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United States of America v. Samuel Ortiz-Ordonez

Jacksonville, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Reentry Into The United States

Guatemalan National Pleads Guilty To Illegal Reentry Into The United States By A Previously Deported Alien



Samu

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United States of America v. Ali Odeh Abdeljaber

Ocala, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting Correctional Officer And Inflicting Bodily Injury

Federal Inmate Pleads Guilty To Assaulting Correctional Officer And Inflicting Bodily Injury



Ali

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United States of America v. Tony’s Auto Center

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Auctioning a Servicemember’s Car During Deployment

Chula Vista Towing Company Agrees to Settle Allegations That It Illegally Auctioned a Servicemember’s Car During Deployment

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United States of America v. Teodoro Diaz-Ochoa

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition, Alien in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition, and Reentry of a Removed Alien.

Mexican National Indicted on Firearm and Immigration Charges

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United States of America v. Jason Cook, Conrad DeMarce

Pierre, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Credit Union Robbery in Eagle Butte, South Dakota

Two North Dakota Men Charged with Credit Union Robbery in Eagle Butte, South Dakota



A federal grand jury indict

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John Simmons, et al. v. The State of Oklahoma, Department of Transportation

Muskgoee, Oklahoma personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff in a wrongful death auto negligence case.

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State of Georgia v. Alondra Hobbs

Marietta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of malice murder, two counts of felony murder and two counts of first degree cruelty to children.

Alondra Hobbs, age 29, was accused of killing her daughter, Alivia Jordan age 7,and putting her remains in a closet in 2023.

“Alivia Jordan did not deserve the slow, painful and lonely de

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United States of America v. Haji Najibullah

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with hostage taking and providing material support for acts of terrorism resulting in death in connection with NAJIBULLAH’s role in the hostage taking of an American journalist and two Afghan nationals in Afghanistan and Pakistan in 2008 and 2009, and his leadership of Taliban fighters who carried out attacks on U

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United States of America v. Colt Justin Draggoo

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl.

KC Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Fentanyl Conspiracy



A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal co

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Demetrius Omar Nabors a/k/a Demetrius Nabors v. State of Mississippi

Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with arguing that the State presented insufficient evidence of his intent to commit aggravated assault, that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence, that the trial court plainly erred by giving a flight instruction to the jury, and that he received ineffective
assistance of couns

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United States of America v. Daniel Paul Blanks

Fayetteville, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Kidnapping and Murder

White Supremacist Receives Life Sentence in Federal Court for Kidnapping and Murder



A California man was sentenced to life impr

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United States of America v. James Morgan (formerly Karactus Blome)

Milwaukee, WI criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of chemical weapon precursors

Wisconsin Man Pleads Guilty to Possession of Chemical Weapon Precursors



United States District Judge Brett Ludwig acc

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United States of America v. Kevin Marvell Jackson

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony murder (Count One), robbery in Indian country (Counts Two and Three) and using a firearm in connection with a crime of violence resulting in death (Count Four).

Bradley Dillon and Dakota Berryhill decided to prank Mr. Dillon’s girlfriend by calling and telling her they had won $10,000 at a casino.

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United States of America v. George McEntire Smith

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder and causing the death of another during the commission of an 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) offense.

On April 8, 2021, Smith spent the day with his great-uncle, Jimmy
Arthur. Together, they visited a pawn shop where Smith sold a rifle and
attempted to sell a .25 caliber Hawes pistol. Then th

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The Estate of Laura Ratley, et al. v. Dhafer M. Awad, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma personal injury truck wreck lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the defendants wrongful death and corporate negligence theories.

A federal court sitting in diversity must predict what the state supreme court would decide when no applicable state law exists. But when the state supreme court has already spoken on the matter, a federal court’s task is simply

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United States of America v. Joshua T. Mebane

Terre Haute, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Savage Murder of Cellmate at Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex

Federal Inmate Sentenced to Life in Prison for Savage Murder of Cellmate at Terre Haute Federal Correctional Complex

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United States of America v. Abel Velasquez-Avecedo, Adiel Hernandez-Orellana, Milton Guevara-Cruz, Sergio Diego-Sevilla, Adalberto Calixto-Tolentino, Juan Jacobo Ortega-Guevara, Carlos Garcia Carillo, Saul Lopez-Rojas, Gelacio Macias-Olivares, Zenaido Neri Perez, Jose Gonzalez-Rodriguez

Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with with illegally possessing a firearm as an illegal alien, illegally reentering the United States after being convicted of an aggravated felony, two counts of transporting illegal aliens

U.S. Attorney’s Offi

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United States of America v. Jamill H. McDonald

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Fentanyl and Cocaine with Intent to Distribute

Ohio Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Possessing Fentanyl and Cocaine with Intent to Distribute


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Farmers Insurance Company v. Charmin Vanwinkle and Eaglemed, LLC, et al.

Antlers, Oklahoma civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a medical lien dispute.

This case had its roots in an automobile accident between VanWinkle and Carol Lynch in Hugo, Oklahoma. VanWinkle sustained injuries, and was transported to Parkland Hospital in Dallas. Parkland filed a Texas hospital lien (the Parkland lien) of $191,922 for treatment. VanWinkle alleged some $200,

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United States of America v. Talisha Cooper

Florence, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with preparing false tax returns

Florence Tax Preparer Indicted for Tax Fraud



A federal grand jury in Florence returned a 43-count indictment against Ta

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United States of America v. Christopher Acevedao, aka Essay

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

After a jury trial, Defendant-Appellant Christopher Acevedo was convicted of murder in aid of racketeering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(1), and causing the death of the victim through the use of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C.§ 924(j). Acevedo appeals, submitting both counseled and sel

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United States of America v. Emmanuel Martimiano Leon-Soto

Greensboro, NC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member Arrested After Being Charged in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy

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United States of America v. Christopher Brackins

Greenbelt, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Bribe General Services Administration Official

Subcontractor Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Bribe General Services Administration Official


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Wayne Thompson v. State of Oklahoma

Would the execution of a 15 year old violate the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against "cruel and unusual punishments"?

At the age of 15 years Thompson was tried as an adult, convicted of first degree murder, and sentenced to death. On appeal, the Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma affirmed. The Supreme Court granted Thompson certiorari.

Yes. After noting that the Eighth Amen

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United States of America v. Malachi A. Muhammad

Trenton, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking, Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking, and Illegal Possession of Firearms

Somerset County Man Convicted of Drug Trafficking, Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of D

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