Murder Law
 
Malcolm Scott and De’Marchoe Carpenter v. City of Tulsa, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs on civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

They were convicted when they were teenagers of first-degree murder, for the 1994 shooting death of 19-year-old Karen Summers, after being identified by witnesses.

Malcolm Scott and De’Marchoe Carpenter were convicted when they were teenagers of first-degree

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United States of America v. Dylan Ray Alexander

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second Degree Murder in Indian Country, Carrying, Using, Brandishing, and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence, and Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition.

The Defendant claimed self defense.

18 USC 1151, 1153, and 1111: Second Degree Murder in Indian Country; F

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State of Illinois v. Sean Grayson

Springfield, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Sean Grayson was charged with the 2024 murder of Sonya Massey, who was shown in bodycam footage being shot in her home by the Sangamon County sheriff's deputy.

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Michael St. Clair v. Christe Quick

Muskogee, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple counts of murder.

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State of Idaho v. James Martinez, Kelli Woolum, and Tinas Houlden

Boise, Idaho, criminal defense lawyers will be representing the Defendants charged with Murder, criminal solicitation to commit a crime, and harboring a felon.

Kelli Woolum. Woolum and James Martinez are in a dating relationship. Woolum and the victim, Christopher Holloway, were acquaintances. A dispute between Woolum and Holloway erupted before the shooting.

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State of Oregon v. Connor J. O’Brien

Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer will be representing the Defendant charged with murder.

O’Brien was wanted in connection with the 2023 fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Tiara Atencio in Portland, Oregon.

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State of Alaska v. Joshua Gibbs

Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer will be representing the Defendant charged with murder.

Joshua Gibbs, age 36, is accused of shooting and killing Charles Jackson, Jr., age 49, in the parking lot of the Circle K gas station and convenience store on C Street and West 36th Avenue.

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Estate of Ian Simmers v. County of King, et al.

Seattle, Washington, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.

After confessing to the crime, Ian Simmers was convicted in 1996 in the
Superior Court of Washington for King County for first-degree murder when he
was sixteen years old. Decades later, Simmers moved for a new trial. In response,
the State moved to vacate the conviction, w

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United States of America v. Juan Espinoza Martinez

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Soliciting the Murder of Senior Law Enforcement Official.

An alleged ranking member of a Chicago street gang has been charged in federal court with soliciting the murder of a senior law enforcement official involved in the immigration enforcement operation known as “Operation Midway Blitz.”

A cr

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State of South Dakota v. Timothy Bellonger

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Timothy Bellonger, of Sioux Falls, was accused of stabbing and killing 70-year-old James Lipscomb.

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State of North Dakota v. C’Aundre Douglas

Fargo, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

C’Aundre Douglas, 20, of Jamestown, charged with the murder of 20-year-old Elijah Hughes outside the Westwood Estates apartment complex in south Fargo.

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State of Iowa v. Quintoria Baker

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer will be representing the Defendant charged with attempted murder.

Quintoria Baker, age 37, is accused of shooting and wounding Quincy harris, age 32, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds.

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State of Arkansas v. Brenton Baker

Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Fourteen years old Brentian Baker accused killing 50-year-old Robert Mathis.

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United States of America v. Victor Manuel Castro-Huerta

Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, 597 U.S. 629 (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case related to McGirt v. Oklahoma, decided in 2020. In McGirt, the Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Congress never properly disestablished the Indian reservations of the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma when granting its statehood, and thus almost half the state was still considered to be Native American land. As

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State of Oklahoma v. Clifton Merriel Parish

Wilberton, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree murder.

The State of Oklahoma, by Mark Matloff, District Attorney of Pushmataha County, petitions this Court for the writ of prohibition to vacate the Respondent Judge Jana Wallace's April 12, 2021 order granting post-conviction relief. Judge Wallace's order vacated and dismissed the second d

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United States of America v. Savin Seng aka “Two-Face”

Houston, TX criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with federal weapons violation

A 41-year-old illegal alien from Cambodia has been charged with unlawfully possessing a weapon following the shooting death of a woman in Victoria, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

Savin Seng aka “Two-Face” had illegally resided in Victoria and is now in federal

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United States of America v. Kristen Taylor Porter

Florence, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to purchase firearms.

Kristen Taylor Porter, 29, of Florence, South Carolina, was indiced by a grand jury, relating to the July 1 murder of Darlington County Deputy Frank “Devin” Mason.

Porter is charged with making false statements in connection with the February

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State of Oklahoma v. Christian Dylan Guerrero

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

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: HM11, FELONY MURDER - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7A
Date of Offense: 10/05/2025
GUERRERO, CHRISTIAN DYLAN

Count # 2.
Count as Filed: HM11, FELONY MURDER - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7A
Date of Offense: 10/05/2025
GU

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State of Ohio v. Bionca Ellis

Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated murder, murder, attempted murder, felonious assault, endangering children, and misdemeanor theft.

Bionca Ellis, age 34, was accused for stabbing and killing 3-year-old Julian Wood and stabbing his mother, age 37, at a Giant Eagle in North Oomstead, on June 3, 2024.

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State of Texas v. Ethan Nieneker

Austin, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder.

Police were called to a report of a shooting in the parking lot of a Target Store in North Austin.

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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Gilberto Rodriguez

Roanoke, Virginia criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with murder

Gilberto Rodriguez, is accused of shooting and killing 31-year-old Jose Buenostro-Vasquez, who was found shot in a parking lot of a bar.

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State of North Carolina v. Wilbert Baldwin

Snow Hill, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Wilbert Baldwin, an inmate in the Greenville Correctional Institution was accused of killing Ernest Nichols whose body was found in his bunk.

Nicholas was convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl multiple times.

Baldwin is a convicted murder.

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State of South Carolina v. Deandra Bontia James

Greenville, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Deandra Dontia James, age 33,, got into a verbal altercation that led to James shooting and killing Yvonne Wheeler, age 29. Wheeler.

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State of North Carolina v. Nigel Edge

Bolivia, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Nigel Edge, age 40, was accused of killing three people and injured five others at a Southport bar.

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State of North Carolina v. Titeon Brashaun Burton, a/k/a Fifth Street

Statesville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Titeon Brashaun Burton, a/k/a Fifth Street, age 26, was accused for killing Surtonia Burton, age 51.

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