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United States of America v. James A. Cohen

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with accepting payments in exchange for falsely representing that a registered sex of- fender lived at his address. After he was charged for making that representation to United States marshals, Cohen pleaded guilty to knowingly and willfully making a materially false statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the U

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Stephen Lee Allen v. District Court

Bartlesville, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder in the first-degree.

¶1 The Petitioner has filed a Petition for Writ of Mandamus requesting that this Court direct the District Court of Washington County to grant Petitioner's discovery requests in Case No. CRF-90-239. Petitioner appeals from an order by the District Court denying in part and gr

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State of Texas v. Joe Daryl

Corsicana, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of cargo in violation of Texas Penal Code § 31.18.

On January 25, 2017, Appellant entered the premises of Corsicana Bedding in
Navarro County. He backed his semi-truck up to a trailer containing mattresses that had
been manufactured at the bedding facility. The trailer containing the mattres

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Dimitrius Bashir Campbell

Allentown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted homicide and conspiracy to do the same.

On December 29, 2023, members of the Allentown Police Department were around the area of the Sportsmen's Bar for an investigation in an unrelated case when they heard shots fired. They pursued a fleeing individual, later identified as Appellant. Once of

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United States of America v. David Dupree

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i).

In 2009, after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Dupree was convicted of armed bank robbery, use of a firearm during a crime of violence, and conspiracy to commit robbery. The District Court s

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Quader Moore

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm.

Quader Moore, age 20, was charged with murder for killing Tianna Wells in 2021.

On the morning of Wednesday, June 16, 2021, Philadelphia police officers responded to a Missing Persons Report at a rooming house on the 2600 block of N. 17th St

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Jane Doe v. Concord Police Department, et al.

Concord, New Hampshire, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking an order requiring that her name be removed from the Exculpatory Evidence Schedule (EES). See RSA 105:13-d (2023).

I. Facts

[¶2] The following facts are taken from the trial court's summary judgment order or are otherwise established by the record. In 2013, a Concord police officer discovered that

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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. Brantton Walker

Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder.

Branton Walker, age 39, was accused for killing Rachel Johnson, age 43.

PD Chief Joe Sullivan issued the following statement:

“This is a heartbreaking tragedy. A mother has lost her life to a senseless and cowardly act, leaving a family devastated and a community grieving. As we

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William Henry Jamerson v. City of Tulsa, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff was charged with first-degree rape in 1991.

Jamerson was 22 when he was arrested in May 1991 in connection with the rape of 16-year-old Kayleen Dubbs behind a midtown Tulsa diner. Police relied on a blood-type test of semen collected during a sexual-assault exam, a kind of testing that police used before more reliable result

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State of Nevada v. Ocean Celestino Camacho

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder with the use of a deadly weapon, and two firearm discharge offenses.

Brandon Morales and two friends, Joshua Nunez and Humberto Oceguedo-Ramos, drove to a Las Vegas gas station, where they met Ca

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State of Nebraska v. Ivell M. Hagens

Omaha, Nebraska, first degree sexual assault of a child, a Class IB felony 1; incest
with a person under age 18, a Class IIA felony 2; and tampering with physical evidence.

1. Convictions: Appeal and Error. In an appeal of a criminal convic -
tion, an appellate court reviews the evidence in a light most favorable
to the prosecution.

2. Convictions: Evidence: Appeal an

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United States of America v. Rajeri Curry

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing heroine and fentanyl.

After Rajeri Curry was arrested for distributing heroin and fentanyl, she requested an attorney. The investigators then asked to examine her cell phone, and Curry consented, providing the phone’s passcode. Curry objects to prosecutors using incriminating materials found

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United States of America v. Ca Ron Crouch

Fort Lauderdale, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement to a firearms dealer.

18:U.S.C.§922(a)(6)

(a) It shall be unlawful—

(6) for any person in connection with the acquisition or attempted acquisition of any firearm or ammunition from a licensed importer, licensed manufacturer, licensed dealer, or licensed col

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United States of America v. Sean Paul Baker

Muskogee, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ne count of aggravated sexual abuse in Indian Country, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2241(c) & 2246(2)(B) (contact between the perpetrator’s mouth and the vulva of a victim under the age of twelve), one count of aggravated sexual abuse in Indian Country, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2241(c) & 2246(2)(C) (penetr

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United States of America v. Evan James Oppegard

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate threats to injury.

18 U.S.C. § 875(c) is a federal law that makes it a crime to transmit a communication containing a threat to kidnap or injure another person in interstate or foreign commerce

. To be convicted, the government must prove the defendant knowingly transmitted the comm

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Brey Mafi v. Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc., et al.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a real property fraud claim.

Fraud law refers to the legal regulations that define and punish deceptive activities used to gain an unfair or unlawful advantage, often resulting in financial loss to another person or entity
. It applies to both civil and criminal contexts, punishing fraudulent acts and providi

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United States of America v. Eileen Marie Hurley

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transfer of a firearm to a prohibited person and for making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.

Eileen Marie Hurley, 71, of Sheridan, Wyoming, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in federal prison with one year of supervised release for transfer of a firearm to a prohibited person and for

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Charles Bozzo v. Jennifer Nanasy, et al.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

rles Bozzo was fired from his job as a correctional officer with the Michigan Department of Corrections after a coworker accused him of making harassing comments. Years later, he sued two MDOC employees under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that
the pai

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Common Wealth of Pennsylvania v. Stanley West

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Stanley West, age 37, is accused for shooting and killing Rakesh "Rocky" Ehagaban, age 50, and injuring a woman.

Martin Devine, acting chief of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, released a statement early Saturday morning saying, "The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police is grateful to the incr

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United States of America .v James B. Comey, Jr.

Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers are representing the Defendant charged with:

Count 1:
1. On or about September 30, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia, the defendant, JAMES
B. COMEY JR., did willfully and knowingly make a materially false, Fictitious, and
fraudulent statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the
Governme

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United States of America v. Keaton Overton Gunnels

Albuquerque, New Mexico, pro se defendant charged with two counts of making a false statement on a loan or credit application.

Mr. Gunnels was indicted by a federal grand jury on February 27, 2019, for two counts of making a false statement on a loan or credit application. Doc. 2. He pled guilty to Count 2 of the Indictment on May 25, 2021. Doc. 51, 53. He admitted that he had committed t

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State of Wisconsin v. David L. Hamlet

Janesville, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second-Degree Sexual Assautl of a child.

David Hamlet began staying in the family’s home in August of 2023, and by December of 2023,
he was assaulting the 14-year-old. The Beloit Police Department investigation – led by
Detective Amber Davies and Child Maltreatment Officer Dylann Rauch – re

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State of Alaska v. Mark D. Huntington

Nanana, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually abusing a minor in April of 2019.

Mark Huntington, age 42, of Galena for sexually abusing a minor in April of 2019. Immediately following the return of the jury’s guilty verdict, Mr. Huntington stipulated to an aggravating factor – that he was 10 or more years older than the victim he was convic

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United States of America v. Gary Wilds

St. Louis, MO criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Fraudulently Register Vehicles in Missouri.

U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man to five years in prison for bribing employees of Missouri motor vehicle license offices to fraudulently register motor vehicles.

Judge Schelp also ordered Gary Wilds, 48, to pay res

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