Death Penalty Law

Death Penalty Law

United States of America v. Ricky Allen Fackrell; Christopher Emory Cramer

New Orleans, LA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with being sentenced to death for a prison murder charge.

Ricky Allen Fackrell and Christopher Cramer were imprisoned at
USP Beaumont. Both were convicted of the June 2014 prison murder of Leo
Johns. Fackrell was a lieutenant in the Soldiers of Ar... More... $0 (09-20-2021 - LA)

United States of America v. Christopher Isidro Rojas

Salt Lake City, UT: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with civil disorder.

Christopher Isidro Rojas, 29, of Salt Lake City, was charged with one felony count of civil disorder, charged in a felony information, for his role in the burning of a Salt Lake City Police Department patrol car during the civil unrest which occurred in Salt Lake City on May 30, 2020.

... More... $0 (09-19-2021 - UT)

United States of America v. John T. Earnest

San Diego, CA: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with 113 counts of hate crimes.

John T. Earnest, age 22, of Rancho Penasquitos pleaded guilty in federal court today to a 113-count hate crimes indictment, admitting that he set fire to an Escondido mosque and opened fire in a Poway synagogue because he wanted to kill Muslims and Jews. The religiously- and racially-motiv... More... $0 (09-19-2021 - CA)

United States of America v. Adrian Castro

New Orleans, LA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with assaulting mail carriers and putting their lives in danger, and by using a firearm in relation to a crime of violence charges.

A judge on our court granted Adrian Castro a certificate of
appealability (“COA”). It’s undisputed that the CO... More... $0 (09-19-2021 - LA)

United States of America v. Hector Menocal-Ruiz

Richmond, VA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime charges.

Hector Guillermo Menocal-Ruiz pled guilty, pursuant to a written plea agreemen... More... $0 (09-19-2021 - VA)

United States of America v. SELBOURNE WAITE

New York, New York - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with four counts of using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence charges.

A. Offense Conduct

From approximately 1997 to 2007, Waite was a member of the Dekalb
Avenue Crew (the “Crew”), a criminal organization ... More... $0 (09-18-2021 - DC)

State of Oklahoma v. Christian Cook

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with manslaughter for stabbing T'Challa Davis to death on October 25, 2019.

Defendant Christian Douglas Cook, age 22, stabbed Davis with a large knife, with whom, he had been fighting inside a Taco Bell restaurant.

Cook claimed that the District Court lack jurisdiction to preside over the charged that was mad... More... $0 (09-18-2021 - OK)

United States of America v. Ivan Armenta

Seattle, WA: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl.

Ivan Armenta, 21, was separated from the Navy and taken into federal custody August 7, 2020. Armenta provided pills tainted with fentanyl to another sailor who died of a drug overdose. Armenta had been warned the pills could be deadly, but still shared them with his friends.

“T... More... $0 (09-17-2021 - WA)

United States of America v. Travis Gordon Jones

Dubuque, Iowa conspiracy to distribute controlled substance resulting in death charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Travis Gordon Jones, a/k/a Travie McFly, age 40.

Jones admitted that he conspired with others to distribute the opioids in Dubuque in April and May 2019. Jones also admitted that he personally sold mixtures of heroin, fentanyl, and a synthetic opioid calle... More... $0 (09-17-2021 - IA)

United States of America v. Benjamin Gray Burris

Fayetteville, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud.

Benjamin Gray Burris, age 49, pleaded guilty to count one of an Indictment issued by a grand jury charging him with conspiracy to commit honest services fraud. Burris was charged with additional counts of honest services wire fraud, but according to the terms... More... $0 (09-17-2021 - AR)

United States of America v. David Long

Washington, DC - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with numerous violent racketeering offenses charges.

As a general rule, a federal court “may not modify a term
of imprisonment once it has been imposed.” 18 U.S.C.
3
§ 3582(c). But this rule of finality is subject to a few narrow
excep... More... $0 (09-17-2021 - DC)

United States of America v. Anthony "Joey" Ventrella

Miami, FL: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud involving the distribution of illegal products falsely labeled as dietary supplements.

Anthony ”Joey” Ventrella, 43, of Boynton Beach, joined several alleged co-conspirators in committing mail and wire fraud, as well as defrauding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by using dishonest methods to preven... More... $0 (09-16-2021 - FL)

United States of America v. Antonio Moreno-Membache

Washington, DC - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with
a drug-smuggling conspiracy charge.

In June 2012, the United States Coast Guard surveilled the
Mistby, a so-called “go-fast” boat, off the coast of Panama.2

When the Coast Guard approached, the Mistby fled. As the
Coast Guard ... More... $0 (09-16-2021 - DC)

United States of America v. PATRICIA DRISCOLL

Washington, DC - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with two counts of wire fraud, one count of first-degree fraud, and two counts of tax evasion charges.

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Driscoll is the former president of a nonprofit organization
in Washington, D.C. On May 22, 2015, ESPN published an
article detailing fraud alleg... More... $0 (09-15-2021 - DC)

United States of America v. ALVIN GASKINS

Washington, DC - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with being a member of
a conspiracy [to distribute drugs] charge.

1. Statutory Context
Since 1938, Congress has offered relief in the form of
compensation to any innocent person “unjustly convicted of an
offense against the United States an... More... $0 (09-15-2021 - DC)

The People v. Sonia Hermosillo

Santa Ana, CA: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder for dropping her infant son to his death from a Children's Hospital of Orange County parking structure.

Defendant pled insanity.... More... $0 (09-13-2021 - CA)

United States of America v. Toni Marie Rambo

Tyler, Texas - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a first degree felony theft charge. She now appeals her conviction

Appellant was charged by indictment with and pleaded “guilty” to theft of U.S. currency
valued between $150,000 and $300,000 from Azleway Boys Ranch, a nonprofit organization,
a... More... $0 (09-13-2021 - GA)

United States of America v. MICHAEL BRIAN ANDERSON

Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with four counts of mail fraud, three counts of making false statements, and two counts of money laundering charges.

A federal grand jury indicted Defendant on four counts of mail fraud, 18
U.S.C. § 1341 (Counts 1–4), three counts of making fa... More... $0 (09-13-2021 - GA)

United States of America v. LANEESHA COLSTON

Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with two different drug crime charges.

Robert Gechijian, a postal inspector in Mobile, Alabama, was suspicious
about a package he came across. It was heavily taped, it came from California (a
known source state for illegal drugs), and the sender a... More... $0 (09-12-2021 - GA)

United States of America v. JOSHUA RESHI DUDLEY

Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possessing a firearm as a convicted felon charge.

In 2018, Dudley was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted
felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
The indictment noted that Dudley
had several prior Alabama felony ... More... $0 (09-12-2021 - GA)

United States of America v. Jamal Lamar Head and Keon Travy Glanton

Miami, FL: Armed robbery and carjacking resulting in death criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants, Jamal Lamar Head, 35, and Keon Travy Glanton, age 35, who on July 11, 2018, worked together to rob a Roto-Rooter plumber of valuable plumbing equipment in Riviera Beach, Florida. Head and Glanton lured the Roto-Rooter plumber to an abandoned residence in Riviera Beach, where Head assaulted ... More... $0 (09-10-2021 - FL)

STEWART J. SMITH v. United States of America

Atlanta, Georgia - Medical Malpractice lawyer represented defendant with claiming various medical professionals negligently failed to diagnose his throat cancer and immediately treat it.

The VA provides medical care to veterans through the Veterans Health
Administration (“VHA”). The Secretary of Veterans Affairs... More... $0 (09-10-2021 - GA)

United States of America v. LEON CARTER

Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possessing a firearm after having previously been convicted of a felony charge.

Leon Carter pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm after having previously
been convicted of a felony in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The sentencing
court... More... $0 (09-10-2021 - GA)

United States of America v. JOSE MIGUEL CORDERO

Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant for a accessing with intent to view child pornography charge.

In 2013, Cordero, pursuant to a written plea agreement, pleaded guilty to one
count of accessing with intent to view child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 2252(a)(4)(B) and (b... More... $0 (09-10-2021 - GA)