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Marcus L. Willis v. Diaz De Leon, Jeff Williams, Chief, City of Bedford

Dallas, Texas personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Plaintiff Marcus L. Willis was driving in Bedford, Texas when Defendant Officer Diaz De Leon pulled him over. De Leon informed Willis that he stopped him for driving without valid insurance.1 De Leon then stated he smelled marijuana and proceeded to search Willis’ ve

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United States of America v. Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell

Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

his case is about whether the Second Amendment protects a habitual marijuana user from being permanently dispossessed of a firearm based on our Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation. On November 28, 2023, Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell was charged with possession o

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State of Florida v. Silva Sampson

Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with manslaughter.

Silas Sampson, age 22, is accused for killing four people and injuring thirteen when his car crashed into a LGBTQ bar will eluding police officers.

Police offices unsuccessfully used PIT in an effort to stop Sampson.

"At this time, there is no evidence to indicate that Sampson's a

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State of Kansas v. Sultan Y. Andemichael

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with nvoluntary manslaughter; recklessley; Failure to stop accident; result in death; and Interference with law enforcement officer; conceal/alter/destroy evidence in felony case.

Sultan Y. Andemichael, 18-years-old, was accused for hitting and killing a pedestrian with his car and fleeing.

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State of New Mexico v. Dominic Speer

Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with aggravated fleeing, resisting arrest, and murder.

Dominic Speer, age 18, is accused of a shocking and grizzly crime. The body of the victim was found in the trunk of Speer's car.

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United States of America v. Montressa Cunningham

Topeka, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Wire Fraud and Money Laundering.

A jury convicted Defendant Montressa Cunningham (“Cunningham”) of sixteen offenses stemming from a fourteen-month fraudulent scheme. Cunningham and his wife Felicia purchased seven higher-end used cars, financing those purchases
with b

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United States of America v. Triston Harris Steinman

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition.

The district court suppressed evidence seized from Triston Harris Steinman’s car on multiple grounds, including that a law enforcement officer violated his Fourth Amendment rights during a traffic stop. The Government appeals the suppression order, co

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United States of America v. Ray Cornelius Calvert

Texarkana, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with
intent to distribute a controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A)(viii).

Ray Calvert was driving a rental car when an Arkansas state trooper stopped him for illegal lane changes. While waiting for dispatch to run criminal history reports, the passenger who rented th

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State of Missouri v. Jonathan Edward Rainey

Columbia, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and possession of a controlled substance.

On July 24, 2022 at about 10:30 p.m., Officer 1[2] of the Columbia Police Department was on patrol traveling westbound on Clark Lane, past the Highway 63 connector, when he observed a vehicle traveling approximately 55 miles per ho

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State of Indiana v. Jame Rolison

Indianapolis, Indiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal trespass, a Class A misdemeanor. .

On December 20, 2022, Rolison was given a verbal trespass notice by his stepmother, Lori Jean Foust-Rolison ("Lori"), regarding her residence ("Property") in the presence of a law enforcement officer. Rolison was warned that he could be arrested if he returned

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United States of America v. Jaylen Simpson

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cartjacking resulting in serious bodily injury and discharging a firearm during the carjacking.

On May 16, 2024, at around 7:45 a.m., Jaylen Simpson, 23, of Memphis, shot a 60-year-old victim in the stomach as the victim stepped outside his home to mow the lawn. Simpson, who had been hiding in the victim’s

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State of Tennessee v. Kejuan King

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a /firearm and second-degree murder.

On the afternoon of January 13, 2017, Adarrell Anderson arrived at the Grizzly Mart gas station and store with two friends, Anthony Holloway and Julin Sanders. As the trio pulled into the parking lot, they noticed a silver, four-door Hyunda

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United States of America v. Fernanda Itzel Rivas

El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession with intent to distribute.

n July 24, 2024, Rivas was arrested at the Bridge of the Americas port of entry in El Paso, Texas. Rivas had over seven kilograms of cocaine in her car at the time of her arrest. Rivas also had her five-year-old son and six-month-old daughter in the car. Rivas was char

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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Catherine Renee Tellez

Williamsburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to stop after involvement in an accident that resulted in death.

On the morning of August 10, 2022, Tellez was driving on Interstate 64 in the left lane. The portion of the highway had two clearly marked lanes and was straight and flat with no grade. The road surface had no major potholes, de

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United States of America v. Bavonte J. Cole

Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

While patrolling alone at night, Officer Dquan Walker saw Coe sitting in the driver’s seat of a car parked just outside the entrance to a convenience store known for “drug activity . . . inside and outside of the store.” JA 106. Coe was holding plastic baggies

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United States of America v. Bryan Douglas Conley

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transporting a minor for criminal sexual activity, kidnapping, bank fraud, identity theft, and interstate threats.

Bryan Conley created fake dating profiles to lure and trick two female victims: a minor (A.Y.) and an adult (R.W.). Using the dating platform PlentyofFish.com, Conley created profiles posin

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The State of Texas v. Jeremiah Navarro

New Braunfels, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with resisting arrest.

On April 25, 2014, three 911 hang-up calls were received from an upholstery business, and officers were dispatched to the location.4 When Officer Brian Turner arrived, he found the Defendant's mother outside. Her hair, neck, chest, arms, and hands were covered in transmission fluid.

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State of Georgia v. Yoshay Carter

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charge with aggravated assault.

Yoshay Carter, age 51, shot a juvenile male who broke into his car.

Under Georgia Code §16-3-21, individuals are permitted to use force to defend themselves against unlawful force. Additionally, Georgia Code §16-3-23.1—commonly known as the state’s "stand your ground" law

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State of Kansas v. James Standefer

Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with second-degree murder.

James Standefer, ate 37, was charged with shooting and killing Jesse Rau, age 43, on January 7, 2026. Rau was found in hsi car suffering from a gunshot would. A passenger in the car was also wounded.

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United States of America v. Marlon Alonzo Smith

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of controlled substance (drugs) with intent to distribute.

During a traffic stop, a drug-detection dog named Marco signaled that he smelled drugs in Smith’s car. Law enforcement discovered more than a kilogram of methamphetamine in the trunk. A federal jury later convicted Smith of possessi

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United States of America v. Kirill Afanasyev

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

Jose Vicente Badillo, Kirill Afanasyev, Jason Naraja, and Jaime Respicio conspired to defraud an auto insurance company by submitting a fraudulent insurance claim on a wrecked car that Afanasyev purchased in May 2019. The Indictment alleges that, when Afanasyev bought

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United States of America v. Matthew Ramos-Soto

Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, see 18
U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1349.

In 2022 and 2023, Ramos-Soto and other conspirators participated in a wire-fraud scheme that targeted elderly Wisconsin residents. Under the scheme, conspirators operating in Canada—called the victims and claimed to be a relative or a rel

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United States of America v. Darese Deandre Haile

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with car jacking.

Darese Haile (and an unidentified individual) carjacked four Lyft drivers.

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Alicia Rowe v. State Mutual Insurance Company

Belfast, Maine insurance lawyer represented the Plaintiff who brought a reach-and-apply action that Rowe brought pursuant to 24-A M.R.S. § 2904 (2019).[1] See Ashe v. Enter. Rent-A-Car, 2003 ME 147, ¶ 14, 838 A.2d 1157 ("The reach and apply statute . . . enables a judgment creditor to have insurance money applied to the satisfaction of [a] judgment by bringing an action against the judgment debt

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State of Vermont v. Karen Norton

Middlebury, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Defendant was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence after a police officer observed the passenger-side wheels of defendant's car leave the paved portion of the road twice in quick succession. Defendant moved to suppress the evidence collected during th

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