False Imprisonment Law
 
State of Oklahoma v. Darrell Lamont Mayfield

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a controlled drug in jail or penal institution in violation of 57 O.S. 21 (A).

A. Any person who, without authority, brings into or has in his or her possession in any jail or state penal institution or other place where prisoners are located, any gun, knife, bomb or other dangerous instrument,

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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. Todd Harold Cooper

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

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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United States of America v. Thomas L. Horton

Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with escaping from custody in violation of 18 U.S. C. 741.


18 U.S.C. § 751(a) sets forth a penalty of up to 5 years imprisonment and/or a fine under Title 18 for escape or an attempt to escape on a felony or conviction on any offense, and one year confinement and/or a fine under Title 18 for escape

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United States of America v. Charelle Smith

Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with filing false tax returns.

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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Huber Iran Argello-Aguilar

Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with odomy, wanton endangerment, rape, assault, unlawful imprisonment and menacing.

Huber Iran Argello-Aguilar, 25, is charged with two sexual assaults.

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United States of America v. Keno Lane

Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being an lawful drug user in possession of a firearm, false declaration before a Grand Jury, obstruction justice,

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United States of America v. Pierre Lemone Draper

Dayton, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to commit theft and conversion of money and things of value from the United States; 18 U.S.C. § 1014 - Making false statements on a loan application; 18 U.S.C. § 1040 - Wire Fraud; 18 U.S.C. § 1343 - the knowing transfer, possession and use without lawful authority of a means of identification of another per

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Elizabeth Koletas v. United States of America

Orlando, Florida personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Federal Tort Claims Act claim.

On June 23, 2022, Plaintiff Elisabeth Koletas was traveling
through Southwest Florida International Airport. Upon arriving at
the security screening area, Koletas, four months pregnant, re
quested to undergo a pat-down instead of walking through a body
scanner. She e

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United States of America v. Taire Hardeman

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating conditions of supervised release.

Hardeman pled guilty to drug offenses and was sentenced to 36 months’ imprisonment followed by three years’ supervised release. Approximately eleven months after his supervised release commenced, law enforcement responded to reported gunfire and found a

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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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State of Arizona v. Steven Peterson

Holbrook, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant was charged with five counts of sexual conduct with a minor and three counts of luring a minor for sexual exploitation.

The jury found Peterson guilty as charged. The court sentenced him to a total of seven years' imprisonment with credit for 32 days of presentence incarceration and lifetime probation upon his release.

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Barbara Lopez Payan v. Caitlin A. Freshwater

Phoenix, Arizona personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an unknown legal theory.

In June 2023, Officer Freshwater approached Payan and her two dogs at a police station. After their encounter, Freshwater wrote in a police report that one of Payan's dogs needed "immediate medical attention." The report also stated that Payan "could not hold a conversation," her thought

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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. Bryan Ross

Pierre, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to appear in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 3146(a)(l) and 3146(b)(l)(A)(ii).

8 U.S.C. § 3146(a)(1) is a section of the U.S. Code that defines the crime of
failure to appear, which is committed by anyone who knowingly fails to appear in court as required by the conditions of their release. To be

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United States of America v. James L. Hattten, II

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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Canary Reed v. Remington Arms Company, Inc., et al.

Little Rock, Arkansas employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation job discrimination theory.

This is an employment discrimination lawsuit filed by Canary Reed against Remington Ammunition, Remington Arms Company, Inc., and Vista Outdoors Inc.. Filed in October 2024, Reed, an African American woman, alleges she was terminated from her job as a Body

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JERRY LEE IRWIN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellee

¶1 Appellant, Jerry Lee Irwin, was convicted by a jury in the District Court of Tulsa County, Case No. CF-2021-3185, of Count 1: Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon, in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 652(C); Count 4: Kidnapping, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2012, § 741; Count 5: Possession of a Firearm After Former Conviction, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2019, § 1283(A); and Count 6: Traffick

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DAKODA AARON MCCAULEY, Appellant v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellee

¶1 Appellant, Dakoda Aaron McCauley, was tried and convicted by a jury in the District Court of Osage County, Case No. CF-2018-135, of Manslaughter in the First Degree (Heat of Passion), in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 711.1 The jury sentenced McCauley to twenty-two years imprisonment. The Honorable Burl O. Estes, Associate District Judge, presided at trial and pronounced judgment and sentence in

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MICHAEL GARY PARKER, JR., Appellant v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellee.

¶1 Appellant Michael Gary Parker, Jr. appeals his Judgment and Sentence from the District Court of Tulsa County, Case No. CF-2018-3184, for First Degree Manslaughter, in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 711.1 Parker's jury unanimously found him guilty, but deadlocked on the issue of punishment. The Honorable William J. Musseman, Jr., District Judge, who presided over Parker's jury trial, sentenced Pa

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John Hogner v. State of Oklahoma

¶1 Appellant Travis John Hogner was charged and tried by jury for Feloniously Pointing a Firearm (21 O.S.Supp.2012, § 1289.16) or in the alternative Domestic Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (21 O.S.Supp.2014, § 644) (Count I); Possession of a Firearm, After Former Conviction of a Felony (21 O.S. Supp.2014, § 1283) (Counts II and III); Kidnapping (21 O.S.Supp.2012, § 751 (Count V); Interferenc

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State of Oklahoma v. Dustin Joel Walker

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

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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