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Date: 08-20-2022
Case Style:
United States of America v. Victor Manuel Castro-Huerta
Case Number: 4:20-cr-00255
Judge: Claire V. Eagan
Court: United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Plaintiff's Attorney: United States Attorney’s Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with child neglect in Indian Country.
Victor Manuel Castro-Huerta, age 37, was charged with child neglect in Indian Country in violation of 18 USC 1151, 1153, 13, and 2, and 21 OS 843.5(c) for repeatedly neglecting to adequately care for a child with mental and physical needs. the victim was a Native American.
Castro Huerta admitted that from 2012 to Nov. 29, 2015, he did not provide adequate nurturing, food, hygiene, sanitation, education, supervision and specialty care, and medical and dental care for a child with cerebral palsy. Specifically, Castro Huerta stated that he did not appropriately care for the victim, his step-daughter, nor transport her to required medical appointments.
Castro Huerta was charged with child neglect in federal court on Nov. 2, 2020, in anticipation that his state conviction would be vacated. The state conviction was later vacated by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals in April 2021.
On June 29, 2022, in a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals’ ruling.
The defendant remains in federal custody.
The Tulsa Police Department and FBI conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kristin F. Harrington and Vani Singhal prosecuted the case.
Outcome: Defendant was sentenced to 84 months in prison, with credit for 70 months already served, to run concurrently with a 35 year sentence imposed by the state conviction.
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