Firearm Felony Law
 
United States of America v. Bryant Estevez, a/k/a Smack, Terel Byers a/k/a Rell or Raff

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Members Of Bronx Crew Charged With Conducting Round-The-Clock Drug Operation



From at least in or about February 2023 through at least in or about December 2023, Bryant Estevez, aka Smack, Terel Byers aka Rell or Raff, BYERS, and MONTEDEOCA were part of a narcotics trafficking organization that sold

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United States of America v. Hope Leticia Hastey

Lubbock, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted for Concealing PPP Loan Fraud



Hope Leticia Hastey, 51, was charged via criminal information in August 2023 and pleaded guilty to one count of misprision of a felony. Ms. Hastey was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix, who ordered her to pay $3,545,894.36 in resti

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Hussein Naji v. City of Dearborn, et al.

Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.


On May 3, 2023, Plaintiff, Hussein Naji, as personal representative of the Estate of Ali Naji, filed this civil rights lawsuit against the City of Dearborn and City of Dearborn police officer, Timothy Clive, arising from the shooting death of Ali Naji (Naji)

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United States of America v. Rambhai Patel and Balwinder Singh


Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted on Visa Fraud Conspiracy




BOSTON – Two New York men have been arrested on charges related to visa fraud.

Rambhai Patel, 36, and Balwinder Singh, 39, were charged with one count each of conspiracy to commit visa fraud. Patel was arrested in Seattle on Dec. 13, 2023

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United States of America v. Jason Levasseur


BANGOR, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant Indicted on Federal Gun Charges



U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Maine
Maine State Police found Jason Levasseur in possession of firearm during 2022 arrest
BANGOR, Maine: A Carroll Plantation man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Bangor to being a felon in possessio

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United States of America v. Tomas Johnson


PORTLAND, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with a theft from a federally licensed firearms dealer (FFL), possession of a stolen firearm, being a felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of cocaine base with intent to distribute.





PORTLAND, Maine: A Biddeford man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Portland fo

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United States of America v. Nicholas Karov


Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant for a Stolen Firearm Offense



Burlington, Vermont – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that Nicholas Karov, 40, of Rutland, Vermont was sentenced today to a 33-month term of imprisonment following his guilty plea to possession of a stolen

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United States of America v. Javon Calderon (also known as “Juju,”), Christopher Morgan (also known as “Mula,” and Shavonne Doucette

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants Indicted for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses




Burlington, Vermont – The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that Javon Calderon (also known as “Juju,”) of Holyoke, Massachusetts, Christopher Morgan (also known as “Mula,”) of Chicopee, Massachusett

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United States of America v. Ivan Carmona

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant for assaulting a federal agent and brandishing a firearm during the assault




Burlington, Vermont – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Vermont announced that Ivan Carmona (also known as “Flacco”), 32, of Springfield, Massachusetts was sentenced in the United States District C

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United States of America v. Chris Kyle Naylor, James Ray Schull, Jr., and Betty Anne Hern

Jefferson City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute meth.

Chris Kyle Naylor, 44, and Jasmine Dominique Hagan, 26, both of Sedalia, and James Ray Schull, Jr., 38, and Betty Anne Hern, 32, all elected to plead guilty.

Co-defendant Bobby Don Johnson, 44, of Sedalia, has pleaded guilty to his role in the drug-trafficking c

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State of Oklahoma v. Kenneth Allen Peterman

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented the Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: OWPN, POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AFCF, in violation of 21 O.S. 1283
Date of Offense: 03/24/2021
PETERMAN, KENNETH ALLEN
Disposed: DISMISSED, 12/22/2023. Dismissed- Request of the State
Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AFCF(OWPN)
Violation of 21 O.S. 128

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United States of America v. Mikell Baez

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant being indicted on firearms charges.



CONCORD – A Nashua man appeared in federal court, after being indicted on firearms charges, U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young announces.

Mikell Baez, 25, was indicted on November 15, 2023 with six counts of making a false statement during the acquisition of a firearm

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United States of America v. Valentino Terez Carpenter

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony distribution of fentanyl.

Valentino Terez Carpenter, 39, of Maryland Heights, was accused of selling fentanyl that killed a mother of three.

The victim was found dead on the couch in her home on June 21, 2022, with a capsule containing fentanyl nearby, after the cries of her children alerted

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United States of America v. Ronald Coleman, Jr.

Defendant Ronald Coleman appeals the district court’s denial of
a motion to suppress the fruits of a warrant for vehicle tracking and a residential search warrant
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on the grounds that the warrants lacked probable cause and that law enforcement’s installation of
the vehicle tracker violated the Fourth Amendment. Because the wa

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United States of America v. Jimmie White, II

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant claimed a violation of the speedy trial act.

Following our circuit’s binding precedent, we previously held in this case that
preindictment plea negotiations are “period[s] of delay resulting from other proceedings
concerning the defendant” that are automatically excludable under 18 U.S.C. § 3161(h)(1) of

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Duryane Chaney v. United States

Duryane Chaney pleaded guilty to one count each of felon in
possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Because his criminal
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record included convictions for one “serious drug offense” and two “violent felon[ies],” Chaney
was sentenced as an armed career criminal, subject to the Armed Career Crimin

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United States of America v. William Steele

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

After ten days of trial, a jury convicted Defendant William S. Steele (“Steele”) of (1) Racketeering Conspiracy (“RICO Conspiracy”) under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), and (2) Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug

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United States of America v. Charles Eason

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

The United States appeals a 46-month sentence imposed on Charles Eason by the Western District of Tennessee following his guilty plea to being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The United States argues the district court erred

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United States of America v. Kenneth Jackson


A. Pre-Trial Proceedings
1. Indictment and Guilty Pleas
In December 2015, Jackson, Palmer, Tervon’tae Taylor, D’Wan Dillard, Jr., and Calvin
Rembert were charged with multiple violations of 18 U.S.C. § 2119(2)—carjacking resulting in
serious bodily injury—and 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(ii)—using, carrying, or possessing a
firearm during a crime of violence. P

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOHN MADDUX, JR.; CHRISTINA CARMAN; JULIE COSCIA; MICHAEL E.SMITH

RE The defendants here took part in a decade-long scheme
surreptitiously to sell tax-free cigarettes, thereby defrauding federal, state, and local governments
of more than $45 million in tax revenue. The federal government eventually uncovered the
scheme and charged them with 34 counts of various crimes, including conspiracy to commit mail
or wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.

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James King v. United States of America

Grand Rapids, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Appellant who sued the Defendant on a Federal Tort Claims Act theory.

On July 18, 2014, Defendants were searching for a criminal suspect named Aaron Davison. Police believed that Davison had committed felony home invasion, and the State of Michigan had issued a warrant for his arrest. Defendants were members of a “joint fugit

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United States of America v. Dalen King

Dalen King faced the possibility of serving sixty-one
months in prison for multiple drug-possession convictions and violations of supervised release.
But after considering all the circumstances surrounding King’s offenses, the district judge
ordered him to serve only thirty-six months in prison. The first thirty months were punishment
for King’s drug convictions and the fin

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United States of America v. Dontarious Marquette Henderson

Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Dontarious Marquette Henderson, 28, was indicted on September 8, 2022, on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. He faced a maximum sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system.

On November 11, 20

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United States of America v. Douglas T. Murphy

Green Bay, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(1).

On the evening of June 4 and into the early morning hours of June 5, 2023, Douglas T. Murchy, age 35, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, repeatedly pointed a Cobra .380 caliber handgun at several children inside

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United States of America v. Le' Ardrus Burris

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

Federal law imposes longer prison sentences
on certain violent career criminals. As relevant here, both the Armed Career Criminal Act
(“ACCA”) and the United States Sentencing Guidelines (“Guidelines”) impose longer prison
sentences on certain defendants who have a crimin

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