Murder Law
 
Timothy Terrell Hines v. State of Iowa

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking post conviction relief.

Timothy Hines was convicted of second-degree murder for the stabbing death of Nathan Williams outside a busy convenience store in June 2007. At his criminal trial, Hines testified that he stabbed Williams in self-defense after he saw Williams reach for a silver gun in his waistband. But no... More...
   $0 (08-07-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Christopher Robertson

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Threats to Kill Jews and Blacks

Suburban Atlanta Man Faces Federal Charges After Posting Social Media Threats to Kill Jews and Blacks


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Larry Smith v. Wayne County, Michigan, Robert J. Donaldson

Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.

After prosecutors agreed to have his murder conviction thrown
out, Larry Smith sued Wayne County and Robert Donaldson. Smith claims that his conviction
resulted from an elaborate scheme designed by police and prosecutors to elicit false testimony
from jailhouse infor... More...
   $0 (08-05-2025 - MI)

United States of America v. Antonio Chaco

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Covering Up Murder

Albuquerque Man Sentenced for His Role in Covering Up Murder




An Albuquerque man was ... More...   $0 (08-04-2025 - NH)

United States of America v. Andre Clark

Washington, D.C. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count second-degree murder while armed.

Fatal Shooting in October 2024 Yields 19-Year Prison Term




Andre Cla... More...   $0 (08-01-2025 - DC)

State of Washington v. Ihsan Ali and Zahrra Ali

Olympia, Washington criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder.

Ihsan Ali and Zahrra Ali were accused to trying to kill their daughter.

The initial investigation indicated Ali may have threatened his daughter with a so-called “honor killing” for refusing to go to Iraq for an arranged marriage to an older man, but prosecutors later wrote i... More...
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State of Colorado v. James Craig

Littleton, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, two counts of solicitation to commit tampering with physical evidence, two counts of solicitation to commit first-degree perjury, and solicitation to commit first-degree murder.

James Craig was accused of repeatedly poisoning his wife, Angela Craig, over 10 days in March 2023. When tho... More...
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United States of America v.Marricco Sykes

Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.... More...   $0 (07-31-2025 - WV)

United States of America v. Dennis Chase

Washington, D.C. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder while armed, possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm

District Man Sentenced to 35 Year Prison Term For Killing Man in Southeast Washington

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State of Nebraska v. Eric L. Ramos

Tecumseh, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder, use of a weapon to commit a felony, and tampering with evidence.

In March 2017, a riot broke out at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution (TSCI). During the fracas, Michael Galindo was attacked and killed by other inmates. After a review of video surveillance footage, investigato... More...
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United States of America v. Marlon Alexis Aguilar-Reyes

Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to import cocaine into the United States

International Trafficker Pleads Guilty To Multi-Million Dollar Drug Conspiracy That Smuggled Hundreds Of Kilograms Of Cocaine And Murdered A Rival

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State of Missouri v. Ronnie Mitchell

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder and armed criminal action.

Ronnie Mitchell was charged with multiple counts of second-degree murder and armed criminal action after shootin g on February 16, 2004.

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John N. Huffington v. David Saneman, et al.

Baltimore, Maryland personal injury lawyer representing the Plaintiff wrongfully convicted of murder.

Justice Went to Hell when David Saneman was convicted.

Huffington was tried in the Circuit Court for Frederick County. A jury convicted him of two counts of first degree murder, breaking and entering, and handgun offenses. The same jury sentenced him to death for each murder. The... More...
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United States of America v. Edin Anael Solis_Rodriguez

Charlotte, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of possessing a firearm as an illegal alien. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5).

Solis-Rodriguez grew up in Honduras. Having unlawfully entered the United States, he was deported in 2018. He then reentered—again unlawfully.

In August 2020, Solis-Rodriguez entered a Charlotte, North Carol... More...
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State of Kentucky v. Damian Bowden

Bowling Green, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder, two counts of theft by unlawful taking, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse

Damian Bowden, age 52, was charged with causing the death of Daquanna Bowden, 30, of Bowling Green, at his residence in Payton Landing Apartments on Scottsville Road.
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State of Utah v. Lori Lee Donlay

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murdering her mother in 2020.

Lori Lee Donlay, 63, was charged in November 2020 with murder and accused of stabbing her mother, 84-year-old Carol Donlay, to death. Police received a report of a woman in cardiac arrest but found her instead deceased with multiple stab wounds.

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   $0 (07-22-2025 - UT)

State of Oklahoma v Christina Barnes

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

FIRST DEGREE MURDER, BY CHILD ABUSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7 (C)


The medical examiner's report declared Barner's child's manner of death to be homicide caused by blunt force trauma of the head and neck.
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United States of America v. James Cognan

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ) participating and conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962.

Appellant James Coonan was once the leader of the “Westies,” an Irish-American gang active in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan between the mid-1960s and the mid-1980s. Coonan and t... More...
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Pedro Hernandez v. Donita McIntosh

New York, New York civil rights lawyers represented the Petitioner seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

Pedro Hernandez, a New York State (“State”) prisoner convicted of murder and kidnapping, petitioned the United States District for the Southern District of New York (McMahon, J.) under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In his petition, Hernandez contended that an i... More...
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State of New Mexico v. Joseph Matthew Gregory Jones

Santa Fe, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary and felony murder.

Defendant was charged in relevant part with aggravated burglary and felony murder. At trial, Defendant did not contest that he was the intruder, instead filing a motion for directed verdict on the grounds that he never entered a prohibited space that would support the underlying... More...
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United States of America v. Kalup Allen Born

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degee murder in Indian Country.

December 2020, the Pontotoc Country Justice Center in Ada, Oklahoma incarcerated Defendant in its segregated disciplinary pod. Other inmates knew B.J., another prisoner in the pod, as mouthy and disrespectful. Inmates in this pod get one recreation hour outside of their ... More...
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United States of America v. Karl Smith a/k/a “Pacavell”, Chelsey Harris a/k/a “Ms. Chinn” ,

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with shooting that killed Clarisa Burgos, an innocent bystander

Bronx Woman And Queens Man Plead Guilty To Participating In Murder Plot That Killed Innocent Bystander Plot That Killed Innocent Bystander

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The People of the State of California v. Usiel Alcaraz

Santa Ana, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

In 2017, a jury convicted defendant Usiel Alcaraz of premeditated and deliberate attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 187, 664), attempted robbery (id., §§ 211, 664), conspiracy to commit robbery (id., §§ 182, subd. (a)(1), 211) and active participation in a criminal street gang (id., § 186.22,... More...
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The People of the State of California v. Danny William Franklin

Redding, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving under the influence.

Defendant Danny William Franklin killed his passenger while driving under the influence. Franklin was convicted of second degree murder and two counts of driving under the influence. The trial court sentenced him to 15 years to life for the murder conviction and stayed the rema... More...
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United States of America v. Deoman Reeves

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with eleven counts of narcotics- and firearms-related charges.

On September 26, 2019, shots were fired as two individuals drove past Reeves’s parked blue Dodge Durango in University City, Missouri. No one was injured. Local police identified Reeves as the primary suspect, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fi... More...
   $0 (07-17-2025 - MO)

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