Texas Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Karmelo Anthony </h2> </center>
Frisco, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Karmelo Anthony, age 19, stabbed and killed Austin Metcal, age 17, at a track meeting Frisco, Texas in April 2025.... More...
$ (06-09-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Steven Mark Moore </h2> <center>
Plano, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with straw purchases of firearms. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Steven Mark Moore, 27, of Yukon, Oklahoma, purchased firearms at various pawn shops and gun shows were linked to various crimes in the United States as well... More...
$ (06-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Robert P. Oristaglio, Jr. ex rel. United States of America v. Community Care Health Network LLC, doing business as Matrix Medical Network (Matrix), DPN USA, doing business as HealthFair (HealthFair), and Shahriah “James” Ekbatani </h2> </center>
Beaumont, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam action claiming that the Defendants violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by causing the submission of false or invalid diagnosis codes to the Medicare Advantage program. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> The United` ... More...
$ (06-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Enedelia Carranco Garcia, and Ashley Garcia </h2> <center>
Corpus Christi, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants chrged with bringing and harboring aliens. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> On the evening of July 22, 2025, Enedelia Garcia drove to the Border Patrol checkpoint near Kingsville with her daughter in the backseat and ano... More...
$ (06-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Brayden Matthew Alvarado </h2> </center>
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping resulting in death. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Brayden Matthew Alvarado, 23, of Vado, New Mexico, carjacked a man before driving him onto Fort Bliss desert property and fatally shooting him in the h... More...
$ (06-04-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Zachery Castenon </h2> </center>
Conroe, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged driving while intoxicated. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Zachery Castenon showed up for duty and smelled of alcohol.... More...
$ (06-04-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Joel Ipina </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft concerning programs receiving federal funds. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Joel Ipina, age 50, was employed by DHA from 1995 to 2024. DHA receives federal funding through the U.S. Department of Housing and U... More...
$ (06-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Isaiah Joshua Lee Houston </h2> </center>
Lubbock, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with car jacking. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Isaiah Joshua Lee Houston, 26, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, carjacking that occurred next to the federal and county courthouses in downtown Lubbock, Texas. Houston ap... More...
$ (06-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Luke Ethan Rogers </h2> </center>
Amarillo, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Luke Ethan Rogers charged with one count of ‘receipt and distribution of child pornography’ and a count of ‘possession of child pornography invo... More...
$ (06-04-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ramon Heriberto Cerda Jr. </h2> <center>
Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with defrauding the U.S. government. Reported by Kent Morlan Ramon Heriberto Cerda Jr., 41, of Eagle Pass, owned and operated a business known as El Eagle Mail. On multiple dates in February and March 2025, Cerda was observed at his residence during scheduled work hours despite his duties requiring him to be in the fie... More...
$ (05-23-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Mimi Hunyh </h2> </center>
Amarillo, Texas criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with attempted kidnapping. Reported by Kent Morlan Mimi Hunyh, age 65, traveled from Law Vegas to Amarillo to kidnap an Amarillo business man.... More...
$ (05-23-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Bernardo Gomez </h2> </center>
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child. By Kent Morlan Bernardo Gomez accused of sexually abusing a minor. In March 2020, a victim, who was 11 at the time, told their mother that Gomez had sexually abused them over multiple years, from when the victim was in kindergarten and continuing through fifth grade.... More...
$ (05-06-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Seung Han Ho </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Seung Han Ho, age 69, accused of shooting and killing two people and injuring three people after meeting at a shopping center north of Dallas.... More...
$ (05-06-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Avis Delynn Jones </h2> </center>
Marshall, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felony possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. By Kent Morlan On March 17, 2023, a search warrant was executed at Avis Delyn Jones’ University Avenue residence in Marshall resulting in the discovery of 440.7 grams of methamphetamine co... More...
$ (05-06-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Michael Seery and Ricardo Obando, Jr. </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Murder-For-Hire. By Kent Morlan Michael Seery hired Ricardo Obando to kill a man he believed had an affair with Seery’s wife while Seery was in prison. Cell phone evidence demonstrated how Obando conducted extensive surveillance and a failed attempt on the victim before finally executing the plot. Obando sh... More...
$ (05-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Bobby Brandon Galvan aka “Puravidarecia” </h2> </center>
Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with firearm trafficking. Bobby Brandon Galvan aka “Puravidarecia,” 30, was affiliated with the La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM) cartel and straw purchased numerous weapons, to include an AK-47 rifle that was recovered after it was used in a shootout between cartel members and Mexican law enforcement. On Feb. 20, 20... More...
$ (05-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Isaiah Warren </H2> </center>
Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by robbery and carrying using, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. By Kent Morlan On November 30, 2024, at approximately 12:06 p.m., a Brink’s armored truck driver was completing his assigned route when he arrived at DolEx Dollar Express located at 17... More...
$ (05-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Angelina Hicks </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with plotting to "kill as many Jews as possible" by driving a vehicle through the Congregation Beth Israel in Houston. Angelina Hicks, age 18, was arrested in North Carolina, and accused of felony conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit assault with a deadly weapon.... More...
$ (04-26-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Mayra Collins </h2> </center>
Corpus Christi, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and impersonating an officer or employee of the United States. Twenty-nine year old, Mayra Collins, is accused of fraudulently posed as a federal agent with various agencies in 2022 and again in 2025. She had first allegedly posed as an immigration officer employed by the United States to carry o... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jeremy Christopher Ford, a/k/a Allstar Jr. </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Jeremy Christopher Ford allegedly possessed a handgun during a shooting April 8 at a restaurant on Kirby Drive in Houston. According to the criminal complaint, authorities responded to reports of a shooting in progress and discovered two gunshot victims at the scene. Court documents al... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Luis Alberto Banda Acosta </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry after deportation. Illegal re-entry into the United States after having previously been deported to Mexico without first applying for and obtaining permission from the Attorney General of the United States, or the Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security. for admission to the United States f... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - tx)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Maribel Jaimes-Hernandez </h2> </center>
Laredo, Texas, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to transport an Illegal alien within the United States .... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Tionne Spears </h2> </center>
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with driving into an active crash scene and struck the body of a man who had been killed in a pedestrian accident. Tionne Spears, age 26, drove around the barricades and entered the restricted scene, running over the victim’s body.... More...
$ (04-26-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Sergio Renato Tapia </h2> </center>
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening to murder a Federal Officer. Sergio Renato Tapia, 31, called the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park on July 24, 2023, and left a voicemail that included a violent threat to murder a National Park Service ranger. NPS rangers immediately recognized Tapia's voice and worked quickly with the U.... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Michael Arney, et al. v. Grand Homes, Inc. and New Sheridan Dev Co. Phase 1, LLC </h2> </center>
Rockwall, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs and Defendants in a negligence and trespass dispute. The are homeowners in the City of Fate. Defendant Grand Homes is a home builder, and Sheridan is a developer. The Plaintiffs brought suit against Grand Homes, Sheridan, and others , alleging that the defendants, while developing a community near appellants’ properties, vi... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Saryiah Sanford-Griffin </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Saryiah Sanford-Griffin, age 18, accused of shooting and 13-year-old Marcus Reeves Jr.... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Thomas Michael Fry </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession and sale of stolen firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(j) and 924(a)(2) . Thomas Michael Fry, age 53, of Royse City, Texas who at the time was a sergeant with the Dallas Police Department, admitted to three separate instances of taking a firearm owned by the Dallas Police Department, knowing that t... More...
$ (04-25-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> The State of Texas v. Nicholas Darris Marshall </h2> </center>
Angleton, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r possession of between 4 and 200 grams of methamphetamine. Marshall was pulled over by law enforcement during a traffic stop. Law enforcement discovered there was an outstanding warrant for Marshall’s arrest. As part of the arrest, Marshall’s vehicle was inventoried, and during the inventory, officers detect... More...
$ (04-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Isela Mendez </h2> </center>
Sherman, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute fentanyl. Isela Mendez, 45, was identified during an investigation involving the influx of counterfeit oxycodone, and other prescription pills, in the Eastern District of Texas and surrounding areas. It was determined that Mendez worked with others to distribute tens of thous... More...
$ (04-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Eric Barclay </h2> </center>
Corpus Christi, Texas criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled drugs. On July 25, 2024, Christopher Seabrook drove a silver Chrysler to the Javier Vega Jr. BP checkpoint near Sarita. Eric Barclay, age 34, was the passenger. At the initial inspection, Seabrook fled and led law enforcement on a chase reaching speeds up to 125 miles per... More...
$ (04-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Juan R. Gonzalez </h2> </center>
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax evasion, wrongfully structuring currency transactions, and identity theft. Juan R. Gonzalez, 52, owned and operated a residential construction business in San Antonio, under the name Gonzalez Construction, working as a subcontractor for other entities. During tax years 2020 and 2021, Gonzalez organized his pe... More...
$ (04-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Shawn Nichole Zatloukal </h2> </center>
Lubbock, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with drug trafficking. Shawn Nichole Zatloukal was a member of a larger methamphetamine trafficking organization responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine in the Lubbock area. She and her codefendants, all of Lubbock, were indicted in August 2025 and all later pled guilty to methamphetamine traffic... More...
$ (04-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Marvin Alexander Portillo </h2> </center>
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. in June of 2023, Marvin Alexander Portillo, 29, was identified during a drug trafficking investigation involving the distribution of fentanyl-laced pills in the Eastern District of Texas. Portillo admitted to being involved in a conspiracy responsible for dis... More...
$ (04-03-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Cyrus Kourosh Boujabadi </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of multiple narcotics. Cyrus Boujabadi onspired with others to distribute MDMA, meth, cocaine, marijuana, psilocybin and DMT. As part of the conspiracy, he coordinated drug transactions using a messaging application, directed others to deliver controlled substances and accepted payment in cash and electr... More...
$ (04-03-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Taurean Clarence Coppage </h2> </center>
Waco, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault. Taurean Clarence Coppage, 40, sexually assaulted a woman in her residence while he was a contractor with the U.S. Department of State in Baghdad, Iraq. Coppage was to leave Iraq on Feb. 19 and attended a going-away party at the bar on the U.S. Embassy compound the night prior, on Feb. 18. After the party... More...
$ (04-03-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jerry Lee Anderson and Orlin Wilfredo Padilla-Murillo </h2> </center>
Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in death.... More...
$ (04-03-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> The States of Texas v. Adrian Lashawn Dubose </h2> </center
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a controlled substance. The Defendant waived his right to a jury trial, entered open pleas of guilty, and judicially confessed to the offenses as charged in the indictments.... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Sharif Ahmad Jasmine v. The State of Texas </h2> </center>
McKinney, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child. The was charged with the continuous sexual abuse of a child, J.W. J.W.’s mother Kirsten met appellant in 2015 when she and J.W. lived in Missouri. Kirsten and appellant started dating and eventually had a son together. In 2019, –2– when J.W. was twelve years’ old, Kirsten and her... More...
$ (04-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Julianne Kausland v. Christopher M. Volek </n2> </center>
McKinney, Texas family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce. On September 12, 2023, Kausland and Volek entered into an agreement in contemplation of marriage (Agreement) to address their property rights. The Agreement provides as follows: –2– The parties hereby agree that should CHRISTOPHER MARK VOLEK file for divorce within two years of the date of matrimony that JULIANNE... More...
$ (04-01-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Camilo Reyes Castillo </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with production of child pornography. Camilo Reyes Castillo, 47, was producing and trading child sexual abuse material online. DPS investigated Castillo and his online presence and confirmed that he was involved in producing and sharing sexually explicit material involving young boys. In June 2025, DPS executed a search ... More...
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