Arizona Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
 

United States of America v. Hassan Omar Kassim, Alexandra Brooke Wisdom, Daniel Cardenas, Jaquvon Terell Poe

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Shooting at Undercover Police Officer’s Vehicle charged with Use of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence, Kassim and Poe are charged with Aiding and Abetting the crime, and all three are charged with Conspiracy to Commit this offense. Wisdom was charged with Accessory Afte... More...    $0 (06-12-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Jose Sarinana, Abran Villa, Jr.

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Assaulting FBI Agents During Immigration Operation

Arizona Residents Charged in Felony Indictments with Assaulting FBI Agents During Immigration Operation


A federal gran... More...
   $0 (06-12-2025 - AZ)

E.H. v. Lillia Hester, Lenda Hester, and Jason Conlee

Flagstaff, Arizona personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants seeking restitution.

As Jack's half-sister, Elise is a victim of the defendants' crimes and is therefore entitled to seek restitution under the Victims' Bill of Rights ("VBR"), which is enshrined in the Arizona Constitution. See Ariz. Const. art. 2, § 2.1(A)(8) (providing that a crime victim has ... More...
   $0 (04-30-2025 - AZ)

State of Arizona v. Edwardo Serrato, III

Kingman, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with arson.

On Christmas night in 2007, firefighters in Kingman, Arizona extinguished a fire engulfing a pickup truck. Investigators smelled gasoline fumes and discovered a residue of unusual flammable liquids and remnants of a gas can on the driver's seat. Based on the evidence, investigators confirmed that someon... More...
   $0 (05-29-2025 - AZ)

Victor Sanchez-Ravuelta, et al. v. Yavapai County, et al.

Phoenix, Arizona personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on dram shop theories.

In April 2021, David Browne visited Billy Jack's Saloon and Grill ("Billy Jack's") in the Town of Dewey-Humboldt in Yavapai County. After leaving the parking lot of Billy Jack's, Browne drove his vehicle onto State Route 69 and was involved in a multi-vehicle collision. Victor Sanchez-Ravuelta and ... More...
   $0 (05-29-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Martin Eulalio Molina Lopez

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Possession of Firearms

Former Mexican Police Officer Sentenced to 63 Months in Prison for Illegal Possession of Firearms



Martin Eulalio Molina Lopez, 33, of Hermosi... More...
   $0 (05-22-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Betty Nora Anderson

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine, and Falsification of Records in a Bankruptcy Proceeding.

Phoenix Woman Sentenced to Over Eight Years in Prison for Narcotics Trafficking and Bankruptcy Fraud

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   $0 (05-23-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Angel Said Ojeda-Figueroa, Tomas Ortiz-Lopez, Gabriel Jimenez-Diaz, Juan Carlos Carmona-Maya, Luis Fernando Ibarra, Jr.

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Immigration-Related Criminal Conduct

District of Arizona Charges 314 Individuals for Immigration-Related Criminal Conduct this Week



During the week of enforcement operat... More...
   $0 (05-23-2025 - AZ)

In Re the Matter of Christopher Woolwine v. Roberta A. Abdallah

Phoenix, Arizona family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.

Roberta Abdallah ("Mother") and Christopher Woolwine ("Father") had equal parenting time with their children, and Mother was required to pay Father child support. The superior court entered temporary orders that drastically limited Father's parenting time and suspended Mother's child support obligation. Two months ... More...
   $0 (05-22-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Jesus Alejandro Bojorquez-Moreno

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Heroin and Fentanyl, Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl, and Reentry of a Removed Alien

Mexican National Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Drug Conspiracy and Illegal Ree... More...
   $0 (05-09-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Marco Antonio Ruelas-Solis, Clayton Line Wilhite

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Transportation of an Illegal Alien, Possession of a Firearm by Alien Unlawfully Present in the United States and Reentry of a Removed Alien

District of Arizona Charges 314 Individuals for Immigration-Related... More...
   $0 (05-09-2025 - AZ)

Justin Stein v. Alyssa Depke, et al.

Tucson, Arizona civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff, who was wrongfully taken away from his parents and put in foster care.

Justin Stein and others sued Alyssa Depke and others in the District of Arizona. The case involved a disagreement about the scope of consent to search a car for narcotics, specifically whether the consent extended to a paper bag that might contain narcotic... More...
   $1200000 (05-07-2025 - AZ)

State of Arizona v. Jana Brianne Giron

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wo counts of negligent homicide and one count of endangerment.

Jana Giron was charged with causing an three-vehicle crash that killed Caitlin Festerling and Paul Garcia in Oro Valley in November 2019.

MoreLaw was created to help people find experienced lawyers to represent them in the more than 3,144 c... More...
   $0 (05-02-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Krystal Lopez, Gloria Lopez Corona, Carlos Murillo

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Immigration-Related Criminal Conduct in Arizona

District of Arizona Charges 287 Individuals for Immigration-Related Criminal Conduct in Arizona this Week Possession

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   $0 (05-01-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Roberto Gonaalez-Loera

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking a reduction in sentence.

Roberto Gonzalez-Loera’s motion for a sentence reduction under the new zero-point offender provision of U.S.S.G. § 4C1.1.
Section 4C1.1 allows a court to adjust a defendant’s offense level downward if he “meets all of the [listed] criteria.” The listed criteria include those se... More...
   $0 (04-29-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Teodoro Diaz-Ochoa

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition, Alien in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition, and Reentry of a Removed Alien.

Mexican National Indicted on Firearm and Immigration Charges

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   $0 (04-25-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Terrell Maurice Mars

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bank Robbery

Mesa Man Arrested for Bank Robbery



Terrell Maurice Mars, 47, of Mesa, Arizona, was arrested on April 18, 2025, and charged by criminal co... More...
   $0 (04-25-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Alex Esparaza Sanchez, et al.

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens, illegally reentering the United States, possession of a bolt action rifle

District of Arizona Charges 232 Individuals for Immigration-Related Conduct this Week

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   $0 (04-25-2025 - AZ)

State of Arizona v. Lori Vallow Daybell

Phoenix, Arizona pro se defendant was charged with conspiracy to murder her estranged husband.

Lori Vallow Daybell was acussed by the State of Arizona of conspiracy to kill Charles Vallow.

Daybell whose doomsday religious beliefs led her to kill her two youngest children and engage in a plot to kill a romantic rival in Idaho was convicted Tuesday in Arizona for conspiring to murd... More...
   $0 (04-22-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Morris Gary Hibbitt

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Abuse of an Inmate

Security Guard Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of an Inmate



Morris Gary Hibbitt, 51, of Avondale, was sentenced on April 14, 2025, b... More...
   $0 (04-18-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Arturo Contreras Soto

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm

Convicted Felon Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Possession of a Firearm



Arturo Contreras Soto, 37, of Tucson, was convicted o... More...
   $0 (04-10-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Andrea Villalva

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting to Smuggle Rifle Ammunition from the United States Into Mexico

Tucson Woman Indicted for Attempting to Smuggle Rifle Ammunition from the United States Into Mexico

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   $0 (04-10-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Bonifacio Renteria-Cruz

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Re-Entry

HSI Arrests Previously Deported, Violent Felon Fugitive Wanted for Homicide in Mexico



Bonifacio Renteria-Cruz, 48, a citizen of Mexico, was arres... More...
   $0 (04-10-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Arturo Contreras Soto

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon

Convicted Felon Sentenced to 60 Months in Prison for Possession of a Firearm



Arturo Contreras Soto, 37, of Tucs... More...
   $0 (04-10-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Greiby Melissa Barcelo-Velasquez

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Smuggling Other Colombians Illegally into the United States

Colombian National Sentenced for Smuggling Other Colombians Illegally into the United States



Gr... More...
   $0 (03-31-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Steven Beltran-Lugo

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Alien Smuggling Resulting in Death

Phoenix Man Sentenced to Prison for Alien Smuggling Resulting in Death



Steven Beltran-Lugo, 19, of Glendale, was indic... More...
   $0 (03-14-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Corie M. Boyer

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of wire fraud and two counts of money laundering.

Former Bookkeeper Accused of Embezzling At Least $400,000 From Church



A former parish se... More...
   $0 (03-14-2025 - AZ)

State of Arizona v. Anibal Rosado Santos

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking post-conviction relief.

Absent an abuse of discretion or error of law, this court will not disturb a superior court's ruling on a petition for post-conviction relief. State v. Gutierrez, 229 Ariz. 573, 577, ¶ 19, 278 P.3d 1276, 1280 (2012). It is petitioner's burden to show that the superior court abused its discr... More...
   $0 (03-10-2025 - AZ)

Ryan Six v. IQ Data International, Inc.

Phoenix, Arizona consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") violation theory.

IQ acquired a debt obligation for Six’s purported breach of a residential lease. Six learned of the debt and, on August
18, 2021, mailed a letter to Equifax disputing the debt and requesting documentation of it. The same day, Six’s counsel<... More...
   $0 (02-24-2025 - AZ)

Reed Day, et al. v. Ben Henry, et al.

Phoenix, Arizona civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who wamted to buy wine online.

Plaintiff-Appellants Reed Day and Albert Jacobs are Arizona residents who desire to ship wine directly to
themselves from retailers who do not maintain in-state premises in Arizona. Arizona’s statutory scheme, however,
prevents such shipments. As a result, Plaintiffs brought a civil r... More...
   $0 (03-07-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Jefferson Alejandro Lopez

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking

Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 15 Years After Agents Seize Over 15 Kilograms of Fentanyl and Six Firearms from Phoenix Residence



Jefferson... More...
   $0 (02-26-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Tyree Eugene Rideaux

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking a Minor

Nevada Man Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking a Minor



Tyree Eugene Rideaux, 31, of Henderson, Nevada, pleaded guil... More...
   $0 (02-27-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Anthony Leroy Haygood

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Indecent Exposure

Man Sentenced to 12 Months for Indecent Exposure



Anthony Leroy Haygood, 36, of Sarasota, Florida, pleaded guilty to two counts of Indecen... More...
   $0 (02-27-2025 - AZ)

State of Arizona v. Leon Lankford Bailey, Jr.

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking post-conviction relief.

Absent an abuse of discretion or error of law, this court will not disturb a superior court's ruling on a petition for post-conviction relief. State v. Gutierrez, 229 Ariz. 573, 577 ¶ 19 (2012). It is petitioner's burden to show that the superior court abused its discretion by denying the... More...
   $0 (02-25-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Eric Thomas Scionti

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing Firearms and Animal Crushing

Tempe Man Sentenced to 47 Months in Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms and Animal Crushing



Eric T... More...
   $0 (02-20-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Charles Morice Gilmore

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Mailing Threats to Federal Officials

Career Offender Sentenced to 10 Years for Mailing Threats to Federal Officials



Charles Morice Gilmore, 52, of Missouri,... More...
   $0 (02-20-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. LaDell Jay Bistline, Jr.

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Sexual Abuse

Colorado City Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Role in Child Sexual Abuse Ring




LaDell Jay Bistline, Jr., 46, of Colorado City, ... More...
   $0 (02-21-2025 - AZ)

State of Arizona v. Retta Cruse

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Retta Cruse, 36, pleaded guilty in July 2022 to two counts of first-degree murder. She admitted to drugging her daughters, 4-year-old Royal McIntyre and 9-year-old Aleyah McIntyre, before attempting to take her own life.... More...
   $0 (02-22-2022 - AZ)

United States of America v. Miguel Angel Gaytan-Ramirez

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking

Phoenix Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 151 Months After Agents Seize Over 90 Pounds of Fentanyl and Over 40 Pounds of Cocaine from Stash House


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   $0 (02-18-2025 - AZ)

In re the Matter of: Ahmed Hameed v. Safa Sameer Abdulwahhab Qandeel

Phoenix, Arizona family law lawyers represented the husband and wife in a divorce.

Husband and Wife wed in April 2019. They have one child in common, L.H., born in November 2020. In July 2022, Husband filed a Petition for Dissolution of Non-Covenant Marriage. Later that month, Wife filed a Response to Petition for Dissolution of a Non-Covenant Marriage (Divorce) with Minor Children ("Resp... More...
   $0 (02-14-2025 - AZ)

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