Law enforcement officers conduct traffic stops every
day. No matter how minor the apparent infraction, every traffic
stop must comply with the Fourth Amendment. It wraps every
person, and every traffic stop, with a cloak of constitutional
protection. The Fourth Amendment also permits the
consideration of officer safety when confronting a potentially
dangerous situatio

Simple questions can be hard to answer. Is armed bank robbery a crime of violence? That should be a no-brainer. But because the categorical approach applies, answering this question
is far from simple. Fortunately, here, the common-sense answer is also the right one.
Mark Jordan robbed banks, sometimes while carrying a
gun. Now he claims that federal armed bank robbery can be
co

On September 26, 2018, police officers Hugo Lemos
and Nicholas Mastroianni were working the overnight shift as
patrol officers in southwest Philadelphia. At about 2:00 a.m.,
they received a radio call for a person screaming at the intersection of 65th Street and Dicks Avenue outside Eddie’s Café
and a man assaulting a woman on the highway. The officers
were nearby and

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated robbery.

Dylan James Rivas, 25, who was convicted of Aggravated Robbery in Bexar County in 2017, illegally possessed a firearm during a five-day span in April 2020. On April 13, 2020, Rivas attacked and pistol-whipped his girlfriend with the firearm, before shooting at her parents’ house early t

SAN ANTONIO – A Castroville man was sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio to 60 months in prison for one count of felon in possession of a firearm.

Buel DeWayne Smiley, 63, was reported to the FBI for sharing posts that expressed anti-government and pro-white sentiment and encouraged others to blow up infrastructure. In his posts, Smiley displayed books on making improvised muniti

Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felon in possession of a firearm.

TYRICO DEVONTE BOWENS, age 30, of Durham, was sentenced to a 120-month term of imprisonment by the Honorable William L. Osteen, Jr., United States District Judge in the United States District Court for the MDNC. He pleaded guilty on September 29, 2023, to felon in p

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, cocaine and crack sourced from Honduras and Mexico in Eastern North Carolina. Callahan claimed to have access to over twenty kilograms of narcotics at any time.

While awaiting trial and prior to his September 26, 2023, guilty plea, Bruce Carroll Callahan, Jr., a/k/a "

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of an unregistered destructive device in violation of 26 U.S.C. 5861, which provides:

It shall be unlawful for any person—
(a) to engage in business as a manufacturer or importer of, or dealer in, firearms without having paid the special (occupational) tax required by section 5801 for hi

Aurora, Colorado criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with negligent homicide.

Jeremy Cooper and Peter Cichuniec, two Aurora, Colorado fire department paramedics were charged with violation of Title 18. Criminal Code § 18-3-105. which provides:

Any person who causes the death of another person by conduct amounting to criminal negligence commits criminall

Tacoma, Washington personal injury wrongful death lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories claiming that Tacoma Police Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Masyth Ford used excessive force when they attempted to arrest him in 2021.

The Complaint:

Plaintiffs, MONET CARTER-MIXON as Personal Representative of the ESTAT

Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine who were charged with murder for killing Manuel “Manny” Ellis, who was killed by the Tacoma police officers.

The Pierce County Medical Examiner ruled that Ellis, a black man, was murdered.

2.1 Plaintiff Monet Carter-Mixon: Monet Carter-Mixon (“Ms. Carter-Mixon”)

Washington, DC criminal 1defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

Andrew Quentin Taake, 32, of Houston, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols to one count of assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers using a dangerous weapon, a felony. Judge Nichols will sentence Taake on March 26, 2024.

According to court documents, Taake

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal in violation of 8 U.S.c. 1326, which provides:

(a) In generalSubject to subsection (b), any alien who—
(1) has been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or has departed the United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding, and

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to make false statements in connection with the purchases of multiple firearms from federally licensed firearms dealers.

Windall Mitchell, age 34, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, admitted to conspiring with his girlfriend, Yesenia Ramos, age 43, of Stroudsburg, to provide false information

Albany, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in the firearms business without a license.

Rodell Patterson, age 51, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, admitted to mailing eight packages containing a total of 10 firearms from Baton Rouge to the Capital Region in 2021 and 2022. Two of those firearms were recovered in June 2022 in the Troy, New York, apart

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Carry, Use, Brandish, and Discharge a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence and car jacking.

Denim Lee Blount, age 21, was accused of participating in a May 13, 2021, robbery in Haikey Creek Park in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma that left two men dead. Blount also admitted to attempting t

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with corruptly obstructing the IRS by underreporting his income and filing false tax returns in connection with his medical practice.

Dr. Jasser Thiara owned and operated an obstetrics medical practice, doing business as Mid-Atlantic Ob-Gyn, and another doctor’s office specializing in pain management called

Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fentanyl trafficking and unlawful firearm possession.

Robert Edward Maxwell, age 44, of Clarksburg, West Virginia, was selling fentanyl from his home. Investigators searched the property and found fentanyl and a pistol. Maxwell has prior felony convictions which prevents him from having firearms.

Norton Shores, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with open murder and first-degree child abuse.

Shanda Vander Ark, was accused of killing her 15-year-old son Timothy Ferguson in violation of 750.316 of the Michigan Penal Code, which provides:

(1) Except as provided in sections 25 and 25a of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175

Georgetown, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with indecency with a child by sexual contact.

John Frank Scheer, age 42, was charged with indecency with a child by sexual contact in violation of Texas Penal Code - PENAL § 21.11, which provides:


(a) A person commits an offense if, with a child younger than 17 years of age, whether the child is

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant would was wrongfully convicted.

A jury found appellant Christopher James Hayes, age 16, guilty of first-degree felony murder while committing a drive-by shooting and second-degree intentional murder. The district court convicted Hayes of first-degree felony murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment with the possibil

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple counts of felony possession of firearms.

Jacob Nolan Jessup, 35, a citizen of Muscogee (Creek) Nation, was indicted in October of 2022 and ultimately plead guilty to two separate counts for felon in possession of a firearm. Both counts included violations that occurred within four and a half months of

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

In November 2020, the Maine Warden Service (MWS) received a complaint about shots being fired at a residence in Exeter, Maine. A warden observed bullets lodged in the walls of the residence, and the homeowners reported hearing gunshots from across the pond and seeing two

Great Falls, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

James Cleveland Manywhitehorses was charged with violating 18 U.S.C. 922, which provides:

(g) It shall be unlawful for any person—
(1) who has been convicted in any court of, a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year;
(2) who is a fu

Montgomery, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with federal gun and drug offenses.

Law enforcement executed a search warrant at Kawasi Wilson’s house on August 10, 2022. During the search, agents found over 1,000 grams of cocaine and 2 firearms, along with over $20,000 in cash. Wilson, age 45, had previously been convicted of felony offenses, including a f