Florida Kidnapping Law
 

United States of America v. Hamilton Alexander Merilus, aka Salahudin Sabah Alexander Amhadulla-Merilus

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international parental kidnapping

Man sentenced to prison for international parental kidnapping of two small children



A man was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for the internatio... More...
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United States of America v. Oscar Freemond Fowler III

Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon and for possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it. .

St. Petersburg Felon Sentenced To More Than 12 Years For Possessing Firearm And Cocaine

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State of Florida v. Tiffany Ann Cole

Jacksonville, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping and murder.
with two counts of first-degree murder.

Tiffany Ann Cole, age 41, was accused of participating in the murders of Reggie and Carol Summers in July 2005.

The case was prosecuted by Jay Plotkin and Alan Seth Mizrhi... More...
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State of Florida v. Traquail Lamont Fort

Ocala, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with robbery with a firearm and kidnapping with a firearm.

Traquail Lamont Fort was accused of robbing a Dollar Store in Ocklawaha, Florida on November 2, 2016.... More...
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Crosley Alexander Green v. State of Florida

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense appellate lawyers represented convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, and armed robbery.

Crosley Green appeals an order of the circuit court granting in part and
denying in part his motion to vacate his first-degree murder conviction and
sentence of death. He also petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus.1 The<... More...
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State of Florida v. Crosley Alexander Green

Titusville, Florida criminal defense appellate lawyers represented Plaintiff who claimed to be actually innocent of murder, armed robbery, and kidnapping with bodily injury.... More...    $0 (08-24-2010 - Fl)

Crosley Alexander Green v. Secretary, Department of Corrections, Attorney General, State of Florida

Tampa, Florida criminal defense appellate lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued the State of Florida seeking a writ of habeas corpus setting aside his conviction for murder, armed robbery and kidnapping with bodily injury.


The power of the federal courts to grant a writ of habeas corpus setting aside a state prisoner's conviction on a claim that his conviction was obtained in violat... More...
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United States of America v. Kejuan Brandon Campbell, Antonio Charles James Jr., and Dionte Alexander-Wilcox

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to kidnap, two counts of kidnapping, three counts of bank robbery, and three counts of carrying a firearm during a crime of violence.





Federal Courthouse - Miami, FloridaMore...    $0 (02-23-2023 - FL)

United States of America v. Ralph Haywood Jones, Jr.

Gainesville, Georgia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping, felony possession of a firearm and drugs.

On June 10, 2019, Ralph Haywood Jones, Jr., shot two women, including his ex-girlfriend – the mother of his children – whom he shot, kidnapped, and drove to South Carolina where he abandoned her in a parking lot without seeking medical attention. Jones left... More...
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State of Florida v. Trevor Steve Summers

Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping, raping and attempting to kill his former wife.

Trevor Summers was charged with eleven felonies as a result of kiddnapping, raping and attempting to murder his ex-wife in 2017.

Defendant got into the victim's house, tied her to a bed and repeatedly raped her and tried to suffocate her with a pill... More...
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United States of America v. Roy Lashley and Robert Lashley

Ocala, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with committing a hat crime.

On or about Nov. 17, 2021, the Roy Lashley, 55, and Robert Lashley, 52, were indicted for aiding and abetting one another, willfully caused bodily injury to the victim, a Black man, because of his actual and perceived race. According to the indictment, the defendants repeatedly called the vi... More...
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State of Florida v. Allen Barry Buford and Alayna Marie Hesler

Ocala, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with attempted sexual battery upon a childless than 12.

1 794.011.2A ATTEMPTED SEXUAL BATTERY UPON CHILD LESS THAN 12 01/19/2022 Court:Adjudicated Guilty
2 794.011.2A ATTEMPTED SEXUAL BATTERY UPON CHILD LESS THAN 12 01/19/2022 Court:Adjudicated Guilty
3 800.04.5AB LEWD LASC MOLEST OF CHILD DEF 18 VICTIM UNDER 12 ... More...
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Patrick Berrane vs State of Florida

Tallahassee, FL - Divorce lawyer represented defendant with third-degree murder, two counts of false imprisonment, and grand theft of a motor vehicle.



On the day of the fatal shooting, a friend of Appellant, Mr.
Briggs, discovered Facebook messages in which the murder victim
discussed robbi... More...
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United States of America v. Douglas Edward Bennett

Tampa, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with identity theft and felony possession of a firearm.

Douglas Edward Bennett (77, Clearwater) was indicted for assuming another’s identity, applying for a passport in that identity, and possessing firearms as a convicted felon.

According to court documents, in 1975, a Connecticut jury convicted Bennett of... More...
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State of Florida v. William Olsen, Jr.

Inverness, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with Defendant charged with breaking into an Inverness man’s home and violently beating him during a 2019 robbery.

William Olsen, Jr., age 31, was charged with armed kidnapping, robbery with a firearm, a principal to a residential burglary involving a battery, and witness tampering.

The state charged th... More...
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United States of America v. Serge Nkorina

Miami, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping and a firearm felony.

Serge Nkorian, age 60, kidnapped a man at gunpoint and tortured him inside a storage container with a blow torch.

At trial, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert F. Moore and Marc Chattah presented evidence that from late 2018 to early 2019, Serge Nkorina an... More...
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DONALD JAMES SMITH v. STATE OF FLORIDA

Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Donald James Smith with appealing his judgment of conviction and sentence of death



On June 21, 2013, Smith met eight-year-old Cherish
Perrywinkle, her sisters, and her mother, Rayne, at a Dollar General
store in Jacksonville. Smith overheard Rayne explain to an
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State of Florida v. Bessman Okafor

Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Bessman Okafor with a first-degree premeditated murder charge.




In 2015, a jury found Bessman Okafor guilty of first-degree premeditated
murder for the killing of Alex Zaldivar. The jury also found Okafor guilty of
attempted first-degree murder and armed b... More...
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State of Florida v. Michael James Jackson

Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Michael James Jackson with robbery, kidnapping and murder charges.




Hurst and Poole
In Hurst, this Court on remand from Hurst v. Florida, 577 U.S. 92 (2016),
held
that before the trial judge may consider imposing a sentence of death,
the jury in a c... More...
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Gerhard Hojan v. State of Florida

Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Gerhard Hojan with appealing two sentences of death imposed during a resentencing that this Court ordered as a result of Hurst1 error. .



The evidence presented at Hojan’s 2003 trial established that, at
approximately 4 a.m. on the morning of March 11, 2002, Hojan ... More...
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Jonathan Huey Lawrence v. State of Florida

Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Carlos Lorenzo Jackson with a writ of mandamus.



This case is before the Court on the petition of Carlos Lorenzo Jackson for a
writ of mandamus. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(8), Fla. Const. By
order dated September 22, 2020, we denied Jackson’s pe... More...
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DONTRELL POSEY vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA

Miami, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Dontrell Posey with a second-degree murder and kidnapping, both involving the discharge of a firearm, and the trial court sentenced Posey to a term of life in prison..



On November 29, 2015, Posey allegedly abducted Omarr Wallace from the
front of a Miami convenience st... More...
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JOSEPH COLEMAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA

Richey, FL - Criminal Defense Attorney, attempted first degree murder and kidnapping

On May 18, 2006, Coleman was charged with the attempted first-degree
murder and kidnapping of his estranged wife. The offenses had allegedly occurred on
May 2, 2006. A jury found Coleman guilty of the lesser-included offense of attempted
second-degree murder and guilty of kidnapping as charge... More...
   $0 (10-05-2020 - FL)

ANGEL SANTIAGO-GONZALEZ vs. STATE OF FLORIDA












The Incident and Response
Around 9:40 p.m. on the night of January 9, 2014, corrections officers
responded to a disturbance in the K dormitory at the RMC. Captain William
Ha... More...
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Raymond Bright v. State of Florida

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This Court previously set forth the relevant facts in Bright I:
On February 18, 2008, Michael M... More...
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United States of America v. Brandon Michael Fleury




Miami, FL - South Florida Jury Convicts Man Who Cybserstalked and Threatened Families of Parkland Victims

A federal jury in South Florida convicted Brandon Michael Fleury, 22, of Santa Ana, California, of cybserstalking and sending a kidnapping threat to families o... More...
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United States of America v. Justin Boccio




Miami, FL - South Florida Man Pleads Guilty in Connection with Torture and Kidnapping Plot

Today, a South Florida man pled guilty to charges arising from his participation in kidnapping a victim at gunpoint and, along with his co-conspirators, facilitating his tortu... More...
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State of Florida v. Scott Edward Nelson





The State of Florida charged Scott Nelson with first-degree murder for killing Winter Park caretake, Jennifer Fulford.


9/27/2017 1. FIRST DEGREE MURDER (WITH A WEAPON) Statute: 782.04(1) Capital Offense 2/27/201... More...
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The State of Florida vs. Stanford Ellis






The State of Florida appeals an order granting postconvictio... More...
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United States of America v. Jerome Simmons, Adrian Hardy, Christopher Brinson, and Emmory Moore




Miami, FL - Four Broward County Residents Convicted at Trial for Their Roles in a String of Armed Robberies – Using Firearms

One Defendant Kidnapped Four Victims

Four Broward County, Florida residents were convicted by a federal jury for their participation... More...
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Margaret A. Allen v. State of Florida





In 2010, Allen was convicted of the kidnapping and first-degree murder of
Wenda Wright. Allen v. State, 137 So. 3d 946, 953 (Fla. 2013). On direct appeal,
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we affirmed her convictions and sentences, including a sentence ... More...
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WILLIE PERRY vs STATE OF FLORIDA





In 2013, the circuit court ordered a third sentencing hearing pursuant to Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48 (2010).1 After a non-evidentiary hearing,

1 We issued written opinions regarding Perry’s conviction on two prior occasions. S... More...
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Margaret A. Allen v. State of Florida





In 2010, Allen was convicted of the kidnapping and first-degree murder of
Wenda Wright. Allen v. State, 137 So. 3d 946, 953 (Fla. 2013). On direct appeal,
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we affirmed her convictions and sentences, including a sentence ... More...
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JERMAINE FOSTER vs. STATE OF FLORIDA





Foster was convicted of the first-degree murders of Anthony Clifton and
Anthony Faiella and sentenced to death for each of the murders. Foster v. State,
679 So. 2d 747, 750-51 (Fla. 1996) (Foster I).1 These convictions arose out of... More...
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ROBERT R. MILLER vs. STATE OF FLORIDA







Miller was convicted for the kidnapping with a firearm and aggravated
battery of Steven Cooley as well as of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
At sentencing, Miller was determined to be a habitual felony offender (“HFO”).
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Simon Silva vs. The State of Florida

Silva was charged with the first-degree murder of his employer and landlord, Forman; and the attempted first-degree murder of a neighbor, Daoud. The charges arose from the shooting of both Forman and Daoud following a confrontation between Silva and Forman. The parties’ account of the confrontation differed: Silva claimed he reacted in self-defense, based on a prior threat by Forman and For... More...    $0 (09-22-2018 - FL)

Thomas Gerald Duke vs State of Florida

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On November 6, 2017, Duke reported that his vehicle had been burglarized. Duke claimed that several USB drives were stolen in the burglary, along with cash, laptop computers, and other items. However, the police report of the burglary did not list the USB drives amongst the stolen property. A few days later, Mario Hampton was arrested on unrelated charges. After his arrest, Hampton consented... More...    $0 (09-17-2018 - FL)

Miguel Sierra vs State of Florida

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In January 2004, Appellant unlawfully entered the victim’s home and waited for her to arrive. When the victim entered her home, she saw two feet sticking out from behind a kitchen door. Thinking it must be someone she knew, the victim instinctively and momentarily relaxed, before seeing a man covered in a blanket, except for his shoes, standing in her kitchen. The man, Appellant, then forcibly c... More...    $0 (09-07-2018 - FL)

Lavar Monte Thompson vs State of Florida

Bill and Connie Couch lived in Lake Butler. Their property comprised a mobile home, several outbuildings, and a camper trailer Mr. Couch called his “man cave.” The Couches’ daughter,
Chloe, and Mrs. Couch’s son from a previous relationship lived with them on the property. In January 2012, Ronald Griffis knocked on the Couches’ front door, offering to pave their driveway. After some negotiati... More...
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Milton Jackson vs. The State of Florida

On August 19, 2015, the victim was walking with a friend to a neighbor’s
house around the corner when Jackson pulled up in his car and called the victim
over to talk with him. Jackson and the victim had previously been in an on-again,
off-again relationship. The victim told Jackson that she would talk with him when
she returned from the neighbor’s house. When the victim retu... More...
   $0 (07-14-2018 - FL)

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