Manslaughter Law
 
United States of America v. Braxton A. Thomas,

Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug-trafficking organization responsible for distributing hundreds of pounds of cocaine and pure methamphetamine. Braxton A. Thomas, 38, led an extensive drug-trafficking organization (“DTO”) from 2021 to 2024. Thomas’s DTO distributed various drugs, including cocaine and pure methamphetamine, in the Mobile

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United States of America v. Santiago Martinez

Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter. Santiago Martinez, age 33, killed Suazo during an argument outside their shared home on the Taos Pueblo. The couple had been listening to music when DeAnna again expressed her long-stated desire to end their romantic relationship, which she had often done before. The argument escalated into a physi

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United States of America v. Joseph Wayne Cree Medicine, Jr.

Great Falls, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter. Joseph Wayne Cree Medicine, 41, crashed his Dodge Durango. The back seat passenger, John Doe, died as a result. The crash occurred after Cree Medicine left the roadway, overcorrected, and ultimately rolled the vehicle. Montana Highway Patrol conducted the crash investigation and determ

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State of Texas v. Nestor Luján Flores

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with intoxication Manslaughter and Collision Involving Death. Nestor Luján Flores, 31, ruck and killed a pedestrian while driving intoxicated and then drove nearly 40 miles with the victim’s body inside his vehicle. January 6, 2026 Contact: Claire Crouch Dallas County District Attorney’s Office 214-653-3600 (Offic

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State of New York v. Jimmy Connors

New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter. Jimmy Connors, 18, of Syosset, New York, killed two people after driving the wrong way on the Henry Hudson Parkway. “I know the families of the two victims continue to struggle with the loss of their loved ones every day,” said District Attorney Bragg. “The defendant now faces a signific

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State of Oklahoma v. Nicholas Alexander Davis

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with First Degree Murder. ¶1 Appellant Nicholas Alexander Davis was tried by jury and convicted of First Degree Malice Murder (Count I) (21 O.S.2001, § 701.7(A)), two counts of Shooting with Intent to Kill After Former Conviction of Two or More Felonies (Counts II and III), (21 O.S.2001, § 652), and Felonious

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State of Oklahoma v. Keith Bernard Mack

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with First Degree Murder. ¶1 Keith Bernard Mack was tried by jury and convicted of First Degree Murder in violation of 21 O.S.2011, § 701.7(A), in the District Court of Tulsa County, Case No. CF-2014-1754. In accordance with the jury's recommendation the Honorable James M. Caputo sentenced Mack to life imprisonment wit

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State of Utah v. Malachi Robles-Romo

St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter, felony discharge of a firearm, possession of a stolen firearm, possession of a firearm by a restricted person, and possession of a controlled substance. Malachi Robles-Romo admitted that he shot and killed a St. George juvenile.

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State of South Carolina v. Tony Middleton

Columbia, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represents the Dfendant, Tony Middleton, 35, charged with murder, possession of a weapon during a violent crime and possession of a weapon by a prohibited person. A.I. Google: In South Carolina, "first-degree murder" isn't a distinct statutory term; rather, murder is defined as a killing with malice aforethought, leading to penalties of 30 ye

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State of New York v. James E. Clarke

Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Vehicular Manslaughter in the 2nd Degree and one count of Driving While Intoxicated. James E. Clarke, 31, accused of killing a pedestrian while driving while intoxicated.

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State of New Jersey v. Lando Marc

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and related offenses. Lando Marc, 34, of Newark, was charged murder for killing Jenny Philistin, of Elizabeth in Irvington in 2021. The case was tried by Assistant Prosecutors Adam Wells and Ibn Alston b

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State of Florida v. John Doe

Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with manslaughter. A 15-year-old boy shot and killed Emony Nicole Jackson, age 13, who was found with a gunshot wound, and she was taken to the hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries,

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Hedweens Quetant

Dedham, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Hedweens Quetant, 21, charged with manslaughter. Witnesses told Massachusetts State Police that they saw the 2019 Honda Civic driven by the defendant crash into the 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe driven by the victim on I-93 North near Exit 6 in Braintree. Quetant was driving with his headlights off at a speed in excess of 100

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State of Oklahoma v. Danny R. Dawkins

Holdenville, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree manslaugter and unlawful possession of sawed-of shotgun. ¶1 Danny Ray Dawkins was tried by jury and convicted of Count I, First Degree Manslaughter in violation of 21 O.S. § 711,1 and Count II, Unlawful Possession of a Sawed-Off Shotgun, in violation of 21 O.S.2001, § 1289.18, after former conv

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State of Missouri v. Cody Wayne Adams

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree manslaughter. Cody Wayne Adams, 33, has been charged with killing a woman a few blocks from where he fired a gun. The victim was on a covered front porch with family members at a residence in Comanche when she was shot Thursday afternoon, according to the probable cause affidavit. She was holding a b

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United States of America v. D’Angelo James Hunt

Fargo, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder and manslaughter. On November 17, 2025, D’Angelo James Hunt, age 26, of St. Michael, North Dakota, was charged by criminal complaint with Second Degree Murder of I.H. He waived a detention hearing following his initial appearance and remains in custody. The Grand Jury then returned a true bill of in

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United States of America v. Kamel Hay

Greenbelt, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter. On February 5, 2022, Kamel Hay, 26, of Houston, Texas, was driving his vehicle northbound on the BW Parkway at a high rate of speed as he wove through traffic. Eventually, Hay lost control of his car, striking two other vehicles, before his car left the roadway and struck a tree. His

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United States of America v. D’Angelo James Hunt

Fargo, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder and manslaughter. On November 17, 2025, D’Angelo James Hunt, age 26, of St. Michael, North Dakota, was charged by criminal complaint with Second Degree Murder of I.H. He waived a detention hearing following his initial appearance and remains in custody. The Grand Jury then returned a true bill of ind

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State of New York v. Giuseppe Canzani

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Giuseppe Canzani fatally shoot 51-year-old Anna Torres shortly after she opened the door to her Ozone Park home in May 2022. The victim was a tarot card reader and Canzani believed she was a witch who had put a curse on him. District Attorney Katz said: “The defendant shot Anna Torres in broad daylig

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United States of America v. Maylene John

Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter in Indian Country. On October 24, 2022, Maylene John, 35, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation at the time of the offense, stabbed her 7-year-old daughter in the heart with a knife, causing her death. John was under the influence of methamphetamine at the time of the incident. J

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State of Louisiana v. Lucien Bazley

New Orleans, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter. Lucien Bazley guilty of manslaughter, rejecting his assertion that he was defending himself when he shot a man in the face in a Marrero parking lot. Bazley, 50, was on parole when he killed Wayne Martin on the night of Sept. 25, 2022

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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Quincy Eugeme Moore

Halifax, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter[3] and leaving the scene of an accident involving death or serious bodily injury. In 2020, Quincy Moore and Donald Jeffreys had a verbal and physical altercation at a neighborhood gathering. Party attendees separated them, and Jeffreys walked away still making verbal threats. Although Jeff

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United States of America v. Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell

Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

his case is about whether the Second Amendment protects a habitual marijuana user from being permanently dispossessed of a firearm based on our Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation. On November 28, 2023, Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell was charged with possess

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State of Delaware v. Dejuan Robinson

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of second-degree murder, two counts of Manslaughter, four counts of first-degree assault, and five counts of first-degree reckless endangerment.

On August 21, 2024, shortly after 11 p.m., officials said. Dejuan Robinson, age 27, had been pulled over by Delaware state troopers for driving 60 mph

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State of New York v. Nicholas Anzalone, Anthony Farina, Michael Mashaw and David Walters

New York, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with murder and manslaughter.

Nicholas Anzalone, Anthony Farina, Michael Mashaw and David Walters were prison guards at Marcy Correctional Facility and beat Robert Brooks, age 43, to death.

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