Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with intoxicated manslaughter.

Luis Torres, age 20, hit Beaumont Police Officer Sheena Yarbrough-Powell killing her on August 2, 2020.

Torres' blood alcohol level was 2.5 times the legal limit.

Defendant was driving the wrong way when he hit the police SUV killing Yarbrough-Powell and injuring Gabriel ... More...   $0 (07-22-2022 - TX)

Pensacola, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder.


Bryan Francis Swift was charged with second-degree murder with a weapon for the fatal stabbing of Adam Parker. Swift sought immunity from prosecution under section 776.032, Florida Statutes. After conducting an evidentiary hearing, the trial court found that Swift was not entitled to ... More...   $0 (07-20-2022 - FL)

Eddyville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with two counts of second-degree manslaughter for causing a fire that resulted in the deaths of two children.

Defendant left a 3-year-old boy in a high chair and a 7-month-old girl asleep on a couch unattended while she visited her stepfather less than a mile away. When she returned on April 7, 2020 in Cadiz, she f... More...   $0 (07-20-2022 - KY)

Stillwater, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged DUI operation of a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicating liquor, second and subsequent offense in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902, which provides:

A. It is unlawful and punishable as provided in this section for any person to drive, operate, or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within this s... More...   $0 (07-19-2022 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal lawyer represented Defendant, charged with DUI Driving under the influence of alcohol - Second Offense (municipal arrest) in violation of 67 O.S. 11-902 (C), which provides:

C. 1. Any person who is convicted of a violation of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor for the first offense and shall:

a. participate in an ass... More...   $0 (07-18-2022 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney represented Defendant, charged with:
Manslaughter - First Degree - Heat of Passion

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM21, MANSLAUGHTER - 1ST DEGREE- HEAT OF PASSION, in violation of 21 O.S. 711
Date of Offense: 10/06/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
CARTER, CHRISTOPHER Disposed: CONVICTION, 07/12/2022. Guilty Plea
Count a... More...   $0 (07-12-2022 - OK)

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represents defendant charged with capital murder.

Roy James Holden, Jr. was indicted for killing 83-year-old Betty Jo Thomas in her Los Colinas home on December 12, 2019. She had been stabbed to death.

Holden worked for Spectrum communications as a cable technician.

He was off duty when he killed Mrs. Thomas, but had been in her hom... More...   $0 (07-10-2022 - TX)

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter.

Alanna Marleice Jackson, age 23, of Chandler, Arizona, along with co-Defendant Jose Carpio was indicted for on March 9, 2021, for stabbing and killing a woman.

The Gila River Police Department conducted the investigation in this case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Raynette Logan, Distri... More...   $0 (07-09-2022 - AZ)

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with three counts of manslaughter, two counts of operating under the influence (OUI), and one count of unsafe operation of a motor vehicle.

In the early morning hours of August 31, 2019, Praneeth Manubolu, age 30, then living in New Jersey on a student visa, was the driver in a motor vehicle crash on the Park Loop Road in... More...   $0 (07-08-2022 - ME)

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with first-degree murder and two counts of attempted voluntary manslaughter.

Eric R. Holder, Jr. was accused of shooting and killing Ermias Asghedom, a/k/a Nipsey Hussle, age 33, in 2019.... More...   $0 (07-08-2022 - CA)

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with first-degree murder with extreme indifference, manslaughter and first-degree assault.

Oscar Villegas-Ortega, age 23, shot and killed Fausto Marquez, age 30, during a fight in 2020 that spilled out of a 1-year-old's birthday party into a restaurant parking lot.... More...   $0 (07-08-2022 - CO)

Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with two counts of manslaughter.

On June 24, 2020, Chinyere Nwuju sped through a red light at 90th and Maple streets and collided with a Dodge Ram. The driver and passenger of the truck, Roberto Gonzalez and Annette North, were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash.

2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 28-30... More...   $0 (07-08-2022 - NE)

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm.

Jay Loren Prater, age 42, from Gardnerville, is a member of the Northern Riders, a California prison gang, and formerly a member of several disbanded motorcycle gangs in the region. On August 25, 2021, Douglas County deputies stopped Prater for a traffic violation. A law enforcement K... More...   $0 (07-06-2022 - NV)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with driving under the influence of methamphetamine and causing a crash that killed another driver in Indian Country.

On June 10, 2019, Bradley Wofford, age 35, was driving a Ford F-150 on U.S. 412 near County Road 4180 when an accident further down the road caused traffic to slow. Wofford failed to follow suit and rear... More...   $0 (07-01-2022 - OK)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with DUI Manslaughter.

Catherine Capozzi drove while intoxicated and cause an accident that killed a 15-year-old boy on September 18, 2019 in the southbound lane of Interstate 95.

The Defendant was in a borrowed Dodge Challenger and was driving recklessly on the highway.... More...   $0 (06-30-2022 - FL)

A Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney will be representing Defendant, Antony Marquone Allen, age 27, who has been charged with first-degree manslaughter and assault with a dangerous weapon for shooting and killing Desmond Cousino, age 25, who tried to carjack him at 4:20 a.m. on Sunday, June 26, 2022, at that the QucikTrimp convenience store at 220 North Gilcrease Museum Road.

The ... More...   $0 (06-28-2022 - OK)

Worcester, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter.

Stephanie Fernandez stabbed and killed Andrew T. Wagner, age 31, in a Worcester townhouse on May 20, 2014.
... More...   $0 (06-23-2022 - MA)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney represented Defendant, charged with:
Manslaughter - First Degree - During the Commission of a Misdemeanor

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM21, MANSLAUGHTER - FIRST DEGREE - DURING THE COMMISSION OF A MISDEMEANOR, in violation of 21 O.S. 711.1
Date of Offense: 05/29/2021
Party Name Disposition Information
NORWOOD, TIA Disposed: CON... More...   $0 (06-22-2022 - OK)

Danville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with murdering his wife, Jennifer, in 2018.

Colin and Jennifer Montgomery's marriage was ending and their divorce was ending when she shot her.

Defendant's attorney claimed that Defendant should be convicted of manslaughter because he was under severe distress after learning that his wife was having an extra... More...   $0 (06-21-2022 - KY)

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and murder in Indian Country.

Stewart Wayne Coffman, age 59, of Idabel, Oklahoma, was was accused of killing Joe Freeman Battiest Jr. with a metal pipe, at Coffman’s residence in Idabel, Oklahoma.

The guilty verdicts were the result of an investigation by the Idabel Pol... More...   $0 (06-17-2022 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with first-degree murder in Indian Country in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1151, 1153 and 1111.

Jose Tyler Vaugt, age 29, admitted shooting and killing Joey Aguirre, age 20, in a North Tulsa resident on July 30, 2015, but claimed that he did so self defense, becasue Aguirre was threatening him.

Vaught was prosecuted... More...   $0 (06-17-2022 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with First Degree Manslaughter.

¶1 Appellant appeals from the revocation in full of his suspended sentence in Case No. CF-2018-5780 in the District Court of Tulsa County, by the Honorable Clifford Smith, Associate District Judge. On May 15, 2019, Appellant entered a guilty plea to Manslaughter in the First Degree, in violation... More...   $0 (06-16-2022 - OK)

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant convicted or first-degree manslaughter in violation of 21 O.S. 711.


On May 15, 2019, Appellant entered a guilty plea to Manslaughter in the First Degree, in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 711, and was sentenced to ten years imprisonment. On June 11, 2020, Judge Smith modified Appellant's sentence, pursuant to 22 O.S.2011, Â... More...   $0 (06-16-2022 - OK)