Rape Law
 
United States of America v. Joseph Ralland Whipple

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing, distributing, receiving, and possessing sexually explicit images of minor children.

On September 24, 2025, the Southeast Regional Internet Crimes Against Children (SER-ICAC) Task Force, comprised of detectives from the Richland and Kennewick Police Departments, Deputies from the Benton County She

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United States of America v. Demitri Super

Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing images of child sexual abuse

A 29-year-old Tacoma resident was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to 15 years in prison for production of images of child sexual abuse, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Demitri Super pleaded guilty in June 2025. He will serve his federa

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State of Oklahoma v. T.J.B.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with lewd molestation and first-degree rape.

21 O.S. 1123(A)

A. It is a felony for any person to knowingly and intentionally:

1. Make any oral, written or electronically or computer-generated lewd or indecent proposal to any child under sixteen (16) years of age, or other individual the person bel

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Bruce Brill v. Noma D. Gurich

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

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: RACKETEERING, in violation of 22 O.S. 1401
Date of Offense: 11/10/1978
BRILL, BRUCE M
Disposed: CONVICTION, 10/05/2000. Nolo Contendere Plea
Count as Disposed: RACKETEERING
Violation of 22 O.S. 1401
Count # 2.
Count as Filed: LEWD, INDECEN

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State of Tennessee v. Leopold Mpawinayo

Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape of a child.

Leopold Mpawinayo was accused of picked up the victim, who was a stranger to him and who was 12-years-old, and raped her. Although the victim reported the crime immediately, the DNA didn’t hit CODIS (the national DNA crime database) until five years later. Mpawinayo was then connecte

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State of Tennessee v. Daireus Ice

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnnapping and rape of a 4-year-old girl.

The victim, now 12-year-old, testified, recounting the assault and its enduring impact. Her mother and brother also provided testimony, while family members remained present throughout the proceedings, steadfast in their pursuit of justice.

“Although

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State of New York v. Anthony Smith

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendant charged with assault and battery.

ANTHONY SMITH, 37, for allegedly placing a woman in a chokehold until she lost consciousness and sexually assaulting her on a Midtown sidewalk in August 2025. SMITH is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with two counts each of Attempted Rape in the First Degree a

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State of Oklahoma v. Aaron Xavier Amador

Ponca City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

1. SOLICITING SEXUAL CONDUCT/COMMUNICATION W/MINOR BY TECHNOLOGY (FEL)

2. OBSCENE MATERIAL-BUYING/POSSESSING/PROCURING

3. DIST OF CDS-INCLUDING POSSESSION W/INTENT TO DIST. (MARIJ) FEL

4. RAPE 1ST DEGREE BY INSTRUMENTATION (FEL)

5. FORCIBLE SODOMY (FEL)

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State of Utah v. Jairo Cesar Vazquez Garzon, aka "Rafael The Grand Warlock"

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse and one county of First-degree felony object rape.

Jairo Cesar Vasquez Garzon, 57, known as "Rafael The Grand Warlock," has been charged with three counts of second-degree felony forcible sexual abuse and one count of first-degree felony object ra

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State of Oklahoam v. Ronald Lee Jones, II

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer will be representing the Defendant charged with rape by instrumentation.

Ronald Lee Jines, II is accused of raping a 16-year-old girl at a friend's apartment on May 23, 2025, when Jones got off work and arrived at the apartment. The girl reported Jones kissed and groped her before sexually assaulting her, despite her telling him to stop multiple ti

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United States of America v. Dwayne Yuen

Honolulu, Hawaii criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

Oahu Basketball Coach Sentenced to 405 Month in Prison for Child Exploitation and Harassment Offenses Involving Ten Charged Victims


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State of Utah v. Nicholas Alahverdian, aka Nicholas Rossi

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape.

Nicholas Roosi, age 38, faked his own death and fled from the US to avoid prosecution.

"Rossi’s lawyers sought to convince the jury that his accuser built up years of resentment after he made her foot the bill for everything in their monthlong relationship. They argued she accused him of r

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United States of America v. Connor McAuliffe

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of receipt of child pornography and count of possession of child pornography

EMT From Salem Arrested for Child Pornography Offenses


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United States of America v. Dimas Gonzalo Contreras-Nolasco

Greenbelt, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally re-entering the United States after previously being deported.

Mexican National and Convicted Rapist Pleads Guilty to Illegally Re-Entering the United States


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State of Minnesota v. Nicholas Lee Hill

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct.

The incident at issue here occurred at a subsidized senior living apartment building in Minneapolis on May 11, 2020. Hill entered the lobby at around noon and asked a building employee, M.K., for a rent application. M.K. recognized Hill, who had visited the apartme

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Mark Hartman v. David Yost, Ohio Attorney General

Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape.

A grand jury in Montgomery County, Ohio, indicted Mark Hartman for three counts of rape that occurred during a late-night sexual encounter. After a bench trial, a state judge convicted him of all three counts.

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United States of America v. Scott Wayne Laney

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production of Child Pornography

Convicted Sex Offender Sentenced to 35 Years for Production of Child Pornography


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United States of America v. Christopher Frederick

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with repeatedly violating the terms of his supervised release.

In 2006, Frederick was convicted in Arkansas for the rape of a child. Based on that conviction, he was required to register as a sex offender when released from prison in 2020. But when Frederick moved to Oklahoma, he failed to do so, later plea

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State of Washington v. Veniamin Nicolay Gaidaichuk

Yakima, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r second degree attempted rape of a child and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes.

On November 17, 2019, Gaidaichuk traveled from Bellevue to Yakima to meet with someone named "Anna" at a designated address. Anna had informed him on several prior occasions that she was thirteen years old. While

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United States of America v. Connan J. Kittson

Great Falls, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute meth.

21 U.S.C. 841 provides:

(a) Unlawful actsExcept as authorized by this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally—
(1) to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or disp

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State of Oklahoma v. Malik Omar Vance

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with f Rape in the First Degree in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2011, § 1114(A).

2022 OK CR 25, 519 P.3rd 526:

¶3 On the evening of October 20, 2017, M.P. went to Appellant's apartment and joined Appellant and other friends playing games and drinking. A.L, Appellant's girlfriend who also lived in the

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State of Oklahoma v. Ashley Reed Pullen

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with First Degree Rape by Narcotic or Anesthetic Agent, in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 1111(A)(4).

2016 OK CR 18, 387 P.3d 922:

¶5 Appellant fails to show actual error, let alone plain error, from the admission of the propensity evidence in this case. Malone v. State, 2013 OK CR 1, ¶ 41, 293 P.3d 198, 2

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State of Oklahoma v. Thomas C. Levering

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with Assault with Intent to Commit a Felony, (Count I) (21 O.S.Supp.2007, §§ 681); Kidnapping (Count II) (21 O.S.Supp.2009, §§ 741), and Second Degree Rape by Instrumentation (Counts IV--VII) (21 O.S.Supp.2009, §§ 1111.1), all counts After Former Conviction of Two or More Felonies.

2013 OK CR 19, 315

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State of Oklahoma v. John Fitzgerald Neloms, Jr.

Norman, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with , for First Degree Rape in violation of 21 O.S.2001, § 1114(A)(3) (Count 1), and First Degree Rape by Instrumentation in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2007, § 1111.1 (Count 2).

2012 OK CR 7, 274 P.3d 161:


¶10 At trial, the State introduced evidence about an unrelated burglary at a residence of the

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State of Oklahoma v. Brian K. Johnson

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charnged wiht Count I, Rape in the First Degree in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2008, § 1114; Count II, Forcible Oral Sodomy in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2007, § 886; and Count III, Assault and Battery by Means Likely to Cause Death in violation of 21 O.S.Supp.2007, § 652, .

2010 OK CR 28, 250 P.3d 901:

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