Alabama Assault Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Felipe Omar Hernandez-Gonzalez </h2> </center>
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... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - AL)<h1> United States of America v. Joseph Ambrose Wilburn, Jr. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Mobile Man Sentenced to 156 Months in Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i>... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - AL)State of Alabama v. Anthony Orr
Mobile, Alabama criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with intentional murder, a violation of § 13A-6-2(a)(1), Ala. Code 1975, attempted murder, a violation of §§ 13A-4-2 and 13A-6-2, Ala. Code 1975 , attempted first- degree assault,[1] a violation of §§ 13A-4-2 and 13A-6-20, Ala. Code 1975, and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle, a violation of § ... More...
$0 (07-10-2025 - AL)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Roman Black </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Montgomery, AL criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Plotting the Murder of a Federal Prosecutor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bessemer Man Sentenced for Plotting the Murder of a Federal P</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On May 2, 2025, a judge in the Northern District o... More...
$0 (05-02-2025 - AL)<h1> United States of America v. Miguel Wayne Hall </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Texas Man Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Houston, Texas man ... More...
$0 (09-19-2024 - AL)State of Alabama v. Courtney Rayshun Elston
<h2><br> Anniston, Alabama murder criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> In 2010, Courtney Rayshun Elston pleaded guilty in the Calhoun Circuit Court ("the trial court") to murder, a violation of § 13A-6-2, Ala. Code 1975, and to discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle, a violation of § 13A-11-61, Ala. Code 1975. Elston was sentenced by the trial court t... More...
$0 (09-20-2024 - AL)<h1> United States of America v. Kenneth Lamar Douglas </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Mobile Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking, brandishing a firearm during the commission of a violent crime, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Violent Carjacker Sentenced In Federal Court </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center... More...
$0 (08-26-2024 - AL)<h1> United States of America v. Randy Fisher Crandle </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing a Firearm </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mobile Man Sentenced to 77 Months in Prison for Illegally Possessing a Firearm</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Mobile man was sentenced to 77 months in ... More...
$0 (06-25-2024 - AL)<h1> United States of America v. Devlon Williams </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Montgomery, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Violating Civil Rights of Inmate by Using Excessive Force and Lying to Cover It Up.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><b><h3><center><i></b>Former Alabama Correctional Sergeant Sentenced for Violating Civil Rights of Inmate by Using Excessive Force and Lying to Cover I... More...
$0 (02-29-2024 - AL)State of Alabama v. Quinton Leroy Cook and Frank Meadows, Jr.
Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with rape.<br> <br> Quinto Cook, age 20, and his brother, Frank Meadows, Jr., age 20, were accused of raping a 28-year-old woman near Floyd Bradford Road near High 78 on April 12, 1992.<br> <br> She had accepted a ride offered to her by two men and claimed that they beat and raped her.<br> <br> On the morning of April ... More...
$0 (12-13-1993 - AL)United States of America v. Thomas Earl Thomas, Jr.
Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a machinegun that he fired during New Year's Eve celebrations in downtown Mobile.<br> <br> Thomas Earl Thomas, Jr., 23, fired a Glock .40 caliber pistol, which was illegally modified with a machinegun-conversion device and equipped with an extended magazine, into a crowd of revelers on Dauphin Str... More...
$0 (09-18-2023 - AL)United States of America v. Joshua Davidson
Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping, depriving another of her civil rights, and witness tampering.<br> <br> On Jan. 30, 2020, Joshua Davidson, 32, while on duty as a Dallas County Deputy Sheriff, placed the victim in custody and drove her down a dark road to a desolate location where the victim performed oral sex on him against her will. The victim... More...
$0 (05-03-2023 - AL)United States of America v. Matthias Jacob Edward Mann
Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with using the internet to orchestrate an attempted kidnapping and sexual assault.<br> <br> Matthias Jacob Edward Mann, 22, of Hartselle, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Abdul K. Kallon to attempted kidnapping and attempted inducement of an individual to travel in interstate commerce to commit an illegal sex act. A... More...
$0 (06-30-2022 - AL)United States of America v. Joshua John Soudelier
Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.<br> <br> Joshua John Soudelier, 42, was arrested during a traffic stop by Foley Police Department officers on December 15, 2020 for not having a court-ordered ignition interlock device installed on his car. While taking him into custody, officers asked Soudelier if he had anyt... More...
$0 (03-17-2022 - AL)United States of America v. Willie M. Burks, III
Montgomery, Alabama criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with failing to stop an officer under his command from assaulting an inmate at ADOC's Elmore Correctional Facility. <br> <br> The evidence at trial established that on Feb. 16, 2019, former Correctional Sergeant Ulysses Oliver Jr., Burks' subordinate, went to an observation room holding two handcuffed and unresi... More...
$0 (02-07-2022 - AL)MARCUS BERNARD WILLIAMS V. STATE OF ALABAMA
<center><h2><font color="red"><center>Huntsville, AL- Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with capital murder, burglary and attempted rape charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On November 6, 1996, Mr. Williams returned home after a night of drinking<br> and smoking marijuana with friends. Williams v. State, 795 So. 2d 753, 761 (Ala.<br> Crim. App. 1999). Upon arriving home, he... More...
$0 (10-28-2021 - AL)United States of America v. Eric Todd Ellis
Birmingham, AL: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sexual abuse of a ward and one count of tampering with a witness.<br> <br> On or about June 11, 2020, Ellis knowingly engaged in a sexual act with a female inmate while in the back of the laundry room of the prison. At the time, Ellis was on-duty and acting in his capacity as a corrections officer. The female inmate was in ... More...
$0 (10-26-2021 - AL)United States of America v. Benjamin Walter
Huntsville, AL: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with using Internet applications to seek images, videos, and live transmissions of the violent sexual abuse of Filipina children as young as five years old.<br> <br> Benjamin Walter, 41, of Decatur, AL, used two web service provider accounts, including messenger and webcam applications, to get women in the Philippines to sexuall... More...
$0 (10-07-2021 - AL)United States of America v. Ronald C. Howard, Jr.
Mobile, AL: Firearm felony charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Ronald Howard, age 51, , having previously been convicted of a felony offense, knowingly possessed ammunition in connection with a sexual assault and unlawful restraint. <br> <br> U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives ("ATFâ€) R... More...
$0 (08-20-2021 - AL)United States of America v. RONALD WAYLAND COLE
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Birmingham, AL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of possession with intent to distribute five grams or more of crack cocaine, one count of using a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime chargeqs. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In 2006, Mr. Cole was charged by indictment with one count of possession<br> ... More...
$0 (09-01-2021 - AL)United States of America v. Ronald C. Howard, Jr.
Mobile, AL: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of ammunition.<br> <br> Ronald Howard, 51, having previously been convicted of a felony offense, was charged with knowingly possessing ammunition in connection with a sexual assault and unlawful restraint. <br> <br> On the morning of February 11, 2020, officers from MPD responded to a 911 call from a... More...
$0 (08-20-2021 - AL)United States of America v. Eric Todd Ellis
Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a ward and tampering with a witness.<br> <br> Eric Todd Ellis, 32, a former Bureau of Prisons (BOP) corrections officer at the FCI-Aliceville facility in Aliceville, Alabama, was charged with one count of sexual abuse of a ward and one count of tampering with a witness.<br> <br> On or about June 11, 2020... More...
$0 (07-20-2021 - AL)United States of America v. Willie M. Burks, III
Montgomery, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with depriving another of their civil rights.<br> <br> Willie Burks, 42, was indicted for failing to stop an officer under his command from assaulting an inmate at ADOC's Elmore Correctional Facility.<br> <br> The evidence at trial established that when Burks watched calmly as his subordinate, Sergeant Ulysses Oliver, took a... More...
$0 (07-23-2021 - AL)United States of America v. Larry Dewayne Gaither
Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Larry Dewayne Gaither, who was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. <br> <br> According to the indictment, Gaither unlawfully possessed an American Tactical .223 and 103 rounds of Wolf Performance .223 caliber ammunition in January 2020. Gaither was previously convicted in Calhoun County, Alabama, of felony ... More...
$0 (05-28-2021 - AL)United States of America v. Ladarius Maurice Watson
Birmingham, AL - The United States of America charged Ladarius Maurice Watson with Hobbs Act armed robberies.<br> <br> A federal judge today sentenced a Tuscaloosa man for two armed robberies in Tuscaloosa.<br> <br> U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced Ladarius Maurice Watson, 23, Tuscaloosa, to 180 months in prison and for Hobbs Act Robbery and carrying and brandishing a firearm during ... More...
$0 (01-31-2020 - AL)United States of America v. Michael Brandan Smirnoff
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.almb.uscourts.gov/sites/almb/files/Courthouse%20with%20Fountain%20small.png"><br> </center><br> Montgomery, AL - Former Tallassee Police Investigator Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting Handcuffed Arrestee<br> <br> Former Tallassee Police investigator Michael Brandan Smirnoff, 27, was sentenced to 22 months in prison for assaulting a handcuffed, 24-yea... More...
$0 (07-28-2019 - AL)United States of America v. Brandon Smirnoff
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.almb.uscourts.gov/sites/almb/files/Courthouse%20with%20Fountain%20small.png"><br> </center><br> Montgomery, AL - Former Alabama Police Investigator Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting Handcuffed Arrestee<br> <br> Former Tallassee Police investigator Brandan Smirnoff, 27, was sentenced to 22 months in prison for assaulting a handcuffed, 24-year-old man. ... More...
$0 (07-18-2019 - AL)United States of America v. Tee-Henry Wulu Currens
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.alsd.uscourts.gov/sites/alsd/files/upstrt2.jpg"><br> </center><br> Mobile, AL - Florida Man Accused of Human Trafficking Enters Guilty Plea<br> <br> Terry F. Moorer accepted the guilty plea of Tee-Henry Wulu Currens, 22, on May 23, 2019, to the violation of 18 United States Code 2421-Transporting Any Individual in Interstate Commerce Intending to that ... More...
$0 (06-02-2019 - AL)United States of America v. Brandon Smirnoff
<center><br> <img width="400" src="https://www.almb.uscourts.gov/sites/almb/files/Courthouse%20with%20Fountain%20small.png"><br> </center><br> Montgomery, AL - Former Alabama Police Investigator Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Handcuffed Arrestee<br> <br> A former Tallassee Police investigator, Brandon Smirnoff, 27, pleaded guilty to assaulting a handcuffed, 24-year-old man. <br> <br> According to the... More...
$0 (04-22-2019 - AL)United States of America v. Jermaine Butler
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.alsd.uscourts.gov/sites/alsd/files/upstrt2.jpg"><br> </center><br> Mobile, AL - Jermaine Butler, a 27 year old resident of Selma, Alabama was sentenced to 37 months incarceration followed by three years of supervised release for possession of a Zastava rifle after being convicted of Assault First Degree.<br> <br> On September 25, 2018, Butler entered a... More...
$0 (02-11-2019 - AL)United States of America v. Alex Huntley
Montgomery, AL - Former Tuskegee Police Lieutenant Sentenced to Prison for Assaulting Arrestee<br> <br> Former Tuskegee Police Department Lieutenant Alex Huntley, 54, was sentenced to 36 months in prison and three years’ supervised release for beating a handcuffed and compliant arrestee, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General John Gore of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, U.... More...
$0 (09-13-2018 - AL)United States of America v. Alex Huntley and Darian Locure
Montgomery, AL - Former Tuskegee Police Lieutenant Convicted Of Civil Rights Offense For Assaulting Arrestee<br> <br> Former Tuskegee Police Department Lieutenant Alex Huntley, 54, was convicted on June 8, 2018 for beating a handcuffed and compliant arrestee.<br> <br> Evidence presented at trial established that, on Dec. 24, 2014, Huntley arrested a man who scuffled with police near the Tuskegee t... More...
$0 (06-12-2018 - AL)United States of America v. Joseph W. Rohe
Mobile, AL - Felon Receives 10 Years After Being Found Guilty at Trial<br> <br> United States District Court Senior Judge Callie V. S. Granade sentenced Joseph W. Rohe, Jr. to 117 months (defendant given 3 months credit for the time served in jail since his trial) in prison on April 4, 2018, for the crime of Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person (a felon), a violation of Title 18 U.S.C. s... More...
$0 (04-11-2018 - AL)Billy Ryan Looney v. Sheila D. Moore, et al.
Through their parents, Plaintiffs DreShan Collins, Christian Lewis, and Jaylen Malone brought claims against Defendants for harms allegedly visited on Plaintiffs when the latter were enrolled in a clinical study while being treated for health issues accompanying their premature births. Defendants fall into three groups: (1) Dr. Carlo, the physician who designed and ran the study; (2) Internal Revi... More...
$0 (03-31-2018 - AL)United States of America v. Brad Jason Long
Mobile, AL - Mobile Man Sentenced on Felon in Possession of Firearm Charges<br> <br> Brad Jason Long of Mobile County, Alabama was sentenced in federal court on November 7, 2017 to 180 months imprisonment based on his guilty plea to the crime of being a felon in possession of a firearm and being found to be a career criminal, subject to 18 U.S.C. 924(e). <br> <br> On or about January 3, 2017, in ... More...
$0 (11-11-2017 - AL)United States of America v. Terrance Tyrone Davis
This is an ACCA “violent felony” issue case. So here we go down the rabbit hole again to a realm where we must close our eyes as judges to what we know as men and women. It is a pretend place in which a crime that the defendant committed violently is transformed into a non-violent one because other defendants at other times may have been convicted, or future defendants could be convicted, of v... More...
$0 (11-07-2017 - AL)United States of America v. Ronnie Christopher Ricks
HUNTSVILLE – Florence Man Sentenced to Five Months in Prison for Federal Domestic Violence Violation<br> <br> A federal judge sentenced a Florence man to five months in prison for assaulting a former girlfriend living on Redstone Arsenal, announced U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance.<br> <br> A federal jury in April convicted RONNIE CHRISTOPHER RICKS, 46, on one count of interstate domestic violenc... More...
$0 (07-12-2016 - AL)Tawuan Townes v. State of Alabama
Townes had plans to rob Woods, a known drug dealer. Woods lived in a house in Dothan with his girlfriend, India Starks. On November 13, 2008, Townes and Cornelius Benton drove to Woods's house. Townes was armed with a .22 caliber rifle, and Benton was armed with a .380 caliber pistol that belonged to Townes's brother. Townes and Benton wore dark clothing and obscured their faces to conceal their ... More...
$0 (03-13-2016 - AL)Tawuan Townes v. State of Alabama
Tawuan Townes appeals his conviction for capital murder and his sentence of death. Townes was convicted of murder made capital for intentionally killing Christopher Woods during the course of a burglary. See § 13A-5-40(a)(4), Ala. Code 1975. The jury, by a vote of 10-2, recommended that Townes be sentenced to death. The Houston Circuit Court accepted the jury's recommendation and sentenced Tow... More...
$0 (01-02-2016 - AL)Spencer v. State Of Alabama
"On July 17, 2004, Officers Carlos Owen, Harley A. Chisolm III, and Charles R. Bennett, of the Birmingham Police Department, were shot and killed, and a fourth officer, Officer Michael Collins, also of the Birmingham Police Department, was shot but survived. Officer Collins testified that while on patrol that morning, he heard a radio transmission from Officer Owen indicating that Officer Owen wa... More...
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