On March 26, 2013, defendant was charged by bill of information with one
count of production of pornography involving juveniles under the age of seventeen
in violation of La. R.S. 14:81.1 (count one), and with two counts of sexual battery
upon a juvenile under the age of thirteen in violation of La. R.S. 14:31.1 (counts two
and three). Defendant pled not guilty on all counts o... More...   $0 (09-03-2018 - LA)

On May 11, 2015, V.H. was looking over her father's (Father) shoulder as he was looking at pictures on his phone. V.H. asked about a certain man in one of the photographs—the man was McDonald. Father referred to the man as "Uncle Steve," and V.H. inquired about the man being her uncle. Father referred to McDonald as Uncle Steve even though he was not biologically related to the family. V.H. then t... More...   $0 (08-30-2018 - KS)

On July 2, 2013, a member of the Hodgeman County Sheriff's Office stopped Speer, who was 21 years old, because of a report of reckless driving. M.V., a 14-year-old girl, was also riding in Speer's truck. The officer ultimately arrested Speer and took him to Hodgeman County Jail. The Hodgeman County Sheriff's Office detained M.V. at her father's request so he could pick her up.

Undershe... More...   $0 (08-30-2018 - KS)

Matthew Durham appeals his convictions and sentence on four counts for illicit
sex with minors in Kenya after travelling there from the United States. This opinion
addresses the following eight issues presented for appellate review.
1. Is 18 U.S.C. § 2423(c), the statute on which the convictions
were based, unconstitutional on its face and as applied to Mr.
Durham because it ex... More...   $0 (08-30-2018 - OK)

Tulsa, OK - The State of Oklahoma charged Dennis Leroy Gunter and Teresa C. Bargas with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: CHSA, SEXUAL ABUSE - CHILD UNDER 12, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 F
Date of Offense: 01/29/2017
Party Name Disposition Information
GUNTER, DENNIS LEROY Disposed: CONVICTION, 08/24/2018. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: SEXUAL ABUSE - CHILD UNDER 12(CHSA)<... More...   $0 (08-24-2018 - OK)

On June 27, 2013, Brandy Kane went to the hospital and reported that she may have been the victim of a sexual assault. That night, Officer Shawn Barger of the Coraopolis Police Department went to the hospital to interview Kane regarding the possible assault. At that time, Kane says Barger told her to bring the clothes she wore during the alleged incident to him at the police station.
The next ... More...   $0 (08-23-2018 - PA)

Shameka Winslett filed a complaint asserting various claims against her former
landlord Yugal Sagi and his LLC after he failed to make repairs to her apartment and filed
an unlawful detainer action against her. Sagi responded by filing an anti-SLAPP motion to
strike three of these claims, for retaliation and retaliatory eviction under Civil Code section
1942.5,1
former subdivis... More...   $0 (08-15-2018 - )

In the summer of 2014, 14-year-old M.J. babysat for a couple that she met through
her sister. During that same summer, Decker moved into the couple’s home, and he and
M.J. became friends on Facebook. At the time, Decker was 34 years old, and was aware
of M.J.’s age.
On September 8, 2014, Decker sent M.J. a video via Facebook Messenger at 12:51
a.m. The video showed o... More...   $0 (08-12-2018 - MN)

A Delinquency Petition was filed on January 23, 2017, charging Appellant, J. M. F., age thirteen, with two counts of Indecent or Lewd Acts with a Child Under Sixteen, pursuant to 21 O.S.Supp. 2015, § 1123(A)(2), in Oklahoma County District Court Case No. JDL-2017-1. Following a December 2017 trial, the jury found Appellant delinquent on the first count and not delinquent on the second count. The ... More...   $0 (08-10-2018 - OK)

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

LEWD OR INDECENT ACTS AND / OR PROPOSAL TO A CHILD, in violation of 21 O.S. 1123 A

MoreLaw was created to help people find experienced lawyers to represent them in the more than 3,144 counties across the United States. Click the link above to see a list of lawyers ready and willing to represent you i... More...   $0 (08-06-2018 - OK)

This case arises from an early morning shooting that took the life of Efren Gonzalez. On
March 22, 2014, Efren and two of his friends, Matthew Scarbrough and Ernesto Sapien, were at a
bar celebrating another friend’s birthday. They left the bar when it closed, and proceeded to walk
home. As they crossed a street, they saw an on-coming silver mini-van. By Matthew’s account,
... More...   $0 (08-03-2018 - TX)

The State filed nine separate indictments against Taylor for his improper sexual
relationship with Tara Jones� fourteen-year-old daughter, Cindy Jones.2 In his consolidated trial,
Tara testified that she discovered Cindy�s relationship with thirty-two-year-old Taylor when she
confiscated Cindy�s cell phone and read several lewd text-message exchanges between Taylor and
h... More...   $0 (08-03-2018 - TX)

The defendant was charged by information with the sexual battery with
specified circumstances by multiple perpetrators for his part in the sexual battery
of K.P.M. (“the victim”), which occurred on the night of September 11, 2010. The
other alleged perpetrators, Dante Lee Pigatt (“Pigatt”) and Gerson Juarez
(“Juarez”), were also charged with sexually assaulting the victim.
... More...   $0 (08-01-2018 - FL)

The first trial of this case resulted in a mistrial. The following evidence was adduced when
the case was retried:
Appellant began sleeping with his daughter BC, the complainant, and her sister after his
divorce from the children’s mother, Mariana Hernandez. BC was seven or eight years old when
appellant started abusing her. BC said that appellant put his finger in her vagi... More...   $0 (07-29-2018 - TX)

Petitioner Abelino Manriquez filed an original habeas corpus petition in
this court seeking relief from his multiple murder convictions and death sentence.
We issued an order to show cause with respect to petitioner’s claim that
prejudicial juror misconduct occurred when a juror did not timely disclose a
history of childhood abuse.
After an evidentiary hearing, the referee foun... More...   $0 (07-29-2018 - CA)

In 2015, Gabriel lived with his wife Ann, Ann’s daughter Ashley, and Ashley’s three
young children. On March 5, 2015, Ashley was changing her son’s diaper when her four
year-old daughter Amber1 indicated that Gabriel had touched her inappropriately.
Specifically, Ashley stated she was changing her son’s diaper, “when he reached down and
grabbed himself.” Ashley then heard Amber ... More...   $0 (07-27-2018 - MS)

In 1986, Gering was charged with, and later convicted of, raping a seventy
year old woman in New York. After serving less than five years in prison, Gering
was released from prison, but violated his parole several times. Gering later
absconded to Miami Beach where, in 1997, he was charged with and convicted of
lewd and lascivious battery and false imprisonment of another elde... More...   $0 (07-26-2018 - FL)

On June 19, 2016, thirteen-year-old K.R. went to her friend C.H.’s house to
spend the night. Also at the home that evening were C.H.’s mother, Lindy, her
stepfather, Gibson, and five of C.H.’s nine siblings.1 K.R. had been to C.H.’s
home on other occasions and felt comfortable with C.H.’s family.
[3] K.R. and C.H. fell asleep around midnight in the same bed. At approximately... More...   $0 (07-25-2018 - IN)

Medina and his wife, P.M., lived in Dodge City with two children, L.M. and D.M. Medina is not L.M.'s biological father, but L.M. routinely referred to Medina as either her father or stepfather. In the fall of 2014, L.M.'s friend told a school counselor that Medina was sexually abusing L.M. The counselor contacted L.M.'s middle school counselor, Donna Dick, and suggested that she speak with L.M. Wh... More...   $0 (07-22-2018 - KS)

James Tran was charged with ten counts of child molesting for the molestation
of three of his adopted daughters. At his trial on these charges, text messages
from the cell phone belonging to his wife were admitted over his objection. A
jury found Tran guilty as charged. The trial court imposed an aggregate sixty
four-year sentence. This appeal ensued.
Discussion and Dec... More...   $0 (07-19-2018 - )

Joshua Vasquez and Miguel Cardona are convicted child sex offenders who live in Chicago and are required to register as sex offenders and comply with state restrictions on where they may live. For example, a child sex offender may not knowingly live within 500 feet of
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a school, playground, or child-care center. 720 ILL. COMP. STAT. 5/11-9.3(b-5), (b-10). A few years after Vas... More...   $0 (07-17-2018 - IL)

E.G.W., the victim, was 14 years old when she met 20-year-old Glover through a mutual friend. The two spoke frequently through Facebook. In at least one of those conversations, E.G.W. and Glover talked about sex. Sometime between May and June 2015, Glover and E.G.W. agreed to meet a couple blocks from Glover's home. That same day, E.G.W. and Glover went inside Glover's home and engaged in sexual i... More...   $0 (07-16-2018 - KS)

Because Thompson appeals from a judgment of conviction entered after a jury  trial, we “draw the facts from the evidence presented at trial, viewed in the light most  favorable to the government.” United States v. Allen, 864 F.3d 63, 69 n.8 (2d Cir. 2017)  (internal quotation marks omitted).  Thompson began his relationship with the two minor female victims of concern  here—identified as M1 and M2... More...   $0 (07-15-2018 - )

Daniel Duane Slaughter appeals his convictions and sentences for three charges involving the lewd or lascivious molestation of a child under the age of twelve. Appellant raises two points on appeal. First, Appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion in overruling defense counsel’s objection to the prosecutor’s alleged misstatement of the law during closing argument. Second, Appe... More...   $0 (07-14-2018 - FL)

During an investigation for child pornography, the Mississippi Attorney General’s
Cyber Crime Unit (the “Cyber Crime Unit”), through Investigator Kyle Moore, obtained a
warrant to search Donaldson’s residence. Investigators seized over thirty items of digital
evidence; these items included a Dell laptop that was found on the toilet in the master
bathroom (“Laptop 1”) and a Dell la... More...   $0 (07-09-2018 - MS)