Possession of Firearm Law
 
United States of America v. Ernest Harris

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and ammunition.

Harris moved to suppress the firearms and ammunition found in his home claiming the FBI lacked probable cause.

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State of New York v. Michael A. Wright

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving while intoxicated, seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, multiple tickets related to erratic operation and collisions.

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State of New York v. Rephayah Oselmo

Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and second-degree possession of a weapon.

Rephayah Oselmo, 18, of Syracuse, is accused of killing or being an accessory to the killing of Jakari Towensent, who was found unresponsive with gunshot wounds on Sept. 16 in front of the J & B Grocery at 409 Bellevue Ave., in Syracuse.

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New York State Firearms Association, et al. v. Steven G. James, et al.

Buffalo, New York, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking an injunction.

The New York State Firearms Association (“NYSFA”), George Borrello, David DiPietro, William Ortman, and Aaron Dorr filed a motion seeking a preliminarily enjoin the enforcement of provisions of New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act (“CCIA”) that require an ammunition seller to (1) condu

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United States of America v. Aderito Patrick Amado

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, fentanyl analogue, and cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(b)(1)(A)(vi), and 841(b)(1)(B)(ii); three counts of possession with intent to distribute those substances.

In late 2020 and early 2021, Massachusetts law enfor

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United States of America v. Robert Pugh

Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

“A district court abuses its considerable discretion and imposes a substantively unreasonable sentence only when it ‘(1) fails to afford consideration to relevant factors that were due significant weight, (2) gives significant weight to an improper or irrelevant factor, o

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United States of America v. Jericho James Ladeaux

Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Possession of a Firearm.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a man from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2025.

Jerich

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United States of America v. James Daniel Lathrop

Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange has sentenced a man from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, convicted of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2025.

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United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro Leon

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.


Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

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United States of America v. Dylan Sanchez

Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Ammunition by a Prohibited Person.

United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Camela C. Theeler has sentenced a man from Rapid City, South Dakota, convicted of Possession of Ammunition by a Prohibited Person. The sentencing took place on September 29, 2025.

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United States of America v. Preston Buie

Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Preston Buie was pulled over for following too closely behind a semi-truck. Within minutes, the officer who stopped him
became suspicious that something criminal was afoot—he had USCA11

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United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro Leon

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

Acc

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United States of America v. Marcus Albert Rambo

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and ammunition.

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United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro-Leon

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

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United States of America v. Kartayah Nariah Feliciano

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of cocaine.

In October 2022, Melinna Destra recruited Feliciano to im
port and distribute cocaine. Destra enticed her with a “free” Carib
bean cruise. Although Feliciano felt that something “was not
right,” she took Destra up on the offer. While en route to Miami,
Florida, D

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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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United States of America v. Marquise Darius Dickerson

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

A man who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to more than four years in federal prison.

Marquise Darius Dickerson, age 33, from Monroe, Michigan, received the prison term after an April 17, 2025 guilty plea to possession o

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United States of America v. Edward Earl Roby, Jr.,

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

A convicted felon who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to nearly five years in federal prison.

Edward Earl Roby, Jr., age 28, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 13, 2025 guilty plea to possession of

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United States of America v. Marquise Darius Dickerson

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

A man who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to more than four years in federal prison.

Marquise Darius Dickerson, age 33, from Monroe, Michigan, received the prison term after an April 17, 2025 guilty plea to possession o

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United States of America v. Daniel Johnny Fuentes

Roswell, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of meth with intent to distribute and carrying a firearm in conjunction with drug distribution.

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United States of America v. Edward Earl Roby, Jr.,

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Firearms Charge.

A convicted felon who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to nearly five years in federal prison.

Edward Earl Roby, Jr., age 28, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 13, 2025 guilty plea to possession of a firearm

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United States of America v. Ian Andre Roberts

Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being an illegal alien in possession of firearms.

The former Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent, and citizen of Guyana made his initial appearance before a United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa today on a criminal complaint charging him with

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United States of America v. Ranee Eugene Stratton

St. George, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of heroin and unlawful transportation of a firearm.

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United States of America v. Cameron Watkins, a/k/a Crazy Gun

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

A motel manager told police officers that a man matching the description of a carjacking suspect was staying in one of the motel rooms. When officers reached the room along an open-air corridor, one peered through a one-inch gap in the windowcurtains and saw Defendant C

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United States of America v. Jason Cory Byroft

Muskogee, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.


In 2021, law enforcement received information from the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children that there was child pornography in a Dropbox
account belonging to Bycroft.1 Officers searched the Dropbox account and found a
variety of pornographic m

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