1. Indictment and Information—Right of Accused to Waive Preliminary Examination. The constitutional provision, art. 2, § 1,, Okla. Const., that no person shall be prosecuted for a felony by information without having had a preliminary examination is in the nature of a personal privilege for the benefit of the accused which may be waived by him. 2. Same—Proper Manner of Challenging Jurisdic

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder and forcible rape. Reported by Kent Morlan Actor Nick Pasqual was accused of first-degree residential burglary and multiple counts of injuring a spouse, cohabitant, fiance's, boyfr

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry of a deported or removed aggravated alien. Reported by Kent Morlan

Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with entry into the United States without inspections in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1325. Reported by Kent Morlan Ibrahim Ayyub Khan, 27, and three other men walked through the heavily wooded border between Quebec and Somerset County during the pre-dawn hours of April 3, 2026. Their point of entry was within a few hundred y

Fort Wayne, Indiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with residential entry, criminal recklessness, and domestic batter. Reported by Kent Morlan Jeffery Harris beat down the back door of his ex-girlfriend’s home, fired multiple gunshots, chased her outside, and punched, choked, and “stomped” on her before fleeing the scene.

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bringing an alien to the United States. Reported by Kent Morlan Israel Enden, 46, a citizen of Israel, was born in the United States and physically resides in the State of Israel. In the early morning hours of January 8, 2026, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers encountered Enden driving a vehicle bea

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with illegally importing 27 protected parrots and parakeets in a modified spare tire in the trunk of a car. Reported by Kent Morlan Sydney Johnson, age 27, of Santee and Brandon Marion, age 38, of Temecula tried to sneak 11 orange-fronted parakeets (Eupsittula canicularis) and 16 white-fronted Amazon parrots

Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with re-entry after deportation. By Kent Morlan On March 12, 2026, U.S. Border Patrol Agents in Franklin County were driving near Stratton when they observed a white box truck heading north towards the U.S.­Canadian border. Elmer Enrique Ramirez-Ardon, 33, was in the truck’s passenger seat. After observing the truck

Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry by a removed alien. By Kent Morlan

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

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

Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry after deportation after felony conviction. Ramon Rodriguez-Gonzalez was deported on April 29, 2019, after he was convicted of false claim of citizenship in March 2019 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Rodriguez-Gonzalez came to law enforcement’s attentio

Magnum, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with grand larceny. Brittany Dawn McKelvy pleaded guilty and was sentenced to the Delayed Sentencing Program for Young Adults at the Department of Corrections, Mabel Bassett Correctional Center on a five year deferred sentence. Appellant was placed on supervised probation with the District Attorney's Office for eighteen

Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry of a previously removed alien. Edwin Bonilla Mendoza, was accused of knowingly being the United States without permission after previouosly been removed from the country.

Portland, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry by an alien after removal. On November 6, 2025, U.S. Border Patrol Agents encountered Edgar Mandujano-Aguilar, 37, after he requested assistance from the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office to return to his home country of Mexico. After agents arrived at the Sheriff’s Office, Mandujano-Aguilar state

Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry after removal of an alien. Felipe Omar Hernandez-Gonzalez, 36, and a citizen of Mexico, was deported in April 2018, after he was charged with DUI and assaulting his girlfriend in Hoover in February 2018. Hernandez-Gonzalez came to law enforcement’s attention again in the summer of 2025 after h

Stillwater, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff of a Governmental Tort Claims Act negligence theory. Plaintiff/Appellee Carolyn Mariani (Mariani) was injured in a motor vehicle accident on July 25, 2011, in Payne County, Oklahoma, when her vehicle was struck by a tractor-trailer operated by an employee of Defendant/Appellant State of Oklahoma ex rel. Oklahoma State Unive

The Chinese Exclusion Acts denied citizenship to Chinese immigrants. Moreover, by treaty no Chinese subject in the United States could become a naturalized citizen. Wong Kim Ark was born in San Francisco to parents who were both Chinese citizens who resided in the United States at the time. At age 21, he returned to China to visit his parents who had previously resided in the United States for 20

Burlington, Vermont, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child porn. Anthony Hamel, 25, of Cowansville, Quebec, Canada, applied to enter the United States from Canada at the Morses Line Port of Entry (POE) on May 9, 2025. Based on his responses to screening questions, Hamel was referred to a secondary inspection by the Customs and Border Protection Offic

Mobile, Atlanta, criminal defense lawyers Chris Vrieze and Kyle Henderson represented the Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender. Russell Lee Stanley, 46, was convicted of Forcible Sexual Intercourse – Rape on October 3, 2011, in Harrison County, Mississippi. He was sentenced to 25 years’ incarceration, with 12 years to serve day-for-day, and the remaining 13 years su

Pocatello, Idaho, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful employment of aliens, encouraging illegal reentry of aliens, and use of false statements in an immigration matter. Brayan Adiel Gramajo-Reyes, 31, of Guatemala, was charged with two counts of encouraging illegal entry of aliens to enter the United States, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(a); eight

Ozark, Missouri, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary in the first degree, assault in the third degree, and resisting arrest. On October 31, 2023, K.S. and Victim were at Victim’s home where K.S. was doing some chores for Victim because K.S. owed Victim money. The two had drank alcohol and Victim did not want to take K.S. home, so K.S. stayed the night in

Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine. Angel Lazala-Soto, 60, of Bani, Dominican Republic, but residing in New York, New York, was indicted by a federal grand jury in a one-count Indictment for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. An investigation revealed that on August 29, 2024, tro

Del Rio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to traffic firearms to the Sinaloa Cartel. Jose Manuel Najera, 54, of Elon, North Carolina, arrived for outbound inspection at the Del Rio Port of Entry on Oct. 31, 2024, driving a gray pickup truck. U.S. Customs and Border Protection recognized that an alert had been placed on the vehicle for suspicious bo

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree manslaughter, Kashawn Croswell, 28, of East New York, Brooklyn. caused a fatal crash in Downtown Brooklyn after driving over 60 miles per hour, running three red lights and slamming into another vehicle, killing a 21-year-old woman and injuring three others. After running the third light at Court