Murder Law
 
State of Texas v. Sergio Naffarratte

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with capital murder. Sergio Naffarratte, age 27, accused for killing Alyshah Punjani, age 28, and Adrian Williams, Jr., age 30, during a fight on Floyd street in Dallas.

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United States of America v. Clifton Mosley

Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with witness-murder and marijuana trafficking. During trial, the Government presented evidence that Mosley was friends and drug-trafficking partners with Davon Carter and Matthew Hightower. Hightower had been indicted for healthcare fraud and extortion, due to information provided to the authorities by his co-wo

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United States of America v. Jamalo Keon Bruner, Jr.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree felony murder in Indian County. Jamalo Keon Bruner, Jr., 25, of Tulsa and a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, was arrested after being federally indicted for First Degree Felony Murder in Indian Country. Bruner attempted to rob or burglarize an individual. While doing so, 22-year-old Benjamin

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United States of America v. Dameia O. Smith, a/k/a "Omar," a/k/a "D"

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with solicitation and attempted murder of a federal witness. More than twenty years ago, a jury convicted Dameia Smith of both solicitation and attempted murder of a federal witness. The jury also convicted him of using or carrying a firearm “during and in relation to” a “crime of violence,” 18 U

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State of New Jersey v. David Parker

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, second-degree conspiracy to commit murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. David Parker, 23, of Irvington, of first-degree murder, second-degree conspiracy to commit murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree

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United States of America v. Victoria Afet

Syracuse, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Victoria Afet, the 23-year-old murderer of a 93-year-old Connie Turoi inside the Skyline Apartments pleaded guilty to murder, robbery and assault.

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State of New York v. Randy Santos

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. A jury determined that Randy Santos knowingly and purposefully murdered four men with a metal bar in the span of less than 30 minutes. They were strangers to him, and simply happened to be sleeping on Chinatown sidewalks that horrific night. Two additional victims were injured in Santos’s brutal

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State of Indiana v. Andre Briski

Indianapolis, Indiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Andre Briski was accused of killing Ryan Hawkins in a shooting on Interstate 65, near Southport Road.

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State of Florida v. Caleb Flynn

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder Caleb Flynn, 39, charged the former contestant on "American Idol" with shooting and killing his wife and staging the crime scene to mislead investigators.

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The People of the State of California v. Freddy Snyder

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder and carjacking. Freddy Snyder, 29, accused of killing Carl Grillmair, age 67, who was known for groundbreaking discoveries in astronomy.

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State of South Dakota v. Dylan Famer

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Dylan Farmer was accused of first and second degree murder in the 2024 death of Casey Shaffer in Sioux Falls. Farmer had accused Shaffer of being a pedophile and told authorities that he had witnessed a murder.

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United States of America v. Edison Brady

Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with econd-degree murder for fatally stabbing a man during an assault on the Navajo Nation. On July 25, 2024, officers with the Navajo Nation Police Department responded to fight in progress near a defunct business in Shiprock, New Mexico. Upon arrival, they found John Doe lying on the ground with wounds to his f

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Donyell Soper and National Sanders

Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Donyell Soper, 15, of McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania, and Nathan Sanders, 17, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, accused with killing a 15-yearold boy shot multiple times.

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United States of America v. Nikhil Gupta, a/k/a "Nick"

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit murder for hire, racketeering and money laundering. “Nikhil Gupta plotted to assassinate a U.S. citizen in New York City,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton. “He thought that from outside this country he could kill someone in it without consequence, simply for exercising their Ame

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United States of America v. Anita Green and Amanda Hovaec

Toledo, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Amid their divorce proceedings, Amanda Hovanec killed her husband, T.H., by injecting him with etorphine, a large-animal tranquilizer. Anthony Theodorou, a man with whom Hovanec was romantically involved, shipped the etorphine to Hovanec from South Africa at her request. Hovanec and Theodorou disposed of the

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Clarence Borns v. Troy Crisman, Warden

Detroit, Michigan: n December 2012, a vandal broke the windows of two homes owned by Evelyn Hardwick. She called the police, who said there was nothing they could do. But Hardwick “wanted to find out exactly . . . why . . . someone [would] come and tear out [her] windows in mid winter for absolutely nothing.” R. 23-6, Pg. ID 1715. She suspected the reason had something to do with her son, Jame

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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Juliana Peres Magalhães

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Juliana Peres Magalhães, a Brazilian au pair, testified for the Commonwealth in its effort to convict Branden Banfield of murder for killing his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Rayan. Ryan had been lured to the Banfields’ home in Herndon, Va. on Feb. 24, 2023, through a sexual fetish website in

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United States of America v. Edward Allen and Deandre Rodgers

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murdering by gunshot a fellow gang member who they suspected of betraying the gang. Edward Allen, also known as E-Money, 42, and Deandre Rodgers, a.k.a. Dre, 29, both of Memphis, were high-ranking members of a criminal enterprise that controlled territory throughout the entire city of Memphis and extended beyond

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United States of America v. Terry Ardoin, et al.

San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing marijuana. An 18-count superseding indictment has been unsealed charging 20 alleged members and associates of a violent Houston-based street gang for their purported roles in a racketeering conspiracy (RICO) involving murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, drug trafficking and firearms offenses. La

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State of West Virginia v. Derek Arbogast and Larry Talkington

Montrose, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with attempted first-degree murder. Derek Arbogast and Larry Talkington accused for shooting a man in a residence on Mule Hollow Road in Montrose.

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State of Oklahoma v. Larry William Plant

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902, which provides: A. It is unlawful and punishable as provided for in this section for any person to drive, operate, or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within this state, whether upon public roads, highways, streets, tu

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Cherokee Nation v. Elizabeth Poteete

Tahlequah, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. izabeth Poteete is accused of fatally shooting her husband, former Cherokee Nation Supreme Justice Troy Wayne Poteete, on Feb. 6.

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State of Oklahoma v. Wilburt (Wilbert) Tyrone Moore

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Wilburt (Wilbert) Tyrone Moore accused of shooting and killing 41-year-old Kenneth Maywald on November 28, 2020.

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Yujun Ren

Doylestown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Yujun Ren accused of killing Yuan Yuan Lu. Lu had told police Ren carried a gun with him everywhere, and she was scared of him. Lu was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head inside her car. Police said Ren has a concealed carry permit and a firearm registered to him in Pennsylvania.

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Chris Byard, Daquan Bishop

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with first-degree murder and related charges. Chris Byard, 27, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and related charges. Daquan Bishop, 28, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The arrests were the result of a joint investigation between the Philadelphia Police Department,

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