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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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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...
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United States of America v. Jose Vasquez, a/k/a “Cholo” a/k/a “Little Crazy, William Pineda Portillo, a/k/a “Humilde”

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Racketeering

Two MS-13 Members Sentenced for Racketeering




Two members of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13,... More...   $0 (07-15-2025 - MA)

United States of America v. Felisberto Lopes a/k/a “Chee-B”

Londonderry, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Racketeering and Drug and Firearms Trafficking

Member of Violent Gang Sentenced to Decade in Prison for Racketeering and Drug and Firearms Trafficking


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United States of America v. Felisberto Lopes a/k/a “Chee-B ”

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Racketeering and Drug and Firearms Trafficking

Member of Violent Gang Sentenced to Decade in Prison for Racketeering and Drug and Firearms Trafficking


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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Sayjouna Vansyckel

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with f third-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, possession of an instrument of crime ("PIC").

On March 1, 2022, the Philadelphia Municipal Court ("municipal court") held a preliminary hearing, at which the Commonwealth presented the following evidence. On the evening of Dawson's death, at around 5:4... More...
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State of Connecticut v. Raul Valle

Milford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder, reckless manslaughter, and assault.

Raul Valle was charged with fatally stabbing Fairfeild Prep student James McGrath and stabbing first-degree assault in the stabbing of Ryan Heinz and Thomas Connery.... More...
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United States of America v. Richard Lee Rogers

Billings, Montana defendant elected to represent himself rather than be presented by a criminal defense lawyer when charged with threatening to injure or murder a member of the United States Congress.

Richard Lee Rogers was accused of making repeated threatening and harassing phone calls, including threatening to injure former U.S. Congressman and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy.
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State of Kansas v. Kongkeo Koulaboud

Liberal, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r attempted second-degree murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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This case arose from an incident which occurred on December 8, 2019. At the time, Koulaboud was living in a trailer house located in Jose Chavez' backyard. While Chavez and a friend, Frank Mattich, were working outside... More...
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State of Alabama v. Anthony Orr

Mobile, Alabama criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with intentional murder, a violation of § 13A-6-2(a)(1), Ala. Code 1975, attempted murder, a violation of §§ 13A-4-2 and 13A-6-2, Ala. Code 1975 , attempted first- degree assault,[1] a violation of §§ 13A-4-2 and 13A-6-20, Ala. Code 1975, and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle, a violation of § 13A-11-61, A... More...   $0 (07-10-2025 - AL)

United States of America v. James Coonan

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking a reduction in sentence pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1).

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 the Westies profited from illegal
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United States of America v. Kenneth Johnson

Fresno, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Participate in a Racketeering Enterprise and murder in aid of racketeering.... More...   $0 (07-08-2025 - CA)

United States of America v. Roger Pickett, a/k/a “Zy G”, Javon Williams, a/k/a “J45”, Quaseame Wilson, a/k/a “Qua Gz”, Myron Williams, a/k/a “Money,” a/k/a “Tunchi”, Jawaad Davis, Khalil Kelley, a/k/a “Billski”,

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with racketeering

Members of the Marion Gardens Street Gang Sentenced to Multiple Life Sentences without the Possibility of Parole


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United States of America v. Armondo Paul

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with a Fatal Stabbing


Shiprock Man Faces Federal Charges for Fatal Stabbing During Residential Break-In



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David M. Smith v. Cynthia Davis

Cleveland, Ohio civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeaus corpus.

A jury convicted David Smith in state court of attempted murder and other crimes based on the victim’s identification of Smith as her assailant. We later determined the state violated Smith’s due process rights because the victim’s identification was obtained through unduly suggestive mea... More...
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