Kidnapping Law
 
United States of America v. Ty Garbin

Grand Rapids, MI: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping.... More...   $0 (08-25-2021 - MI)

United States of America v. RASHAUN ANTONIO TAYLOR, a/k/a Diablo, a/k/a Blo, a/k/a Blo Bosston, a/k/a Bubba

Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a conspiracy to commit racketeering charge.



We review a district court’s denial of a Fed. R. Crim. P. 29 motion for a judgment
of acquittal based on the sufficiency of the evidence de novo. United States v. Farrell, 921
F.3d 116, 136 (4th C... More...
   $0 (08-25-2021 - PA)

United States of America v. Nery A. Martinez Vasquez and Maura N. Martinez

Sacramento, CA: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit forced labor and conspiracy to harbor and alien for financial gain.

Nery A. Martinez Vasquez, 53, and his wife Maura N. Martinez, 53, both of Shasta Lake, are naturalized United States citizens, originally from Guatemala. They owned and operated Latino’s, a restaurant, and Redding Carpet Clea... More...
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United States of America v. Nicole Poole Franklin

Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, who was charged with attempted murder.

Nicole Poole Franklin, 42, admitted driving her Jeep Grand Cherokee on Creston Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa, where the first child-victim was walking along the sidewalk with another young relative. Upon seeing the children and believing that the victim was of Middle Eastern or African desc... More...
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State of Oklahoma v. David Lemari

Enid, OK: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: KID, KIDNAPPING, in violation of 21 O.S. 741
Date of Offense: 12/11/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
LEMARI, DAVID Disposed: CONVICTION, 08/23/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: DOMESTIC ABUSE- ASSAULT AND BATTERY - DOMESTIC(ABDOM)
Violation of 21 O.S. 644 (C)... More...
   $0 (08-23-2021 - OK)

United States of America v. Seth Thomas Blackburn, Peter Joseph Blackburn, a/k/a "Homer," and Brent Jordan Gould

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping that resulted in death.

Seth Thomas Blackburn, age 31, of Riverston, Wyoming, Peter Joseph Blackburn, a/k/a "Homer," age 34,Riverton, Wyoming, and Brent Jordan Gould, age 30, of Riverton, Wyoming were charged with kidnapping that resulted in the death of Victor Dale Addision.

On the afternoon... More...
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United States of America v. Randy Ala Hamett

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defendant charged with kidnapping in Indian Country; carjacking; possessing and receiving a stolen firearm and stolen ammunition; possession of a firearm while subject to a domestic violence protective order; burglary in the second degree in Indian Country; assaults with a dangerous weapons (2 counts) in Indian Country; dom... More...   $0 (08-17-2021 - OK)

United States of America v. MIGUEL QUILES-LOPEZ

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a attempted possession of cocaine with intent to distribute charge.



This case is a consolidated
appeal by Miguel Quiles-Lopez to contest two separate sentences.
The first sentence followed after Quiles-Lopez pled
guilty to attempted possession... More...
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State of Oklahoma v. Henry Lee Hunter Jr

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABDOM, DOMESTIC ABUSE (ASSAULT & BATTERY) AFCF, in violation of 21 O.S. 644
Date of Offense: 08/23/2018
Party Name Disposition Information
HUNTER, HENRY LEE JR Disposed: CONVICTION, 08/12/2021. Jury Trial
Count as Disposed: DOMESTIC ABUSE (ASSAULT & BATTERY) ... More...
   $0 (08-12-2021 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Berek Boswell

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:



Count # 1. Count as Filed: KID, KIDNAPPING, in violation of 21 O.S. 741
Date of Offense: 06/11/2021
Party Name Disposition Information
Boswell, Derek Disposed: DEFERRED, 08/09/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: ASSAULT AND BATTERY - DOMESTIC(ABDOM)
Violation of 21 O.S. 644.1 <... More...
   $0 (08-09-2021 - OK)

United States of America v. JOSHUA JAMES MJONESS

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with using and carrying a firearm in relation to a crime of transmitting threats in interstate commerce charge.



Title 18, Section 924(c)(1)(A) of the United States Code proscribes “us[ing] or
carr[ying] a firearm” “during and in relation to any crime o... More...
   $0 (08-09-2021 - CO)

United States of America v. ERMOND OVERTON

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a one count of bank robbery charge.



“Robbing a bank saved my life.” R. vol. 2 at 43. Or at least that’s how Overton
puts it. For him, the robbery was his only chance at safety from the people who had
been following him for over a year, trying... More...
   $0 (08-09-2021 - CO)

United States of America v. Patrick Dwayne Murphy

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second degree murder in Indian country.

Patrick Dwayne Murphy, age 52, of Vernon, Oklahoma was found guilty by a federal jury of Murder – Second Degree in Indian Country, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1111, 2, 1151 and 1153; Murder in Indian Country in Perpetration of Kidnapping, in vi... More...
   $0 (08-06-2021 - OK)

United States of America v. William Monte Hosetosavit

Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country.

William Monte Hosetosavit, age 27, assaulted Jane Doe in Otero County, New Mexico, on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Hosetosavit hit the victim in the face with his elbow causing prolonged disfigurement to her eye socket.

... More...
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State of Louisiana v. Lawrence Michael Handley

Lafayette, Louisiana criminal defense lawyers represented defendant charge with second-degree kidnapping and one count of attempted second-degree kidnapping.

The State claimed that he hired two men to kidnap his estranged wife. The men drown in an attempt to get away from the police.... More...
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State of Oklahoma v. Merle Jason Lancaster and Ashley Woodell

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: OROB, ROBBERY FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 798
Date of Offense: 02/03/2021
Party Name Disposition Information
LANCASTER, MERLE JASON Disposed: DISMISSED, 05/13/2021. Dismissed- Transferred to Another Jurisdiction
Count as Disposed: ROBBERY FIRST DEGREE(OROB... More...
   $0 (07-27-2021 - OK)

Karl Fontenot v. Scott Crow

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping, robbery and murder.


Petitioner-appellee Karl Fontenot was twice tried and found guilty of the 1984 kidnapping, robbery, and murder of Donna Haraway in Ada, Oklahoma. Almost no evidence connected him to the crime other than his own videotaped confession, a confession that "rang false in almo... More...
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Christopher Revill v. The State of Texas

Fort Worth, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Defendant charged with a Aggravated Kidnapping.



The indictment alleged that on or about October 10, 2016, Appellant
Christopher Revill intentionally or knowingly abducted Typhenie Johnson with the
intent to terrorize her.1
A jury found Revill guilty of agg... More...
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United States of America v. Akmal Narzikulov

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant indicted for unlawfully produce identification documents, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, kidnapping, conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act extortion and Hobbs Act extortion relating to a scheme to assist cheating by applicants for commercial driver licenses administered by the New York Department of Motor Vehicles (“DMV”) and licenses... More...   $0 (07-09-2021 - NY)

Roy Castillo v. The State of Texas

Houston, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Roy Castillo with a Escape charge.



Castillo was indicted for the third-degree felony offense of escape from
custody while charged with a felony offense, namely robbery. See TEX. PENAL CODE
§ 38.06(a)(1), (c)(1). At trial, Houston Police Department (HPD) Officer K... More...
   $0 (07-04-2021 - TX)

State of Oklahoma v. Victor Leigh Alexander

El Reno, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: KID, KIDNAPPING, in violation of 21 O.S. 741
Date of Offense: 12/04/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
ALEXANDER, VICTOR LEIGH Disposed: DISMISSED, 06/30/2021. Dismissed by Court
Count as Disposed: KIDNAPPING(KID)
Violation of 21 O.S. 741
Count # 2. ... More...
   $0 (06-30-2021 - ok)

State of Oklahoma v. Christopher Ashton Scott

Norman, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: BRG1, BURGLARY IN THE FIRST DEGREE IN CONCERT AND TOGETHER WITH AMAYA AMOUR SMITH, BRANDON SHARAUD HOLLINS, DARRELL DEMOND JOHNSON JR, AND SAMUEL YOUNG III, in violation of 21 O.S. 1431
Date of Offense: 04/14/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
Scott, Christopher Ash... More...
   $0 (06-29-2021 - OK)

STATE OF LOUISIANA Vs. LANCE S. BARTON

Lake Charles, LA - Criminal defense attorney represented Lance Barton with five counts of molestation of a juvenile under the age of five charges.



On August 26, 2015, the Acadia Parish Grand Jury returned an
indictment charging that, from on or about July 1, 2014, until June 2, 2015, Mr.
Barton willfully, unlawfully, an... More...
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STATE OF OHIO - vs - MICKEY MURRILL

- Criminal defense attorney represented Mickey Murrill with 25 sexual offenses, including first degree felony kidnapping with a sexual motivation specification and first-degree felony rape. Appellant's 25 charges stemmed from his actions with several children he knew through friends and family..


In September 2018, appellant ple... More...
   $0 (06-26-2021 - OH)

State of Minnesota v. Dereck Chauvin

Minneapolis, Minnesota murder charge criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant, Dereck Chauvin, who was charged with killing George Floyd.

"Appellant State of Minnesota charged respondent Derek Michael Chauvin with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter based on the death of George Floyd. Chauvinmoved the... More...
   $0 (06-26-2021 - MN)

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