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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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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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State of Florida v. Natalia Munoz‑Paulino

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.

Natalia Munoz‑Paulino, 26, is accused for abusing her child by exposing her to lethal levels of cocaine and methamphetamine.

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United States of America v. Emmanuel Gonzalez

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.

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Federal conspiracy to distribute controlled substances is a serious criminal charge under
21 U.S.C. § 846 that targets an agreement between two or more individuals to violate federal drug laws, such as manufacturing or distributing illegal drugs

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United States of America v. Kayla Ramos

Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with
knowingly possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin.

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21 U.S.C. § 841(a) and (b)(1)(C)
is a federal statute that makes it unlawful to knowingly possess a controlled substance with the intent to distribute it, or to manufacture or distribute it. The "

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United States of America v. Byron Blake

East St. Louis, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking a sentence reduction. See 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2).

In March 2007, after a federal and state investigation into suspected drug dealers, Blake was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute fifty or more grams of cocaine base, see 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1

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United States of America v. Christopher Hill

Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to
distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, five
kilograms or more of cocaine, and a quantity of heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C.
§§ 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(A), 846, and distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine,
in violation of

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United States of America v. Cody Lee Spencer

Austin, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Possession with Intent to Distribute a Substance.

“Whether the Government has breached a plea agreement is a
question of law that this Court reviews de novo,” so long as the issue was
preserved, as it was here. United States v. Purser, 747 F.3d 284, 290 (5th Cir.
2014); United States v. Malmquis

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Taven Jaquin Glasgow

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking review of the revocation of hsi probation.

In or around 2010, Glasgow sexually abused his two minor half-brothers. The victims reported the abuse in 2012. The Commonwealth charged Glasgow with two counts each of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact or communication with a minor, incest,

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United States of America v. Julius M. Hatten

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug and gun charges.

U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Julius M. Hatten, 35, of Buffalo, NY, was arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of ammunition. The charges carry a mandatory mini

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United States of America v. Leonard Brown, aka Bo

Miami, Florida pro se plaintiff, without the help of a lawyer, sent a letter to the judge asking for the appoint of a laywer to help him with an application for a sentenced reduction under the First Step Act. The District court denied his application.

A district court has no inherent authority to modify a defendant’s sentence and may do so “only when authorized by a
statute or ru

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United States of America v. Anthony Clagon

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person.


A Manchester man was sentenced today in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Erin Creegan announces.

Anthony Clagon, age 36, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Joseph N. Laplante t

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United States of America v. Martin Aispuro-Lopez, Victor Manuel Felix-Ramirez

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses.

Two Mexican nationals illegally present in the United States were sentenced to 17 and 22 years in federal prison following a multi-agency drug investigation that uncovered methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine and multiple loaded firearms at an Albuquerque residence

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United States of America v. Michael Osborn Thomas

Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute
methamphetamine.

In 2017, Thomas pled guilty to several state charges, including the delivery of cocaine
and methamphetamine, and was sentenced to prison. In late 2019, he was released on parole.
Within a few weeks of his release, he had returned to drug trafficking

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United States of America v. Edward Dale, et al.

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants with conspiracies
involving both powder and crack cocaine and several homicides.

The Defendant had their sentences reduced as a result of the First Step Act of 2018.

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United States of America v. Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a drug trafficking conspiracy.

Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta, an undocumented Mexican national living in Yakima, Washington, admitted in federal court that he murdered a man and his six-months-pregnant wife while they were engaged in a drug trafficking conspiracy.

Madrigal-Birrueta and coconspirator

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United States of America v. Martin Aispuro-Lopez, Victor Manuel Felix-Ramirez

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses.

Two Mexican nationals illegally present in the United States were sentenced to 17 and 22 years in federal prison following a multi-agency drug investigation that uncovered methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine and multiple loaded firearms at an Albuquerque residence

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United States of America v. Aderito Patrick Amado

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, fentanyl analogue, and cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(b)(1)(A)(vi), and 841(b)(1)(B)(ii); three counts of possession with intent to distribute those substances.

In late 2020 and early 2021, Massachusetts law enfor

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United States of America v. Dylan Sanchez

Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Ammunition by a Prohibited Person.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a man from Rapid City, South Dakota, convicted of Possession of Ammunition by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2025.

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United States of America v. Jesus Alexander Guerrero Rosario, a/k/a Jesus Guerrero

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to possess with intent to disbribute cocaine.

Jeifry Antonio Vasquez and Jesus Alexander Guerrero-Rosario pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine on a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

In March 2023, a boat bearing no indicia of nation

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United States of America v. Preston Buie

Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Preston Buie was pulled over for following too closely behind a semi-truck. Within minutes, the officer who stopped him
became suspicious that something criminal was afoot—he had USCA11

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United States of America v. Oswaldo Gonzalez

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.

Oswaldo Gonzalez appeals his conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine while on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, 46 U.S.C. §§ 70503(a)(1), 70506(b)

(a) Prohibitions.-While on board a

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United States of America v. Kartayah Nariah Feliciano

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of cocaine.

In October 2022, Melinna Destra recruited Feliciano to im
port and distribute cocaine. Destra enticed her with a “free” Carib
bean cruise. Although Feliciano felt that something “was not
right,” she took Destra up on the offer. While en route to Miami,
Florida, D

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United States of America v. James Marabal

Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine.

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United States of America v. Jason Christopher Lujan

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, marijuana, and cocaine.

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