process. The Federal Sentencing Guidelines are now advisory instead of mandatory. However, the Guidelines are still very persuasive to sentencing judges with few exceptions, requiring the federal defense attorney to craft creative and sound sentencing strategies to obtain lesser sentences. The Guidelines provide for base offense levels for crimes, and then combined with a defendant’s criminal history and enhancements for other conduct, provide an advisory sentencing range. It is crucial to devote experienced legal work to the issue of sentencing in federal court as grounds exists for downward departures and variance sentences, which permit a defendant to be sentenced below the advisory range. Theses grounds, however, are numerous, fact sensitive and ever changing. Experienced and thorough research and preparation are required to determine the applicability of downward departures and variance sentences.
Greg McCollum has been representing clients charged with federal offenses since 1993. Greg McCollum handles all federal offenses, including:
- Drug Conspiracy
- Felon in Possession of Firearm
- Career Offender
- Armed Career Criminal
- Mail, Wire and Bank Fraud
- Bank Robbery
- White Collar Crimes
