Manslaughter Law
 
State of New Jersey v. Lando Marc

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and related offenses. Lando Marc, 34, of Newark, was charged murder for killing Jenny Philistin, of Elizabeth in Irvington in 2021. The case was tried by Assistant Prosecutors Adam Wells and Ibn Alston b

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State of Florida v. John Doe

Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with manslaughter. A 15-year-old boy shot and killed Emony Nicole Jackson, age 13, who was found with a gunshot wound, and she was taken to the hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries,

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Hedweens Quetant

Dedham, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Hedweens Quetant, 21, charged with manslaughter. Witnesses told Massachusetts State Police that they saw the 2019 Honda Civic driven by the defendant crash into the 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by the victim on I-93 North near Exit 6 in Braintree. Quetant was driving with his headlights off at a speed in excess of 100

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State of Oklahoma v. Danny R. Dawkins

Holdenville, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree manslaugter and unlawful possession of sawed-of shotgun. ¶1 Danny Ray Dawkins was tried by jury and convicted of Count I, First Degree Manslaughter in violation of 21 O.S. § 711,1 and Count II, Unlawful Possession of a Sawed-Off Shotgun, in violation of 21 O.S.2001, § 1289.18, after former conv

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State of Missouri v. Cody Wayne Adams

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree manslaughter. Cody Wayne Adams, 33, has been charged with killing a woman a few blocks from where he fired a gun. The victim was on a covered front porch with family members at a residence in Comanche when she was shot Thursday afternoon, according to the probable cause affidavit. She was holding a b

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United States of America v. D’Angelo James Hunt

Fargo, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder and manslaughter. On November 17, 2025, D’Angelo James Hunt, age 26, of St. Michael, North Dakota, was charged by criminal complaint with Second Degree Murder of I.H. He waived a detention hearing following his initial appearance and remains in custody. The Grand Jury then returned a true bill of in

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United States of America v. Kamel Hay

Greenbelt, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter. On February 5, 2022, Kamel Hay, 26, of Houston, Texas, was driving his vehicle northbound on the BW Parkway at a high rate of speed as he wove through traffic. Eventually, Hay lost control of his car, striking two other vehicles, before his car left the roadway and struck a tree. His

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United States of America v. D’Angelo James Hunt

Fargo, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder and manslaughter. On November 17, 2025, D’Angelo James Hunt, age 26, of St. Michael, North Dakota, was charged by criminal complaint with Second Degree Murder of I.H. He waived a detention hearing following his initial appearance and remains in custody. The Grand Jury then returned a true bill of ind

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State of New York v. Giuseppe Canzani

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Giuseppe Canzani fatally shoot 51-year-old Anna Torres shortly after she opened the door to her Ozone Park home in May 2022. The victim was a tarot card reader and Canzani believed she was a witch who had put a curse on him. District Attorney Katz said: “The defendant shot Anna Torres in broad daylig

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United States of America v. Maylene John

Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter in Indian Country. On October 24, 2022, Maylene John, 35, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation at the time of the offense, stabbed her 7-year-old daughter in the heart with a knife, causing her death. John was under the influence of methamphetamine at the time of the incident. J

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State of Louisiana v. Lucien Bazley

New Orleans, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter. Lucien Bazley guilty of manslaughter, rejecting his assertion that he was defending himself when he shot a man in the face in a Marrero parking lot. Bazley, 50, was on parole when he killed Wayne Martin on the night of Sept. 25, 2022

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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Quincy Eugeme Moore

Halifax, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter[3] and leaving the scene of an accident involving death or serious bodily injury. In 2020, Quincy Moore and Donald Jeffreys had a verbal and physical altercation at a neighborhood gathering. Party attendees separated them, and Jeffreys walked away still making verbal threats. Although Jeff

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United States of America v. Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell

Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

his case is about whether the Second Amendment protects a habitual marijuana user from being permanently dispossessed of a firearm based on our Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation. On November 28, 2023, Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell was charged with possession of

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State of Delaware v. Dejuan Robinson

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of Manslaughter, four counts of first-degree assault, and five counts of first-degree reckless endangerment.

On August 21, 2024, shortly after 11 p.m., officials said. Dejuan Robinson, age 27, had been pulled over by Delaware state troopers for driving 60 mph

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State of New York v. Nicholas Anzalone, Anthony Farina, Michael Mashaw and David Walters

New York, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with murder and manslaughter.

Nicholas Anzalone, Anthony Farina, Michael Mashaw and David Walters were prison guards at Marcy Correctional Facility and beat Robert Brooks, age 43, to death.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Michael Lewis

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of manslaughter rom 1984 and 1993 pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

On or about July 16 or 17 of 1984, Lewis and another man, both of whom were involved in the South Boston drug trade, were driving in South Boston in search of another drug dealer. Their purpose was to stop that dealer from opera

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State of New York v. Christopher Baldner

Kingston, New York criminal defense lawyer represented former New York trooper charged with murder, manslaughter and other crimes.

Christopher Baldner, age 52, was accused of causing the death of a 11-year-old girl who was a passenger in an SUV in a high-speed chase that resulting in a crash.

On December 2, 2020, Baldner stopped a Dodge Journey driven by Tristin Goods for speedin

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State of Florida v. Silva Sampson

Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with manslaughter.

Silas Sampson, age 22, is accused for killing four people and injuring thirteen when his car crashed into a LGBTQ bar will eluding police officers.

Police offices unsuccessfully used PIT in an effort to stop Sampson.

"At this time, there is no evidence to indicate that Sampson's a

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State of Kansas v. Sultan Y. Andemichael

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with nvoluntary manslaughter; recklessley; Failure to stop accident; result in death; and Interference with law enforcement officer; conceal/alter/destroy evidence in felony case.

Sultan Y. Andemichael, 18-years-old, was accused for hitting and killing a pedestrian with his car and fleeing.

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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jamar Lafonz Hilliard

Portsmouth, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter and maliciously discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling.

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State of Florida v. Silas Sampson

Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with multiple counts of vehicular manslaughter.

Silas Sampson, age 22, attempted to elude police officers and, as a result, he lost control and hit mroe than a dozen people outside a bar.

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DAKODA AARON MCCAULEY, Appellant v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellee

¶1 Appellant, Dakoda Aaron McCauley, was tried and convicted by a jury in the District Court of Osage County, Case No. CF-2018-135, of Manslaughter in the First Degree (Heat of Passion), in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 711.1 The jury sentenced McCauley to twenty-two years imprisonment. The Honorable Burl O. Estes, Associate District Judge, presided at trial and pronounced judgment and sentence

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MICHAEL GARY PARKER, JR., Appellant v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellee.

¶1 Appellant Michael Gary Parker, Jr. appeals his Judgment and Sentence from the District Court of Tulsa County, Case No. CF-2018-3184, for First Degree Manslaughter, in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 711.1 Parker's jury unanimously found him guilty, but deadlocked on the issue of punishment. The Honorable William J. Musseman, Jr., District Judge, who presided over Parker's jury trial, sentenced

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United States of America v. Jordan Taylor Kuykendall

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter in Indiana country.

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State of Ohio v. John Doe and Jane Doe

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter and abuse of a corpse.

A 15-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy were the parents of the infants and the girl concealed the pregnancy. When the infant died, the parents allegedly buried the infant at the Karl Road location.

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