TABLE OF CONTENTS Program Schedule.................................................. Faculty Information................................................. iv vi Supreme Court Review............................................... 1 Paul M. Rashkind, United States Supreme Court: Review, Preview, and Overview of Criminal Cases (as of April 1, 2015)..................... 2 Ethics: Representing the Sovereign Citizen.............................. 35 Patrick R. Hanes & Andrea Lantz Harris, Ethics: Representing the Sovereign Citizen............................................. 36 Excerpts, Virginia Rules of Professional Conduct.................... 51 J.J. MacNab, Sovereign Citizen Kane, Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report (Fall 2010)................................... 57 The Sovereigns: A Dictionary of the Peculiar, Southern Poverty Law Center Intelligence Report (Fall 2010)............................. 64 Fourth Circuit Update............................................... 67 Discussion Overview.......................................... 67 Frances H. Pratt, Fourth Circuit Decisions on Criminal Law and Procedure (April 1, 2014 - March 31, 2015)........................ 69 Case Budgeting in the Fourth Circuit................................... 97 Presentation Slides............................................ 98 Indicators of a Possible Mega-Case.............................. 106 Mega-Case Budgeting Forms................................... 107 FDFCDC i
Capital Case Budgeting Forms.................................. 110 Sample, Ex Parte Memorandum in Support of Proposed Case Budget... 113 Engagement Letters for Service Providers......................... 116 Service Provider Time Worksheet............................... 120 Interpreting Opioid Overdose Death: A Medical Toxicologist s Perspective..................................... 121 Gregory G. Davis et al, Recommendations for the Investigation, Diagnosis, and Certification of Deaths Related to Opioid Drugs: Technical Report, 3 Acad. Forensic Pathol. 62 (2013)............... 122 Gregory G. Davis et al, Recommendations for the Investigation, Diagnosis, and Certification of Deaths Related to Opioid Drugs: Position Paper, 3 Acad. Forensic Pathol. 77 (2013)................. 137 William Osler, Edema of Left Lung Morphia Poisoning, 1880 Mont. Gen. Hosp. Reports 291....................................... 144 The Science of Persuasion: How Cognitive Science Can Improve the Way We Write................................. 145 Christopher Corts & Laura A. Webb, Thinking Like a Lawyer Scientist: Using Cognitive Science to Persuade............................. 146 Determining What Is, or Is Not, a Crime of Violence or Violent Felony............................................ 157 Violent Crime Cheat Sheet................................... 158 How to Determine If Your Client Is a Career Offender or an Armed Career Criminal.............................................. 159 Elements of the Generic Enumerated Offenses for ACCA and Career Offender.................................................... 164 Selected Statutes and Guidelines................................ 166 FDFCDC ii
Selected Recent Fourth Circuit Decisions on ACCA, Career Offender, and Aggravated Felonies....................................... 168 Ethics: Game Show Potpourri, Round II................................ 173 Discussion Overview......................................... 173 Professionalism Course 2014-2015: Major Disciplinary Problems...... 176 Christine Harvey et al., 10 Tips for Avoiding Ethical Lapses When Using Social Media, Business Law Today (ABA Business Law Section January 2014)............................................... 182 Proposed Legal Ethics Opinion, LEO 1880 (re. duties of attorney in advising indigent client about appeal)............................ 190 Comment of Federal Public Defender in Opposition to Proposed LEO 1880....................................................... 199 James M. McCauley, Ethics Update 2012 Hot Topics in Legal Ethics........................................................... 202 FDFCDC iii
PROGRAM SCHEDULE Thursday, April 9 1:30 Program check-in begins 2:25 Welcome and Introduction Geremy Kamens, Acting FPD E.D. Va. Larry Shelton, FPD W.D.Va. 2:30 Supreme Court Review Paul Rashkind, AFPD S.D. Fla. 3:45 Break 4:00 Ethics: Representing the Patrick Hanes, Esq., CJA E.D. Va. Sovereign Citizen Andrea Harris, AFPD W.D. Va.. 5:00 Adjourn for evening Friday, April 10 7:30 Breakfast begins 8:00 Program check-in continues 8:25 Welcome and Introduction Geremy Kamens, Acting FPD E.D. Va. Larry Shelton, FPD W.D. Va. 8:30 Fourth Circuit Update Alan DuBois, AFPD E.D.N.C. Patrick Bryant, RWA E.D. Va. 9:30 Case Budgeting in the Fourth Circuit Larry Dash, Fourth Circuit CJA Case Budgeting Attorney 10:15 Break 10:30 Interpreting Opioid Overdose Death: Edward Boyer, MD, PhD A Medical Toxicologist s Perspective FDFCDC iv
11:30 Keynote Address Hon. Julian Bond (lunch provided) 1:00 The Science of Persuasion: How Prof. Christopher Corts Cognitive Science Can Improve Prof. Laura Webb the Way We Write 2:00 Determining What Is, or Is Not, Elizabeth Hanes, AFPD, E.D. Va. a Crime of Violence or Violent Mary Maguire, AFPD, E.D. Va. Felony 3:00 Break 3:15 Ethics: Game Show Potpourri, Ken Troccoli, AFPD E.D. Va. Round II Aamra Ahmad, Esq. 4:15 Complete evaluations 4:30 Program concludes FDFCDC v
FACULTY INFORMATION AAMRA S. AHMAD Assistant Federal Public Defender Emerita, Eastern District of Virginia B.A. 1999, Wellesley College; J.D. 2003, University of Michigan Law School Law clerk, Hon. James P. Jones, U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia, 2003-04; associate, Terris Pravlik & Millian, Washington, DC, 2004-07; assistant federal public defender, Alexandria, Virginia, 2007-14 EDWARD W. BOYER Chief, Division of Medical Toxicology, UMass-Memorial Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Experience: B.A. 1983, Vanderbilt University; M.A. 1984, Columbia University; M. Phil. 1986, Columbia University; Ph.D. 1988, Columbia University; NIH Postdoctoral Fellow 1989-90, The Rockefeller University; M.D. 1995, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons Residency in Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Fellowship in Medical Toxicology, Boston Children s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; currently chief, Division of Medical Toxicology, UMass-Memorial Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts; Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School PATRICK L. BRYANT Appellate Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Virginia B.A. 1998, Duke University; J.D. 2002, Washington and Lee University School of Law FDFCDC vi
Staff attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Richmond, Virginia, 2002-04 and 2005-07; law clerk, Hon. Charles R. Wilson, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Tampa, Florida, 2004-05; appellate attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Alexandria, Virginia, 2007-present CHRISTOPHER CORTS Assistant Professor of Legal Writing, University of Richmond School of Law B.A. 1994, Otterbein College; M.A. 2008, Fuller Theological Seminary; J.D. 2011, University of Virginia School of Law Associate, Carlton Fields, Miami, Florida, 2011-13; assistant professor of legal writing, University of Richmond School of Law, 2013-present LARRY M. DASH CJA Case Budgeting Attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit B.A. 1982, Columbia College (Missouri); J.D. 1989, Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center Assistant staff judge advocate, U.S. Air Force, 1991-94; circuit trial counsel, U.S. Air Force, 1994-97; associate, Greg D. McCormack, P.C., Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1997-98; private practice, Newport News, Virginia, 1998-2001; assistant federal public defender, Norfolk, Virginia, 2001-14; CJA case budgeting attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Richmond, Virginia, 2014-present G. ALAN DUBOIS First Assistant Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of North Carolina B.A. 1984, Duke University; J.D. 1987, University of Virginia School of Law FDFCDC vii
Staff attorney, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Richmond, Virginia, 1988-89; assistant federal public defender (senior appellate attorney), Raleigh, North Carolina, 1989-2013; first assistant federal public defender, Raleigh, North Carolina, 2013-present ELIZABETH W. HANES Assistant Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Virginia B.A. 2000, University of Richmond; J.D. 2007, University of Richmond School of Law Law clerk, Hon. Joseph R. Goodwin, U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia, 2007-08; law clerk, Hon. Robert B. King, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, Charleston, West Virginia, 2008-09; assistant federal public defender, Richmond, Virginia, 2009-present; adjunct professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2014-present PATRICK R. HANES Partner, Williams Mullen, Richmond, Virginia B.A. 1988, University of Virginia; J.D. 1994, University of Virginia School of Law Law clerk, Hon. Albert V. Bryan, Jr., U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1994-95; associate, Williams Mullen, Richmond, Virginia, 1994-2002; partner, Williams Mullen, 2002- present; deputy counsel, Williams Mullen, 2014-present; adjunct professor, Washington and Lee School of Law, 2013-present ANDREA LANTZ HARRIS Assistant Federal Public Defender, Western District of Virginia B.A. 1988, University of Notre Dame; J.D. 1994, University of Louisville FDFCDC viii
Solo practitioner, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1995-99; assistant public defender, Charlottesville Public Defender Office, 1999-2006; assistant federal public defender, Charlottesville, Virginia, 2006-present MARY E. MAGUIRE Assistant Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Virginia B.A. 1986, Middlebury College; J.D. 1991, Georgetown University Law Center Legislative assistant & assembly fellow, California State Assembly, 1986-88; assistant federal defender, Federal Defenders of San Diego, Inc., 1991-94; associate, Cohen & Hubachek, San Diego, California, 1994-96; Law Office of Mary E. Maguire, San Diego, California, 1996-97; project associate, ABA Death Penalty Representation Project, Washington, DC, 1997-98; senior assistant public defender, Alexandria, Virginia, 1998-2001; assistant federal public defender, Richmond, Virginia, 2001- present; adjunct professor, University of Richmond School of Law, 2004-present; adjunct professor, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2013-present PAUL M. RASHKIND Supervisory Assistant Federal Public Defender, Southern District of Florida B.B.A. 1972, University of Miami; J.D. 1975, University of Miami School of Law Assistant state attorney, Miami, Florida, 1975-78; chief assistant state attorney (appeals), Miami, Florida, 1977-78; associate, Sams Gerstein & Ward, 1978-83; partner, Bailey, Gerstein, Rashkind & Dresnick, 1984-92; chief of appeals and supervisory assistant federal public defender, Miami, Florida, 1992-present FDFCDC ix
KENNETH P. TROCCOLI Assistant Federal Public Defender, Eastern District of Virginia B.A. 1981, Boston College; J.D. 1984, George Washington University Law School; LL.M. 2001, Georgetown University Law Center Law clerk, Hon. H. Carl Moultrie, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC, 1984-85; associate, Krooth & Altman, Washington, DC, 1986-88; associate, Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn, Washington, DC, 1988-91; associate, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, Washington, DC, 1991-92; assistant/senior assistant public defender, Alexandria, Virginia, 1992-99; assistant federal public defender, Alexandria, Virginia, 2002-present; adjunct professor, American University Washington College of Law, 2012-present LAURA A. WEBB Assistant Professor of Legal Writing, University of Richmond School of Law B.A. 1996, George Washington University; J.D. 1999, University of Virginia School of Law Associate, McCandlish Holton, PC, Richmond, Virginia, 1999-2003; associate, Reed Smith, LLP, Richmond, Virginia, 2003-04; adjunct associate professor, University of Richmond School of Law, 2006-13; assistant professor of legal writing, University of Richmond School of Law, 2013-present FDFCDC x