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United States of America v. Paul David Mitchell, II

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of bank rubbery.

In December 2016, a grand jury indicted Mitchell on seven counts for his role in two bank robberies in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Mitchell pleaded guilty to four counts, including one for violating 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) by carrying and brandishing a short-barreled shotgun during and in relatio

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United States of America v. Marlon Alonzo Smith

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of controlled substance (drugs) with intent to distribute.

During a traffic stop, a drug-detection dog named Marco signaled that he smelled drugs in Smith’s car. Law enforcement discovered more than a kilogram of methamphetamine in the trunk. A federal jury later convicted Smith of possessi

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State of Oklahoma v. B.B.S.

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

1. POSSESSION OF FIREARM AFTER FORMER FELONY CONVICTION

2. OBSTRUCTING OFFICER

3. DISTURBING THE PEACE WHILE INTOXICATED


Reported by: Criminal Defense Lawyer Kent Morlan

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State of Oklahoma v. G.L.T.

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

1. POSSESSION OF STOLEN VEHICLE

2. POSSESS FIREARM DURING COMMISSION OF A FELONY

3. BURGLARY IN THE THIRD DEGREE

4. BURGLARY IN THE THIRD DEGREE

5. POSSESSION OF FIREARM AFTER FORMER FELONY CONVICTION

6. OBSTRUCTING OFFICER

7. PUBLIC

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State of Arizona v. Steven Peterson

Holbrook, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant was charged with five counts of sexual conduct with a minor and three counts of luring a minor for sexual exploitation.

The jury found Peterson guilty as charged. The court sentenced him to a total of seven years' imprisonment with credit for 32 days of presentence incarceration and lifetime probation upon his release.

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United States of America v.



An illegal alien from Mexico was arrested Tuesday for soliciting others to kill ICE agents in a TikTok post on October 9, 2025, announced Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Nancy E. Larson.


According to court records, Eduardo Aguilar, 23, residing in Dallas, Texas, was charged by federal complaint for transmitting in interstate or foreign com

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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. James L. Hattten, II

Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor in violation of 18 U.S. 1591.

Federal and state laws treat
trafficking a minor as a severe felony, defining a minor as anyone under the age of 18. A key component of these laws is that a minor cannot legally consent to commercial sex acts or forced labor, meaning prosecutors do not

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Justin Hooper v. The City of Tulsa

Justin Hooper and the City of Tulsa dispute whether the Curtis Act, 30 Stat. 495 (1898), grants Tulsa jurisdiction over municipal violations committed by all Tulsa’s inhabitants, including Indians, in Indian country. Tulsa issued a traffic citation to Mr. Hooper, an Indian and member of the Choctaw Nation, and he paid a $150 fine for the ticket in Tulsa’s Municipal Criminal Court (“municipal

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MARVIN KEITH STITT, Appellant v. THE CITY OF TULSA, Appellee

¶1 Appellant, Marvin Keith Stitt, was convicted of Aggravated Speeding (Tulsa, Okla., Rev. Ordinances Title 37, § 617(C) (2021)) following a non-jury trial before the Honorable Mitchell McCune, Municipal Judge, and fined $250.00 in City of Tulsa Municipal Court Citation/Case No. 7569655.

¶2 Mr. Stitt was issued City of Tulsa (Tulsa) Municipal Citation/Case No. 7569655 on February 3, 20

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CITY OF TULSA, Appellant v. NICHOLAS RYAN O'BRIEN, Appellee

¶1 Appellee, Nicholas Ryan O'Brien, was charged by Information in the Municipal Criminal Court of the City of Tulsa with the following misdemeanor traffic crimes:

Case No. 720766, Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, in violation of City of Tulsa Revised Ordinances Title 37, § 649;

Case No. 720766A, Transporting an Open Container, in violation of City of Tuls

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JERRY LEE IRWIN, Appellant v. THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellee

¶1 Appellant, Jerry Lee Irwin, was convicted by a jury in the District Court of Tulsa County, Case No. CF-2021-3185, of Count 1: Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon, in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 652(C); Count 4: Kidnapping, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2012, § 741; Count 5: Possession of a Firearm After Former Conviction, in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2019, § 1283(A); and Count 6: Traffick

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THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellant v. STEVEN LEON FULLER, Appellee.

¶1 The State of Oklahoma appeals the order of the reviewing judge affirming an adverse ruling of the magistrate dismissing the criminal charges in Ottawa County District Court Case No. CF-2022-215 for lack of jurisdiction. See 22 O.S.2011, §§ 1089.1--1089.7; Rule 6.1, Rules of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, Title 22, Ch.18, App. (2024).

¶2 On November 1, 2022, the State charg

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MICHAEL GARY PARKER, JR., Appellant v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellee.

¶1 Appellant Michael Gary Parker, Jr. appeals his Judgment and Sentence from the District Court of Tulsa County, Case No. CF-2018-3184, for First Degree Manslaughter, in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 711.1 Parker's jury unanimously found him guilty, but deadlocked on the issue of punishment. The Honorable William J. Musseman, Jr., District Judge, who presided over Parker's jury trial, sentenced Pa

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THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Appellant v. DALTON WAYNE WARD, Appellee

¶1 The State of Oklahoma, Appellant, appeals from an order sustaining Appellee's motion to dismiss a charge of assault and battery on a police officer filed in the District Court of Mayes County, Case No. CF-2019-295. The trial court held an evidentiary hearing on Appellee's motion to dismiss, and, relying on McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), and Hogner v. State, 2021 OK CR 4, 500 P.3d

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John Hogner v. State of Oklahoma

¶1 Appellant Travis John Hogner was charged and tried by jury for Feloniously Pointing a Firearm (21 O.S.Supp.2012, § 1289.16) or in the alternative Domestic Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (21 O.S.Supp.2014, § 644) (Count I); Possession of a Firearm, After Former Conviction of a Felony (21 O.S. Supp.2014, § 1283) (Counts II and III); Kidnapping (21 O.S.Supp.2012, § 751 (Count V); Interferenc

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State ex rel. Matloff v. Wallace

¶1 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 degree murder conviction of Clifton Merrill Parish in Pushmataha County Case No. CF-2010-26. Because the Respond

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Eddie L. Bolden v. Angelo Pesavento, et al.

Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sue on civil rights violation theories claiming that he was wrongfully charged, convicted, and incarcerated.

Bolden was arrested in February 1994 for the murders of Irving Clayton and Derrick Frazier and the attempted murder
of Clifford Frazier. A jury found him guilty in October 1996, and he was sentenced to life

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T.N. v. First Baptist Church of Pierce City

Mount Vernon, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a corporate negligence theory.

The uncontroverted material facts establish that FBC is a Southern Baptist church and that Plaintiff participated in FBC's youth ministries program.A youth pastor led FBC's youth ministries program and transported participants, including Plaintiff and others, to and from said

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State of Oklahoma v. Dustin Joel Walker

Muskogee, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer is representing the Defendant charged sexually abusing a child.
by Kent Morlan

Dustin Joel Walker, age 34, is charged with:

1. SEXUAL ABUSE - CHILD UNDER 12 (FELONY)

2. CHILD NEGLECT (FELONY)

3. CHILD NEGLECT (FELONY)

4. CHILD NEGLECT (FELONY

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State of Oklahoma v. timmy Lee Stidman and Bryant Rodney Stidman

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

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: ANC, ABUSE/EXPLOITATION/ NEGLECT OF VULNERABLE ADULT, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.4
Date of Offense: 08/04/2025
STIDMAN, BRYANT RODNEY
Disposed: CONVICTION, 10/07/2025. Nolo Contendere Plea
Count as Disposed: ABUSE/EXPLOITATION/ NEGLECT OF VULNERABLE ADULT(ANC)

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State of Oklahoma v. Marquis Donnell Washington

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

ount # 1.
Count as Filed: WE3, FELONIOUSLY POINTING FIREARM, in violation of 21 O.S. 1289.16
Date of Offense: 07/05/2025
WASHINGTON, MARQUIS DONNELL
Disposed: CONVICTION, 11/03/2025. Nolo Contendere Plea
Count as Disposed: FELONIOUSLY POINTING FIREARM(WE3)
Violation of 21 O.S. 1289.1

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State of Oklahoma v. Bernard Vaughn Moore

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

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: OWPN, POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AFCF, in violation of 21 O.S. 1283
Date of Offense: 07/18/2025
MOORE, BERNARD VAUGHN
Disposed: CONVICTION, 11/03/2025. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF A FIREARM AFCF(OWPN)
Violation of 21 O.S. 1283
Count # 2.

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State of Oklahoma v. Myangel Gail Puckett and Porscia Louann Majors

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

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: OPJ, INTIMIDATION OF WITNESS, in violation of 21 O.S. 455 B
Date of Offense: 01/08/2025
MAJORS, PORSCIA LOUANN
Disposed: DISMISSED, 07/15/2025. Dismissed- Prosecution Witness Failed to Appear
Count as Disposed: INTIMIDATION OF WITNESS(OPJ)
Violation of 21 O

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State of Oklahoma v. Daniel Murray Patty

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: CHPA, AGGRAVATED POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, in violation of 21 O.S. 1040.12a
Date of Offense: 02/13/2025
PATTY, DANIEL MURRAY
Disposed: CONVICTION, 11/03/2025. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: AMENDED TO POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY(CHPM2)
Violation o

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