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United States of America v. Shawn M. Thomas
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Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threat or violence.
AI Overview Federal interference with commerce by threats or violence, most notably under the Hobbs Act (\(18\) U.S.C. \(1951\)), makes it illegal to obstruct, delay, or affect interstate or foreign commerce through robbery or extortion. This includes committ
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State of Texas v. Taylor Rene Parker
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Boston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with capital murder.
In November 2022, Taylor Rene Parker was tried for and convicted of capital murder pursuant to Section 19.03(a)(2) of the Penal Code for committing the murder of an individual in the course of committing or attempting to commit a
kidnapping. TEX. PENAL CODE § 19.03(a)(2).
The medica
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Stephen Benavides v. Harris County, Texas
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Houston, Texas, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.c. 1983.
On December 26, 2019, at approximately 7:19 p.m., Deputy Jose Nunez of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call reporting a suspected in-progress home invasion. The caller, Sandra Garibay, informed the dispatcher that she had locked herself and her
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United States of America v. Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell
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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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Juliana Swink v. Souothern Health Partners, Inc., et al.
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Greensboro, North Carolina personal injury lawyer represents the Plaintiff on medical malpractice, wrongful death and civil rights claims.
David Ray Gsunter was diagnosed with a heart condition shortly after birth. At fifteen years old, to address his heart condition, Gunter underwent open-heart surgery to replace his aortic valve with a mechanical heart valve (“MHV”).
At this t
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State of New Jersey v. Wilfredo Lugo and Zachary Lieber
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Camden, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with with 3rd-degree Possession of CSAM..
Two Camden County men were arrested last month for crimes related to child sexual abuse material (CSAM), reported Camden County Prosecutor Grace C. MacAulay.
Investigations conducted by the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office High Tech Crimes Unit, i
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United States of America v. Johnathan Gaines
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Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank rubbery by force or violence.
Gaines is serving a 711-month sentence for committing three armed robberies in 2000, brandishing a firearm during the
commission of one of those robberies, and discharging a firearm during another. At the time of his conviction, he received a 25-year mandatory minimum sente
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Stacy Hovan v. Metroploitan Life Insurance Company
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Miami, Florida, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a an ERISA law theory.
Stacy Hovan sued Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 (“ERISA”), challenging MetLife’s termination of her long- term disability benefit.
Hovan was employed as a commercial litigator with
Troutman
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United States of America v. Todd Harold Cooper
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Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed bank robbery.
In 2003, a jury convicted Cooper of armed bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113. At sentencing, the government sought a life sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3559(c), the three strikes provision. Relevant here, § 3559(c) mandates a life
sentence if the defendant “is convicte
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United States of America v. Marion Anthony Rogers
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Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking.
(a) Offenses.—
(1) Travel or conduct of offender.—
A person who travels in interstate or foreign commerce or enters or leaves Indian country or is present within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States with the intent to kill, injure, harass, or intimi
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State of Tennessee v. Kejuan King
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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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Estate of Donovan L. Lewis v. City of Columbus, Ohio, et al.
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Columbus, Ohio personal injury lawyer represents the Plaintiff who sued on an excessive force civil rights violation theory.
Twenty-year-old Donovan Lewis was at home in bed, around 2 a.m., when police officers entered his apartment to arrest him on outstanding warrants. Once inside the residence, Officer Ricky Anderson fatally shot the unarmed Lewis in the abdomen as he sat up in bed. Pu
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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Catherine Renee Tellez
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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
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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. Davonte Coe
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Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Coe was charged with violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He filed two relevant pretrial
motions: (1) to dismiss the indictment because Section 922(g)(1) violates the Second
Amendment; and (2) to suppress the firearm because Walker used constitutionally
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Guistina Aprileo v. Cheryl Claporood, et al.
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Springfield, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an excessive force claim.
In 2018, Guistina Aprileo requested police assistance with resolving a disagreement at her
home between her adult children. Soon after the police arrived, she found herself in a dispute with one of the officers, which led to her arrest on charges including disorderly conduct. Rath
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State of Georgia v. Yoshay Carter
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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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United States of America v. Jordan Frazier Payne
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and child neglect in Indian Country.
Jordan Frazier Payne was accused of killing the minor child victim by blunt force trauma to the head.
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United States of America v. Ryan R. Vandyke
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Pocatello, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.
Section 922(g)(8)(C)(ii) prohibits firearm possession by an individual subject to a court order that “by its terms
explicitly prohibits the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force against [an] intimate partner or child that
would
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United States of America v. Bryant James Ross
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Pierre, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery.
Assault is an act that causes someone to fear imminent physical harm, while battery is the physical act of applying force to another person. The key difference is that battery requires physical contact, which can be offensive or harmful, whereas assault does not, according to some jur
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United States of America v. James L. Hattten, II
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Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor in violation of 18 U.S. 1591.
Federal and state laws treat
trafficking a minor as a severe felony, defining a minor as anyone under the age of 18. A key component of these laws is that a minor cannot legally consent to commercial sex acts or forced labor, meaning prosecutors do not
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United States of America v. Charles “Chuck” Wright, Amos Durham, Lawson B. Watson
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Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with
Charles “Chuck” Wright, 60, the former sheriff of Spartanburg County; Amos Durham 61, a former chaplain for the department; and Lawson B. Watson 63, a former employee, have pleaded guilty for their participation in a public corruption scheme that defrauded the county of public funds for years.<
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State of Oklahoma v. Dustin Joel Walker
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Muskogee, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer is representing the Defendant charged sexually abusing a child.
by Kent Morlan
Dustin Joel Walker, age 34, is charged with:
1. SEXUAL ABUSE - CHILD UNDER 12 (FELONY)
2. CHILD NEGLECT (FELONY)
3. CHILD NEGLECT (FELONY)
4. CHILD NEGLECT (FELONY
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United States of America v. Charles “Chuck” Wright, Amos Durham, Lawson B. Watson
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Spartanburg, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit theft.
Charles “Chuck” Wright, 60, the former sheriff of Spartanburg County; Amos Durham 61, a former chaplain for the department; and Lawson B. Watson 63, a former employee, have pleaded guilty for their participation in a public corruption scheme that defrauded the county
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United States of America v. Dartez Omar Faulk and Rosalind Carol Comfort
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Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Young Woman .
following a four-day trial, a federal jury in Raleigh convicted Dartez Omar Faulk and Rosalind Carol Comfort of three counts of sex trafficking following a four day trial.
“These depraved reprobates preyed on vulnerable young women to make money from their sufferi
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