Lewd Molestation Law
 
United States of America v. Joseph Ralland Whipple

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing, distributing, receiving, and possessing sexually explicit images of minor children.

On September 24, 2025, the Southeast Regional Internet Crimes Against Children (SER-ICAC) Task Force, comprised of detectives from the Richland and Kennewick Police Departments, Deputies from the Benton County She

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State of Oklahoma v. T.J.B.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with lewd molestation and first-degree rape.

21 O.S. 1123(A)

A. It is a felony for any person to knowingly and intentionally:

1. Make any oral, written or electronically or computer-generated lewd or indecent proposal to any child under sixteen (16) years of age, or other individual the person bel

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Bruce Brill v. Noma D. Gurich

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

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: RACKETEERING, in violation of 22 O.S. 1401
Date of Offense: 11/10/1978
BRILL, BRUCE M
Disposed: CONVICTION, 10/05/2000. Nolo Contendere Plea
Count as Disposed: RACKETEERING
Violation of 22 O.S. 1401
Count # 2.
Count as Filed: LEWD, INDECEN

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State of Oklahoma v. Denyell Demond Murphy

Durant, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

SEXUAL BATTERY (FELONY) (REDUCED/AMENDED FROM LEWD OR INDECENT PROPOSALS TO CHILD UNDER 16 (FELONY))

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The People of the State of California v. Marion Salinas

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault and child abuse.

On September 3, 2025, Mario Salinas was convicted by a jury of 15 counts lewd or lascivious act on a child under 14 years old. The jury also found a multiple victim enhancement to be true and that the victims were particularly vulnerable; the crime was carried out in a m

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United States of America v. David Bert Paycer

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a minor under twelve years of age in Indian County.

The child sex abuse at issue here arose out of the brief marriage—from
January to May of 2021—between Paycer and Melissa Parsons. During the marriage,
Paycer received disability payments and did not work. Parsons worke

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The People of the State of California v. Hector Diazlozano

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of forcible lewd act upon a child and four counts lewd act upon a child.

In 2004, Diazlozano molested two sisters who lived in his neighborhood. One victim was 6 years old when she disclosed Diazlozano digitally penetrated her during a game of hide and seek. A second victim was seven years

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The People of the State of California v. Brittney Lyon

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with lewd act upon a child and two counts of forcible lewd act upon a child.

Brittney Lyon, 31, has been sentenced to life in prison for her role in procuring at least four young girls for her boyfriend Samuel Cabrera to molest, and for participating in the disturbing abuse with him. Two girls were
7 and

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United States of America v. Manuel Yochuzga-Yopangue, a/k/a Manuel Yupangui

Providence, Rhode Island criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Re-entering the United States

Ecuadorian National Admits to Illegally Re-entering the United States


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The People of the State of California v. Jian Feng Li

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual battery, indecent exposure and lewd content.

Jian Feng Li was accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old in the sauna area of a gym on July 11, 2024.

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United States of America v. Connie Thompson

Rome, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Enticement

Coweta County Sex Offender and Bartow County Man Plead Guilty to Child Enticement Crimes



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State of Rhode Island v. Miguel Montero

Providence, Rhode Island criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of first-degree child molestation sexual assault, viz., fellatio, in violation of G.L. 1956 §§ 11-37-8.1 and 11-37-8.2, and two counts of second-degree child molestation sexual assault, viz., penis to vagina, in violation of §§ 11-37-8.3 and 11-37-8.4.A

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United States of America Roberto Moreno-Rangel, Martin Gomez-Cisneros, Heriberto Monsivais Lopez aka Erik Lopez, Samuel Chulo-Aguilar, Jose Carcamo-Santos, Rosell Bladimir Ortiz-Garcia, Victor Aaron Vargas-Leon, Victor Hugo Lopez-Murillo, Jorge Santillan-De La Cruz, Raul Robledo, Luis Heriberto Baca-Baca

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, illegal alien in possession of a firearm, lewd acts with a child under 14, illegal re-entry, transporting illegal aliens, trespassing in a habitation.

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State of Oklahoma v. Miguel Angel Pagan

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


INDECENT OR LEWD ACTS WITH A CHILD UNDER SIXTEEN (16), in violation of 21 O.S. 1123(A)

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State of Oklahoma v. Falisha Maria Johnson

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

Count # 1. Count as Filed: CHGEN, CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A CHILD UNDER 12 YEARS OF AGE, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5I
Date of Offense: 01/01/2025
Party Name Disposition Information
Johnson, Falisha Maria
Count # 2. Count as Filed: CHGEN, CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION, in violation of

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State of Oklahoma v. Zadot Asbiel Gonezales-Morales

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

LEWD MOLESTATION, in violation of 21 O.S. 1123(A) time 3



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State of Oklahoma v. Gregory John Baird

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

LEWD MOLESTATION, in violation of 21 O.S. 1123(A)
and
LEWD MOLESTATION, in violation of 21 O.S. 1123(A)

A. It is a felony for any person to knowingly and intentionally:

1. Make any oral, written or electronically or computer-generated lewd or indecent proposal to any child under sixt

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State of Oklahoma v. Felipe Perez, Sr.

Cordell, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Lewd or Indecent Acts to a Child Under Sixteen, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2018, § 1123.

2023 OK CR 1, 526 P.3d 46:

¶4 The challenged evidence here met all of the factors required for admissibility under 12 O.S.2011, § 2414. In Horn v. State, 2009 OK CR 7, ¶ 40, 204 P.3d 777, 786, we required

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State of Oklahoma v. Malik Omar Vance

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with f Rape in the First Degree in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2011, § 1114(A).

2022 OK CR 25, 519 P.3rd 526:

¶3 On the evening of October 20, 2017, M.P. went to Appellant's apartment and joined Appellant and other friends playing games and drinking. A.L, Appellant's girlfriend who also lived in the

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State of Oklahoma v. John Fitzgerald Neloms, Jr.

Norman, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with , for First Degree Rape in violation of 21 O.S.2001, § 1114(A)(3) (Count 1), and First Degree Rape by Instrumentation in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2007, § 1111.1 (Count 2).

2012 OK CR 7, 274 P.3d 161:


¶10 At trial, the State introduced evidence about an unrelated burglary at a residence of the

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State of Oklahoma v. Daniel Cole James

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff who was charged with Count 1: Rape by Instrumentation (21 O.S.2001, § 1111) and Count 2: Lewd Molestation (21 O.S.Supp.2002, § 1123 ).

¶7 Sections 2413 and 2414 were taken, almost verbatim, from Federal Rules of Evidence 413 and 414, which were promulgated over a decade ago. While these provisions are perhaps not models

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United States of America v. Cody Michael Howells

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Possessing Child Sex Abuse Material


Weiser Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Child Sex Abuse Material


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State of Florida v. Octaviano Joe Sandoval

Deland, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with , with sixty-four separate counts. Count one alleged that Sandoval committed lewd or lascivious molestation against his nine-year old daughter, A.C.S. Counts two through five alleged that he produced, directed, or promoted the sexual performance of A.C.S. for the purpose of taking an image. Finally, counts six through s

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United States of America v. Michael Rivera

Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual-exploitation and child-pornography-production.

On January 9, 2022, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) received a report of a possible crime against a child involving Mr. Rivera and Jane Doe, a juvenile. The next day, GCSO Detective Jason Jordan interviewed Ms. Doe’s mother, Valeri Arzaga

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State of Oklahoma v. Eric M. Maddox

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

PROCURING CHILD FOR PROSTITUTION, in violation of 21 O.S. 1087, which provides:

A. No person shall:

1. Offer, or offer to secure, a child under eighteen (18) years of age for the purpose of child sex trafficking, or for any other lewd or indecent act, or procure or offer to procure a child f

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