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State of Oregon v. Kenneth Scott Evers Hood

Hillsboro, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully manufacturing a Schedule I controlled substance, ORS 475.752.

The Defendant sought to suppress the evidence against him.

The Oregon appellate courts review the trial court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence gathered during a warrantless search for legal error. State v. Ehly, 317 Or

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State of Indiana v. Mark Sanchez

Indianapolis, Indiana, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery with:


Battery resulting in bodily injury — a Class A Misdemeanor
Unauthorized entry of a motor vehicle — a Class B Misdemeanor
Public intoxication that endangers the life of another — a Class B Misdemeanor
Battery resulting is serious bodily injur

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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. Otto Melvin Ramirez

Del Rio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Re-entry into the United States

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United States of America v. United States of America v. Diego Gregorio Felicia-Herndandez

San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Re-entry into the United States

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United States of America v. Leobardo Ricardo Torres-Torres

Great Falls, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry.

A Mexican man who was in the United States illegally was sentenced yesterday to a term of time-served and remanded to the U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.

Leobardo Ricardo Torres-Torres, 38, pleaded guilty in April 2025 to illegal reentry.

The government

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United States of America v. Lance Scott Michel

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Crimes Involving Children on the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.

United States District Judge Mary K. Dimke sentenced Lance Scott Michel, age 31, of Nespelem, Washington, to 216 months in federal prison after Michel pleaded guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country and Sexual

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State of Virginia v. Stephen Smerk

Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Stephen Smerk, age 53, was accused of killing Robin Lawrence, age 27, who was killed in 1994.

Detectives using DNA from the crime scene were able to identify Smerk as the killer.

Investigators turned to Ellen Greytak, director of bioinformatics at Parabon NanoLabs, a

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United States of America v. Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a drug trafficking conspiracy.

Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta, an undocumented Mexican national living in Yakima, Washington, admitted in federal court that he murdered a man and his six-months-pregnant wife while they were engaged in a drug trafficking conspiracy.

Madrigal-Birrueta and coconspirator

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Thomas Patak

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with smash-and-grab burglaries.

HOMAS PATAK, 55, pleaded guilty to numerous breaking and entering, larceny from a building and destruction of property charges in BMC Central and received a sentence of 2.5 years in the House of Correction followed by two years of probation with orders to stay away from all cri

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United States of America v. David Antonio Molina-Mendoza

Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with re-entry of a deported alien.

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 thereafter
(2) enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in, the United

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United States of America v. Jaison L. Coleman

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

Responding to 911 calls of domestic violence is one of the most difficult responsibilities of police officers. This case is a good example. Just after 4:00 a.m. on April 20, 2023, Officer Jamie Kizer of the Marshfield, Wisconsin police department, responded to a ca

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Malik Allah-U-Akbar, fka Odraye G. Jones v. Margaret Bradshaw, Warden

Cleveland, Ohio, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

Malik Allah-U-Akbar was granted a conditional writ of habeas corpus, “vacating [his] death sentence unless the State of Ohio conducts a new penalty-phase proceeding within 180 days of remand.” Jones v. Bradshaw, 46 F.4th 459, 489 (6th Cir. 2022). The state did not comply with the writ. The

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United States of America .v James B. Comey, Jr.

Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers are representing the Defendant charged with:

Count 1:
1. On or about September 30, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia, the defendant, JAMES
B. COMEY JR., did willfully and knowingly make a materially false, Fictitious, and
fraudulent statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the
Governme

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United States of America v. Jason Brenner

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Failing to Stop for Inspection at Calais International Port of Entry.

A New Jersey man was sentenced for failing to report his arrival and present himself for inspection at the international port of entry in Calais.

U.S. Magistrate Judge John C. Nivison sentenced Jason Brenner, 53, to 115 days of impris

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United States of America v. Julie Winters

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Felony Intimidation of a Federal Officer and Resisting Arrest.

Defendant Julie Winters, 47, of Portland, pleaded guilty yesterday to Felony Intimidation of a Federal Officer and Resisting Arrest.

According to court documents, on June 24, 2025, Winters brandished a large knife and swung it back and for

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United States of America v. Rafael Camarillo-Gonzalez

Roswell, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with re-entry of a removed alien.

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United States of America v. John C. Nivison

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to report his arrival and present himself for inspection

A New Jersey man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Bangor for failing to report his arrival and present himself for inspection at the international port of entry in Calais.

U.S. Magistrate Judge John C. Nivison sentenced Jason

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United States of America v.Lance Scott Michel

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country and Sexual Abuse in Indian Country

United States District Judge Mary K. Dimke sentenced Lance Scott Michel, age 31, of Nespelem, Washington, to 216 months in federal prison after Michel pleaded guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country and Sexual Abuse in

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United States of America v. Matthew Alan Stacy

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two federal drug counts under the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.

This criminal case arose from Matthew Allen Stacy’s use of a two-entity business structure to help his clients circumvent
Oklahoma’s medical-marijuana laws. In 2018, Oklahoma legalized the possession, growth,

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United States of America v. Juan Carmen Padron Mendez and Juan Carlos

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with choking federal agent

Between Sept. 19-25, a total of 511 individuals have been charged in immigration and related matters as part of ongoing enforcement actions along the South Texas border, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

Among those are 180 people charged with illegally reentering the

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United States of America v. Jesus Ruiz Murillo aka Gabriella Ruiz Murillo, and Sebastian Ruiz

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transportation of illegal aliens for financial gain.

United States Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas announced today that federal prosecutors in the district filed 270 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from Sept. 19 through 25. Significant cases include U.S. ci

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State of Illinois v. Darius Bowdry, Harvey fisher, Alton Jackson, Kellen McMiller, Dujuan Wingard, Anthony Hemphill, and Keth Perkins

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers representing the Defendants charged with criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with First-Degree Murder, Burglary, and Retail Theft.


“This case is a heartbreaking example of the threat that these organized retail theft operations pose to the entire community. Not only is the economic vitality of our city compromised b

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Anushka Bubey, et al. v. Department of Homeland Security

Chicago, Illinois, immigration lawyers represented the Plaintiffs seeking review of adverse administrative decisions made by HHS.

Five citizens of India, who came to the United States as students with F-1 visas, returned home for short periods and sought reentry. Officials at the air- ports where they arrived revoked their visas. The officials ordered expedited removal with respect to fou

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United States of America v. Howard Rubin

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking and prostitution.

Between 2009 to 2011, the commercial sex acts primarily occurred at luxury hotels in Manhattan, New York. Beginning in 2011, the defendant HOW ARD RUBIN leased a luxury penthouse apartment located near Central Park, New York (the "Penthouse"). RUBIN and the defendant JENNIFE

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