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The People of the State of California v. Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr. and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with two counts of murder and multiple counts of child abuse.

A Lancaster father and mother of four have been convicted of murdering their teenage son and daughter and abusing their two younger boys in 2020.

“This was a monstrous act of cruelty that shattered an entire family,” Los Angeles Cou

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United States of America v. Jaylin Iler

Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography in violation of 18 USC 2252A(a)(5)(B) and (b)(2).

(a) Any person who—
(1) knowingly mails, or transports or ships using any means or facility of interstate or foreign commerce or in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce by any means, including by computer, any child

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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 New York v. Joel Nieves

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant chgarged wiht Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, one count of Assault in the First Degree; and two counts of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree.

Joel Nieves, age 35, allegedly firing multiple gunshots during the Mexican Day parade and hitting a 17-year-old innocent bystander in September 2025

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United States of America v. Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell

Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

his case is about whether the Second Amendment protects a habitual marijuana user from being permanently dispossessed of a firearm based on our Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation. On November 28, 2023, Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell was charged with possession o

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Estate of Devine v. The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a medical malpractice wrongful death theory.

On May 10, 2023, Appellees filed a wrongful death and survival action against Appellant, in connection with a biopsy that Gabriella underwent as part of her treatment for Acute Myelogenous Lukemia, which Appellees allege caused Gabriella's death. Appellees

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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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United States of America .v Antonio Bishop

Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to provide contraband of an inmate.

Antonio Bishop was convicted of both attempting to provide contraband to a federal inmate and attempting to obtain contraband by a federal inmate. On appeal, he argues that the District Court committed reversible error by not granting a mistrial when the pr

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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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United States of America v. David Piaquadio

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.

On July 25, 2019, after a nonjury trial, Judge Conner of the Middle District of Pennsylvania found Piaquadio guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute Oxycodone, fentanyl, and heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and three counts of possession with intent to

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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 Oklahoma v. Sanders

Stillwater, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with Firearm After Former Conviction of a Felony (Count I) (21 O.S.Supp.2012, § 1283) and Knowingly Concealing Stolen Property After Former Conviction of a Felony (Count II) (21 O.S.2011, § 1713).

¶5 Title 21 O.S.2011, § 11(A) governs multiple punishments for a single criminal act. Section 11 provides in re

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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 Iowa v. Pat Grant Kepne

Boone, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with indecent exposrure

In spring 2022, two women-K.W. and E.P.-made two separate reports to law enforcement. Each woman reported that a man whom she did not know had just exposed himself to her in a retail parking lot. This case is about those women's experiences, the investigations and trial that followed, and (espe

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State of Missouri v. Daielle Lechocki

Warrenton, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted unlawful use of a weapon. She argues the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury regarding self-defense.

Defense counsel submitted a self-defense instruction, which the trial court denied.

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Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Joshua W. Preacher and Nereida Allen

Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder, first-degree assault, and first-degree criminal abuse of a child.

On Monday, August 25, 2008, a case worker for Child Protective Services ordered Allen's twin sisters, Janet and Jeannette Allen, to clean and repair deplorable conditions at the home they shared in east Louisville and in the me

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State of Tennessee v. Travis Weatherly

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual battery committed against his nine-year-old victim.

On appeal, the petitioner argues trial counsel was ineffective for failing to prepare the petitioner for trial, failing to pursue a defense, and failing to argue for a lower range at sentencing. The State contends the post-conviction cour

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State of Tennessee v. Kejuan King

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a /firearm and second-degree murder.

On the afternoon of January 13, 2017, Adarrell Anderson arrived at the Grizzly Mart gas station and store with two friends, Anthony Holloway and Julin Sanders. As the trio pulled into the parking lot, they noticed a silver, four-door Hyunda

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State of Florida v. Chang Yang, Yuping Song, and Yihong Luo

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with prostitution at three massage parlors.

In Florida, all forms of prostitution, solicitation, and related activities are illegal, with penalties increasing for repeat offenses and procurement of a minor.

Penalties range from misdemeanor charges with fines and jail time for a first offense to felonies f

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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Catherine Renee Tellez

Williamsburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to stop after involvement in an accident that resulted in death.

On the morning of August 10, 2022, Tellez was driving on Interstate 64 in the left lane. The portion of the highway had two clearly marked lanes and was straight and flat with no grade. The road surface had no major potholes, de

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Guistina Aprileo v. Cheryl Claporood, et al.

Springfield, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an excessive force claim.

In 2018, Guistina Aprileo requested police assistance with resolving a disagreement at her
home between her adult children. Soon after the police arrived, she found herself in a dispute with one of the officers, which led to her arrest on charges including disorderly conduct. Rath

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State of Oregon v. Tanner Roy Turner

McMinnville, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail theft or receipt of stolen mail, ORS 164.162.

"A criminal defendant has the right to have their sentence announced in open court. A trial court commits reversible error if it does not do so, and the result is usually a resentencing." State v. Priester, 325 Or.App. 574, 581, 530 P.3d 118, rev den, 371

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State of Oregon v. Kenneth Scott Evers Hood

Hillsboro, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully manufacturing a Schedule I controlled substance, ORS 475.752.

The Defendant sought to suppress the evidence against him.

The Oregon appellate courts review the trial court's denial of a motion to suppress evidence gathered during a warrantless search for legal error. State v. Ehly, 317 Or

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State of Idaho v. Dominick Anthony Licari, Jr.

Boise, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a controlled substance.

Dominick Anthony Licari, Jr., pleaded guilty to possession of a controlled substance, Idaho Code § 37-2732(c) and the district court imposed a unified sentence of seven years, with a minimum period of incarceration of two years, retained jurisdiction, and subsequently place

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