Arizona Grand Larceny Law
<h1> United States of America v. Jose Sarinana, Abran Villa, Jr. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Assaulting FBI Agents During Immigration Operation </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Arizona Residents Charged in Felony Indictments with Assaulting FBI Agents During Immigration Operation</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> A federal gran... More...
$0 (06-12-2025 - AZ)State of Arizona v. Edwardo Serrato, III
Kingman, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with arson.<br> <br> On Christmas night in 2007, firefighters in Kingman, Arizona extinguished a fire engulfing a pickup truck. Investigators smelled gasoline fumes and discovered a residue of unusual flammable liquids and remnants of a gas can on the driver's seat. Based on the evidence, investigators confirmed that someon... More...
$0 (05-29-2025 - AZ)<h1> United States of America v. Teodoro Diaz-Ochoa </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition, Alien in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition, and Reentry of a Removed Alien. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mexican National Indicted on Firearm and Immigration Charges</h2></center></b></b>... More...
$0 (04-25-2025 - AZ)<h1> United States of America v. Alex Esparaza Sanchez, et al. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Conspiracy to Transport Illegal Aliens, illegally reentering the United States, possession of a bolt action rifle </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> District of Arizona Charges 232 Individuals for Immigration-Related Conduct this Week</h2></... More...
$0 (04-25-2025 - AZ)<h1> United States of America v. Andrea Villalva </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting to Smuggle Rifle Ammunition from the United States Into Mexico </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Tucson Woman Indicted for Attempting to Smuggle Rifle Ammunition from the United States Into Mexico</h2></center></b></b> </h2></cen... More...
$0 (04-10-2025 - AZ)<h1> United States of America v. Ahmed Maqbul Syed </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Launder Fraudulent Proceeds </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Participants in "Tech Support†Scheme Charged with Conspiracy to Launder Fraudulent Proceeds</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <b... More...
$0 (12-30-2024 - AZ)<h1> United States of America v. Janine Torres-Centeno </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Encourage and Induce an Alien to Unlawfully Enter the United States and Bringing an Illegal Alien to the United States for Profit. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Colombian-Based Alien Smuggling Coordinator Indicted for Smuggling Colombian ... More...
$0 (11-25-2024 - AZ)State of Arizona v. Robert John Interval
<h2><br> Phoenix, Arizona first-degree murder criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> A grand jury indicted Interval with one count of first-degree murder. At trial, the jury convicted Interval of the lesser included offense of second-degree murder and the superior court sentenced him accordingly. In a previous appeal, Interval challenged the sufficiency of the evidence an... More...
$0 (09-17-2024 - AZ)<h1> United States of America v. Charles Michael Moren </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Abuse </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b>Lexington Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Role in Methamphetamine Conspiracy </h2></center><br> <br> Charles Michael Moreno, 61, of Tucson, was sentenced to 122 months in prison, f... More...
$0 (03-29-2024 - AZ)<h1> United States of America v. Charles Michael Moreno </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Abuse of a Minor, Abuse of a Minor, and two counts of Abusive Sexual Contact. .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Sex Abuser Sentenced to 122 Months for Decades-Old Crime </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Charles Michael Moreno,... More...
$0 (03-29-2024 - AZ)State of Arizona v. Sean Pena
Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually assault.<br> <br> Former Phoenix police Officer Sean Pena, was accused sexually assaulting three women while on duty.<br> <br> Sean Pena 13-1404A (F5) SEXUAL ABUSE 8/5/2019 Dismissed Due To Grand Jury Indictment Dismissed Due To Grand Jury Indictment 8/13/2020 <br> Sean Pena 13-1406A (F2) SEXUAL AS... More...
$0 (05-20-2022 - AZ)Roger Birchfield v. Xanterra Parks and Resorts and Grand Canyon Railway, LLC <br> <font color="red">Morelaw Internet Marketing</a> <br> <font color="red"><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new"> National Find A Lawyer Directory</a> </font> <br> 888-354-4529 </font>
Prescotte, AZ - Roger Birchfield sued Xanterra Parks and Resorts and Grand Canyon Railway, LLC on personal injury negligence theories.... More...
$1 (09-13-2018 - AZ)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. DENISE ROBERTSON <table> <td>
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is charged with providing secure and reliable delivery of the mails to “bind the Nation together” through the “correspondence of the people.” 39 U.S.C. § 101. Robertson worked as a USPS letter carrier assigned to the USPS Arcadia Station in Phoenix, Arizona. This case began when the USPS Office of the Inspector General (OIG) began receiving complain... More...
$0 (07-27-2018 - AZ)Judson C. Ball Revocable Trust v. Phoenix Orchard Group I, L.P., et al.
¶1 Judson C. Ball Revocable Trust (the “Trust”) appeals from the<br> declaratory judgment in favor of Phoenix Orchard Group I, LP and Phoenix<br> Orchard Group II, LP (collectively, “POG”); and the denial of its motion to<br> stay release of rescission payments to the Trust’s judgment creditor, PJI-2<br> Collection, LLC (“PJI-2”). For the following reasons, we affirm the<br> declara... More...
$0 (01-04-2018 - AZ)United States of America v. Deborah E Hendricks
Flagstaff, AZ - Owner of Northern Arizona Commercial Guiding Company Convicted of Crimes, Banned from the Grand Canyon<br> <br> Deborah Hendricks, 44, of Scottsdale, Ariz., and owner of “Just Roughin’ It”, a commercial guiding company, was sentenced by U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles R. Pyle to three years of probation. The probation terms include a three-year ban for Hendricks and “Just Ro... More...
$0 (02-02-2018 - AZ)United States of America v. Christopher James Preston
In 2015, Christopher Preston was convicted on two counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child. He appeals, arguing that evidentiary errors and prosecutorial misconduct rendered his trial fundamentally unfair. We agree. There were a number of trial errors and, considering that evidence of guilt was not overwhelming, their cumulative effect prejudiced Preston. Accordingly, we REVERSE.<br> I. BACKGR... More...
$0 (10-19-2017 - AZ)State of Arizona v. Sammantha Allen
Phoenix, AZ - Jury Convicts Woman and Sentences Her To Death<br> <br> The State of Arizona charged Sammantha Allen, age 29, with first-degree murder and four counts of child abuse for locking Ame Deal, age 10, for locking the child in a box where she suffocated to death. After locking the child in the storage box, Allen fell asleep and did not wake up for 7 hours in 2011.<br> <br> Other family me... More...
$0 (06-30-2017 - AZ)State of Arizona v. Sammantha Lucille Rebecca Allen
Phoenix, AZ - Jury Finds Defendant Guilty on Capital Murder Case<br> <br> The State of Arizona charged Sammantha Allen, age 28, with first-degree murder and four counts of child abuse for the suffocating death of her 10-year-old cousin, Ame Deal.<br> <br> Court Docket:<br> <br> Filing Date Description Docket Date Filing Party<br> 7/7/2017 012 - ME: Trial - Party (003) 7/7/2017 <br> 7/7/2... More...
$0 (07-08-2017 - AZ)State of Arizona v. Preston Strong
Yuma, AZ - Jury Votes To Sentence Defendant To Death<br> <br> The State of Arizona charged Preston Strong with six counts of capital murder for killing six people in Yuma in 2005. The State claimed that Strong killed his best friend, he girlfriend and her four children.<br> <br> The victims were strangled and/or shot to death over a period of hours.<br> <br> Citation Count Description Disp. Date ... More...
$0 (05-06-2017 - AZ)Noreen Passmore and Clifford Passmore v. James W. McCarver, M.D., et al.
¶1 The superior court dismissed appellants’ medical malpractice<br> action without prejudice for failure to serve preliminary expert affidavits<br> under A.R.S. § 12-2603. Appellants then sought to refile the action under<br> Arizona’s “savings statute,” A.R.S. § 12-504, but the court found that relief<br> was not available under that statute and dismissed the claims with<br> prejudice.... More...
$0 (04-06-2017 - AZ)State of Arizona v. Chad Michael Goulding
Phoenix, AZ - Former Phoenix Police Officer Charged in Multiple Bank Robberies<br> <br> Former Phoenix Police Officer Chad Michael Goulding (DOB 9/30/1970) has been arrested and charged with carrying out five Phoenix area bank robberies during a five month period in 2006. Goulding, who left the Phoenix Police force in 2005 after serving on the force for 13 years, is currently in custody and held o... More...
$0 (12-09-2010 - AZ)State of Arizona v. Andre Antonio Adams a/k/a Chicago
Phoenix, AZ - Another Pimp Off Of Phoenix Arizona Streets<br> <br> Andre Antonio Adams, known on the streets as “Chicago,” was convicted on ten counts of child prostitution for trafficking two young girls, and two additional counts of Involving or Using a Minor in Drug Offenses for providing marijuana to them. The girls, both aged 15, were runaways.<br> <br> The twelve counts include one for ... More...
$0 (03-16-2016 - AZ)State of Arizona v. Danny Ledezma Martinez
Phoenix, AZ - Danny Martinez Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murder of Phoenix Police Officer<br> <br> Danny Ledezma Martinez (D.O.B. 10/16/1979) will spend the rest of his natural life in prison for fatally shooting Phoenix Police Officer Travis Murphy in 2010. In the sentence imposed today by the Honorable Teresa Sanders, Martinez was also ordered to serve an additional consecutive term totaling... More...
$0 (05-19-2016 - AZ)United States of America v. Tule Israel Alonso-Castaneda
Tucson, AZ - Man Sentenced To 150 Months in Prison for Child Pornography and Drug Offenses <br> <br> Tule Israel Alonso-Castaneda, 27, of Douglas, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David C. Bury to serve 150 months in prison. Alonso-Castaneda had pleaded guilty to four counts of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. Alonso-Cas... More...
$0 (04-13-2016 - AZ)UNITED STATES OF AMERICA V. CHRISTOPHER JAMES
Federal law lacks a generic statute addressing nonconsensuarape, as every state has. Instead, 18 U.S.C. § 2241 prohibits aggravated forcible sexual assault. 18 U.S.C. § 2242(2) covers the less frequent scenario where an assailant sexually assaults a victim who is (A) mentally incapable of understanding what is happening, or (B) physically incapable of resisting the assault. Under § 2242(2)(A)... More...
$0 (01-14-2016 - AZ)United States of America v. Alex Joseph Pedrin, Jr. a/k/a Alex Pedrin, Jr.
In this appeal, we again address what constitutes<br> “outrageous government conduct” in the context of a reverse<br> sting operation.<br> I. Background<br> For several decades, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and<br> Firearms (“ATF”) has conducted reverse sting operations in<br> order to identify and apprehend people who can be enticed<br> into robbing fictitious drug “stash houses” (... More...
$0 (08-17-2015 - AZ)AL CARRANZA v MADRIGAL/INVESTIGATION SERVICES, INC
Arizona Rule of Civil Procedure 17(a) requires a trial court to allow a reasonable opportunity to substitute parties before it dismisses an action for lack of prosecution by the real party in interest. We hold that in order to substitute a party, one must file a Rule 15(a) motion to amend, and the motion may be denied if the court finds undue delay or prejudice. <br> I. <br> ¶2 Martha and Mario... More...
$0 (08-06-2015 - AZ)Al Carranza v. Mario A. Madrigal and Martha C. Madrigal
Arizona Rule of Civil Procedure 17(a) requires a trial court to allow a reasonable opportunity to substitute parties before it dismisses an action for lack of prosecution by the real party in interest. We hold that in order to substitute a party, one must file a Rule 15(a) motion to amend, and the motion may be denied if the court finds undue delay or prejudice. <br> I. <br> ¶2 Martha and Mario... More...
$0 (07-22-2015 - AZ)United States of America v. Ruben Sahagun-Gallegos aka Ruben Gallegos Sahagun, aka Ruben Sahungun-Gallegos
We consider in this case whether, consistent with<br> Descamps v. United States, 133 S. Ct. 2276 (2013), a<br> sentencing court conducting the modified categorical<br> approach may rely on a defense attorney's statement of the<br> factual basis for a guilty plea and use the process of<br> elimination to determine which subsection of a divisible<br> statute the defendant pleaded guilty to violating... More...
$0 (04-10-2015 - AZ)United States of America v. Logan Keenan Brown
PHOENIX, AZ – Logan Keenan Brown, 21, of Chandler, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Diane Humetewa to 40 months in prison, having previously plead guilty to the offense of making a false declaration before a grand jury. On Dec. 8, 2014, Georgina Holguin, 44, of Bapchule, Ariz., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Douglas Rayes to 24 months in prison for a false declaration in f... More...
$0 (01-07-2015 - AZ)United States of America v. Rafiq Albert Brooks
Rafiq Brooks appeals his convictions on one count of<br> conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute and<br> two counts of possession of marijuana with intent to<br> distribute. At Brooks's jury trial, the government introduced<br> out-of-court statements by a nontestifying post office<br> supervisor and photographs of a seized package that was the<br> subject of those statements. Br... More...
$0 (11-24-2014 - AZ)United States of America v. Lance Robert Fries
TUCSON, Ariz. – On April 23, 2014, Lance Robert Fries, 43, of Tucson, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Jennifer G. Zipps to 297 months imprisonment as a result of his guilty plea on Oct. 2, 2013, to two counts of production of child pornography. Fries' term of imprisonment will be followed by lifetime supervised release, with stringent sex offender conditions, including the condition t... More...
$0 (04-24-2014 - AZ)Gila River Indian Community v. United States of America
This case illustrates the nuances of our federalist system of government, pitting Indian tribe against Indian tribe, and State and local governments against the federal government and an Indian tribe. The City of Glendale and various other parties ("Glendaleâ€) seek to set aside the Department of the Interior's decision to accept in trust, for the benefit of the Tohono O'odham Nation ("the Na... More...
$0 (05-20-2013 - AZ)Bradford D. Lund v. Michaelle A. Lund
¶1 Bradford D. Lund, and William and Sherry Lund (individually "Bradford,†"William,†and "Sherryâ€; collectively "the Lundsâ€), filed this special action seeking to prevent the superior court from conducting an in camera inspection of inadvertently disclosed documents, which they claim are subject to protection by the attorney-client privilege or work product doctrine.1 The... More...
$0 (09-06-2012 - AZ)Michael Lacey v. Joseph M. Arpaio
This § 1983 case concerns allegations of unlawful conduct by officials in the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office ("MCSOâ€) and the Maricopa County Attorney's Office ("MCAOâ€), conduct which culminated in the late-night arrests of Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin, owners of the Phoenix New Times, LLC. Lacey, Larkin, and the New Times (collectively, "Laceyâ€) sued Sheriff Joseph Arpaio, ... More...
$0 (08-29-2012 - AZ)Arizona v. United States
An Arizona statute known as S. B. 1070 was enacted in 2010 to address pressing issues related to the large number of unlawful aliens in the State. The United States sought to enjoin the law as preempted. The District Court issued a preliminary injunction preventing four of its provisions from taking effect. Section 3 makes failure to comply with federal alien-registration requirements a state misd... More...
$0 (06-25-2012 - AZ)Scenic Arizona v. City of Phoenix Board of Adjustment
¶1 The City of Phoenix Board of Adjustment ("Boardâ€) granted a use permit to American Outdoor Advertising, Inc. ("American Outdoorâ€) to operate an electronic billboard adjacent to Interstate 17.1 The Neighborhood Coalition of Greater Phoenix, along with Scenic Arizona,2 petitioned for special action in the superior court, asserting the billboard would violate Arizona Revised Statutes ... More...
$0 (11-17-2011 - AZ)Michael Lacey v. Joseph M. Arpaio
This case arose from the controversial late-night arrests and subsequent release of two Phoenix newspaper executives. As a result, Michael Lacey, Jim Larkin, and Phoenix New Times, LLC (Plaintiffs) sued various officials connected with the Maricopa County Attorney's Office and the Sheriff's Office, including the county attorney, the sheriff, and a special prosecutor. They alleged the special prose... More...
$0 (06-09-2011 - AZ)Estate of Maddison Alexis Desela v. Prescott Unified School District No. 1
¶1 The issue is whether an action to recover medical expenses for injuries to a child is time-barred. Revising Arizona's common law rule, we hold that both the minor and the minor's parents are entitled to recover pre-majority medical expenses, but double recovery is not permitted. Pearson & Dickerson Contractors, Inc. v. Harrington, 60 Ariz. 354, 137 P.2d 381 (1943), and S. A. Gerrard Co. v. Cou... More...
$0 (03-25-2011 - AZ)Estate of Maddison Alexis Desela v. Prescott Unified School District No. 1
¶1 The issue is whether an action to recover medical expenses for injuries to a child is time-barred. Revising Arizona's common law rule, we hold that both the minor and the minor's parents are entitled to recover pre-majority medical expenses, but double recovery is not permitted. Pearson & Dickerson Contractors, Inc. v. Harrington, 60 Ariz. 354, 137 P.2d 381 (1943), and S. A. Gerrard Co. v. Cou... More...
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