At 12:58 p.m. on February 7, 2000, 18-year-old Donovan Allen called 911 and reported that he found his 49-year-old mother, Sharon Cox, injured and bleeding on the floor of her bedroom in Longview, Washington.

Emergency personnel were unable to revive Cox. An autopsy later showed that she had been struck four times in the head with a blunt object and manually strangled. There were signs of

Sanford, Florida On the morning of June 17, 2004, 47-year-old Cheryl Williams and 68-year-old Carol Bareis were found stabbed to death in their home at 121 Vagabond Way in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

Mark Van Sandt called police shortly before 9 a.m. saying he discovered the bodies when he stopped to pick up clothes for his girlfriend, Samantha Williams, who was the daughter of Cheryl Wil

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder.

At 2 a.m. on December 14, 1996, 23-year-old Jason Smith was fatally shot and two others—19-year-old Marvin Ogman and 22-year-old Andre Clark—were wounded when four men opened fire with semi-automatic weapons in New Haven, Connecticut.

Police said the three victims were members of the Ghe

Detroit, Michigan criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder.

On the afternoon of February 9, 2001, 24-year-old Lavelle Griffin and 28-year-old LaTanya White were shot to death at the intersection of Kirkwood and Lumley streets in Detroit, Michigan. Witnesses said a burgundy or red car pulled up alongside their car and a person in that car began shooting.
 
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder.

n 1972, James Corry, a 46-year-old transit worker, was robbed and bludgeoned to death by two men on a Boston, Massachusetts subway platform.

A month after the crime, police arrested Harry Ambers and 19-year-old Laurence Adams. Three witnesses -- all members of the Moore family – testified

Winston-Salem, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexual assault, kidnapping and burglary.

Joseph Abbitt, age 31, was exonerated on September 2, 2009 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, after serving 14 years in prison for two convictions of rape based in part on eyewitness misidentifications.
 
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Detroit, Michigan criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with orchestrating an unemployment insurance fraud scheme aimed at defrauding the State of Michigan and the U.S. Government of funds earmarked for unemployment assistance during the COVID19 pandemic.

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