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Wyoming Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
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The State of Wyoming v. Samuel Martin Nania
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Casper, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with third-degree sexual assault.
A jury convicted Samuel Nania of third-degree sexual assault. On appeal, he claims the district court erred by excluding any reference to his polygraph examination during trial.
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Legal issue Did the district court err in excluding evidence of a polygraph exam... More...
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(02-03-2025 - WY)
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United States of America v. James Warren Martin
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Cheyenne, WY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transportation of a minor for sex
Casper man sentenced to 10 years for transportation of a minor for sex
James Warren Martin, 38, of Casper, Wyoming, was indic... More...
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(01-24-2025 - WY)
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United States of America v. Lorenzo Antonio Santillan-Solis
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Cheyenne, WY, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine using the U.S. Postal Service
Phoenix, Arizona man sentenced to more than eight years for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine using the U.S... More...
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(01-15-2025 - WY)
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United States of America v. Gabriel Estrada
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Cheyenne, WY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity
Colorado man sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for attempting to entice a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity ... More...
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(01-15-2025 - WY)
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United States of America v. Brian Neil Wiggins
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Cheyenne, WY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine
Casper man sentenced to 16 years for being a felon in possession of a firearm and possession with intent to distribute methamphetam... More...
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(01-14-2025 - WY)
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United States of America v. Shakeel Kahn
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Cheyenne, WY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with prescription drug conspiracy resulting in death
Physician sentenced for prescription drug conspiracy resulting in death
Shakeel Kahn, age 57,... More...
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(01-03-2025 - WY)
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Mike Sikowski v. Paul Sorum
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Gillette, Wyoming civil litigation breach of contract lawyer represented the Plaintiff in a breach of oral contract dispute.
Mr. Sorum and Jeff Martinson each owned 50% of Clean Crude, an oil processing company. Mr. Sorum and Mr. Martinson approached Mr. Sikorski of Big Sky Limited of Wyoming (Big Sky) and inquired about leasing above-ground oil storage tanks from Big Sky. ... More...
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(11-21-2024 - WY)
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State of Wyoming v. Matthew Justin Olson
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Evanston, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
In April 2021, Matthew Olson was incarcerated in the Platte County Detention Center in Wheatland, Wyoming, pending trial on a federal charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. During this same time, Mr. Olson also had pending state charges for ... More...
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(11-22-2024 - WY)
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State of Wyoming v. Matthew Russell Noe
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Laramie, Wyoming family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a paternity action.
In the summer of 2023, the Department petitioned the district court to establish Mr. Noe's paternity of IJN and order Mr. Noe to contribute to the support of IJN for the time he was in the Department's custody. Mr. Noe did not appear at the hearing on the petition. Following the hearing,... More...
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(12-07-2024 - WY)
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State of Wyoming v. Sean Alan Rogers
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Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault and delivery of a control substance.
On June 14, 2019, Brandy Blaylock—accompanied by her two children, AG, her fifteen-year-old daughter, sand XG, her thirteen-year-old son—went to the hospital in Gillette. Ms. Blaylock was admitted and she asked a friend, Mr. Rogers, if he w... More...
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(12-07-2024 - WY)
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United States of America v. Ahmad Abouammo
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San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government or official in violation of 18 U.S.C. 951.
Abouammo, an employee at the company then known as Twitter, allegedly provided confidential information about
dissident Saudi Twitter users to Bader Binasaker, a close associate of Saud... More...
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(12-06-2024 - WY)
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State of Wyoming v. Marcus Dean Grayson
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Casper, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree sexual assault.
Marcus Dean Grayson, age 40, was accused for sexually assaulting a woman had given him a ride to his home on February 26, 2024.
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(12-06-2024 - WY)
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Charles Leonhardt v. Big Horn County Sheriff's Office, et al.
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Basin, Wyoming personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on negligence theories.
Charles Leonhardt suffered from back pain while he was a pretrial detainee at the Big Horn County Jail (Jail). He was eventually transported to a hospital where he was diagnosed with two lower back infections which caused him long-term complications. Mr. Leonh... More...
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(12-06-2024 - WY)
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United States of America v. Zachary James Hernandez
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Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felon in possession of a firearm
Cheyenne man sentenced to 15 years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm
Zachary James Hernandez, 43... More...
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(11-15-2024 - WY)
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United States of America v. Ezekiel Frank James Ute
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Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder.
On Jan. 2, 2024, a group of five people, including Ezekiel Frank James Ute, were drinking alcohol and driving around the Wind River Indian Reservation when Ute began driving recklessly and saying he was going to intentionally wreck the car. When Ute stopped th... More...
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(11-01-2024 - WY)
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United States of America v. Derek Edward Lanctot
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Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Transient from Denver sentenced to 15 years on fentanyl and firearm charges<... More...
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(11-01-2024 - WY)
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United States of America v. Ezekiel Frank James Ute
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Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder in the second degree
Fort Washakie man sentenced for murder in the second degree
Ezekiel Frank James Ute, 23, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming, was charged wi... More...
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(11-01-2024 - WY)
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The State of Wyoming v. Elijah Dante Dobbins
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Casper, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
A jury convicted Elijah Dante Dobbins of third-degree sexual abuse of a minor, strangulation of a household member, unlawful contact, and permitting a house party. Mr. Dobbins appeals the strangulation conviction, arguing that the district court abused its discretion by allowing the jury to review three of the State's... More...
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(10-16-2024 - WY)
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The State of Wyoming v. Donald Floyd Detimore
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Lander, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually abusing his stepdaughter.
Donald Floyd Detimore was convicted of sexually abusing his step-granddaughter, MD. Prior to trial, the district court denied his motion to introduce evidence subject to the rape shield statute, Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-2-312. He argues the district court's exclusion of that ... More...
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(10-25-2024 - WY)
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United States of America v. John James Gravelis
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Cheyenne, Wyoming conspiracy to distribute meth criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
21 U.S.C. §§846 and 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A) - Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine
18 U.S.C. §924(c)(1) - Carrying a Firearm During and In Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime... More...
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(10-18-2024 - WY)
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United States of America v. Frank Ray Berris
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Casper, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition
Casper man sentenced to 90 months on a federal firearm offense
Frank Ray Berris, 53, of Casper, Wyomi... More...
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(09-23-2024 - WY)
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United States of America v. Kandace Sitting Eagle
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Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse
Arapahoe woman sentenced to 121 months in federal prison for child abuse
Kandace Sitting Eagle, 34, of Arapahoe, Wyoming, was sentenced to 12... More...
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(09-26-2024 - WY)
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State of Wyoming v. William R. Durkin, III
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Douglas, Wyoming felony theft and felony property destruction criminal Defense lawyer.
Mr. Durkin pled guilty to felony theft and felony property destruction. The district court sentenced him on December 20, 2018, to concurrent sentences of five to eight years in prison. It suspended the prison sentences and ordered Mr. Durkin to serve a split sentence o... More...
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(09-24-2024 - WY)
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Wade Jeffery Regan v. Tanya Jean Regan
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Newcastle, Wyoming, divorce lawyers represented the parties.
[¶3] In 2014, Wife and her two children from another relationship moved in with Husband. Wife had a child with Husband in 2018. The parties married in 2019. During the marriage, Husband ran a trucking business and Wife assisted him with bookkeeping. Wife also briefly worked at a mental health facility and lat... More...
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(08-21-2024 - WY)
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Darren J. Gray v. State of Wyoming, ex rel Department of Workforce Services, Workers' compensation Division
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Newcastle, Wyoming workers' compensation lawyer represented the Plaintiff.
[¶3] In April 2022, Mr. Gray began working for Keyhole Technologies, a company that provides on-site traffic control for road construction projects. On his third day of work, Mr. Gray began the day assembling some equipment, filling sandbags, and driving a traffic-control truck behind the sign c... More...
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(08-27-2024 - WY)
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The State of Wyoming v. Jarrett Gage Vargas
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Casper, Wyoming aggravated child abuse criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
[¶3] On October 15, 2021, Mr. Vargas was caring for his three-month-old foster child, RW, at his home in Casper, Wyoming, when RW began seizing. Mr. Vargas called 911, and an ambulance arrived and took RW to the local emergency room. Dr. Eugene Duquette examined RW and ordere... More...
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(08-30-2024 - WY)
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Guy Morrison, III v. Tami Hinson-Morrison
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Gillette, Wyoming family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.
After they married, Husband formed three oil and gas companies, the Gas Max, LLC (Gas Max); Vertical Injection Pumping Systems, LLC (VIPS); and Legacy Separators, LLC (Legacy).[1] When Husband formed Legacy in 2012, he transferred a 10% interest in Legacy to Wife, who worked for Legacy part time.... More...
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(09-05-2024 - WY)
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The State of Wyoming v. Antonio Kaye Lee
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Green River, Wyoming attempting to disarm a police officer criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Antonio Kaye Lee was convicted of two counts of attempting to disarm a peace officer. On appeal, he claims the district court erred in failing to instruct the jury on all elements of those charges.
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(09-09-2024 - WY)
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James F. Crouch, et al. v. Kerry Cooper, et al.
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Lander, Wyoming real property lawyers represented the parties in a lease dispute.
Kerry and Jeanie Cooper (the Coopers) entered into a five-year lease agreement (Lease) with James and Melisa Crouch (the Crouches). The Crouches agreed to lease their farmland to the Coopers to pasture cattle and grow crops for feed. More than a year before it was set to expire, the C... More...
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(09-13-2024 - WY)
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United States of America v. Brennon Scott
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Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with methamphetamine and fentanyl charges
Lander man sentenced on methamphetamine and fentanyl charges
On Feb. 2, the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office condu... More...
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(08-23-2024 - WY)
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United States of America v. Juan Manuel Miranda
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Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with
Cheyenne felon sentenced for being in possession of a firearm
On Oct. 31, 2023, Cheyenne Police Department officers responded to the 1800 block of Rain... More...
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(08-23-2024 - WY)
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Megan E. Vassilopoulos v. Kyle E. Vassiopoulos
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Lander, Wyoming family law lawyers represented Plaintiff and Defendant in a divorce.
[¶3] The parties married in September 2016. During the marriage, they had one child, LJV, born in October 2020. In January 2022, Mother filed a complaint for divorce. After hearing from the parties, the district court entered a temporary custody, visitation, and support order. The... More...
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(08-20-2024 - WY)
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United States of America v. Rondell Yoken Baker
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Cheyenne, Wyoming possession with intent to distribute meth and fentanyl criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
On the evening of March 2, 2022, Deputy Lloyd stopped Mr. Baker and his passenger twice, as they traveled through Wyoming in a gray Dodge Journey with Kentucky plates. Deputy Lloyd first stopped Mr. Baker for driving 82 mph in a 70 mph zone. The of... More...
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(07-23-2024 - WY)
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David Little v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
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Casper, Wyoming personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an auto insurance law theory.
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(08-10-2024 - WY)
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United States of America v. Aaron Clair Bigknife
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Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with a golf club
Fort Washakie man sentenced for assault with a golf club
Aaron Clair Bigknife, age 58, of Fort Washakie, Wyoming, was at a ... More...
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(08-07-2024 - WY)
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United States of America v. Truman Sitting Eagle
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Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated child abuse, assault resulting in serious bodily injury, and assault with a dangerous weapon
Arapahoe man sentenced to nine years in federal prison for aggravated child abuse, assault resulting i... More...
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(08-07-2024 - WY)
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United States of America v. Tristan Chase Eickbush
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Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl
Laramie man sentenced for distribution of fentanyl
On March 7, 2023, Cheyenne Police Officers responded to 305 Storey Boulevard ... More...
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(08-06-2024 - WY)
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State of Wyoming v. Donadl W. Whitmroe
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Douglas, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with vehicular homicide and four misdemeanors.
Donald A. Whitemore caused a car accident after he and his coworkers completed an overnight shift and were traveling at high speed. The vehicle, driven by Whitmore, failed to navigate a curve, resulting in a crash that ejected Jurado, causing his immediat... More...
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(07-30-2024 - WY)
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United States of America v. Giovanny Bustamante Ibarra
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Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug and firearm offenses
Gillette man sentenced to 125 months for drug and firearm offenses
Giovanny Bustamante Ibarra, 21, of Gillette, Wyoming, was se... More...
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(07-23-2024 - WY)
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United States of America v. Daniel Anthony Whiteplume
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Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault by strangulation
Arapahoe man is sentenced for assault by strangulation
Daniel Anthony Whiteplume, 26, of Arapahoe, Wyoming, was sentenced to... More...
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(07-15-2024 - WY)
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