Arson Law
 
United States of America v. Michael McWhorter

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of a machine gun, conspiracy to interfere with commerce and attempted arson.

Michael McWhorter, 33, and Joe Morris, 26, both of Clarence, Illinois, were charged with intentionally obstructing, and attempting to obstruct, by force and the threat of force, the free exercise of religious beliefs; car... More...
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State of Louisiana v. Dyteon Simpson

Baton Rouge, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder.

Dyteon Simpson, age 20, of Baton Rouge was accused for killing Wayde Sims on September 28, 2018. Sims was killed on Harding Boulevard near Southern University during a fight involving multiple people.

§30.1. Second degree murder

A. Second degree murder is... More...
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Sate of New York v. Miya Ponsetto, a/k/a "SoHo Karen"

New York, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with committing a hate crime.

Miya Ponsetto, a/k/a "SoHo Karen," was indicted for unlawfully imprisoning Keyon Harrold, Jr., age 14, after she accusing him of stealing her cell phone.

Defendant Keyon and his father were all guests at the Arlo Soho hotel.

It was later determined that she left her pho... More...
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United States of America v. Micah Tillmon

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with arson.

On May 31, 2020, Micah Tillmon, age 20 entered Sake House by Hikari, a Japanese restaurant located in downtown Santa Monica, without authorization and while the business was closed because of the civil unrest occurring in the city at that time. While inside the restaurant, Tillmon possessed and used... More...
   $0 (04-08-2022 - CA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Luis Manuel Serrano-Delgado

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder.

Luis Manuel Serrano-Delgado, age 18, was accused of shooting and killing Jeremanuel Negron-Quiles in 2018 over a $20 drug debt. Negron-Quiles, age 22, was found hot in the back on July 6, 2018.


# Charge Grade Description Offense Dt. Disposition
1 18 § 2502 §§ B... More...
   $0 (04-08-2022 - PA)

The People v. Ivan Gomez

Monterey, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with arson , throwing rocks at a vehicle, cultivating marijuana and eleven counts of cruelty to animals for killing multiple condors.

Ivan Geronimo Gomez, age 21, was accused of starting the Dolan Fire that burned 124,527 acres along the coast and mountains of Central California in 2020. ... More...
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State of Louisiana v. Jonovan Parker

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Jonovan Parker, who was charged with second-degree murder and obstruction of justice.

Jonvan Parker, age 23, was accused of shooting and killing Renard Matthews on June 25, 2018.

Defendant pleaded not guilty and Defense counsel showed by the State's eye witness could not have seen the shooter, as he claimed.

§30... More...
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Tyquan Atkinson

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree and third-degree murder.

Tyquan Atkinson, age 22, was charged with shooting and killing 20-year-old Nicholas Flacco who was shot in the chest in March 2021 in FDR park.

Defendant testified on his own behalf.

The State claimed that the Falacco was killed in revenge for after... More...
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State of South Carolina v. Lewis "Trey" Branche, III

Beaufort, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Lewis "Trey" Branche, III was accused of killing his girlfriend Kristen Bennett on September 4, 2018.

Defendant's counsel admitted that that his client shot and killed the victim.

§ 14-17. Murder in the first and second degree defined; punishment.

(a) ... More...
   $0 (04-05-2022 - SC)

State of Oklahoma v. Russell Roger Boyce

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney represented Defendant, charged with:
Arson - Third Degree

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ARS, ARSON - THIRD DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1403 A
Date of Offense: 02/15/2022
Party Name Disposition Information
BOYCE, RUSSELL ROGER Disposed: CONVICTION, 03/25/2022. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: ARSON - THIRD DEGREE(ARS)
Vi... More...
   $0 (03-25-2022 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Steve Medford

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney represented Defendant, charged with:
Arson - 4th Degree.

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ARS, ARSON - 4TH DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1404 A
Date of Offense: 08/10/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
MEDFORD, STEVE Disposed: CONVICTION, 03/25/2022. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: ARSON - 4TH DEGREE(ARS)
Violation of ... More...
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State of Oklahoma v. Lacole Cherie Meeks

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney represented Defendant, charged with:
Arson 3rd Degree

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ARS, ARSON - 3RD DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1403A
Date of Offense: 08/05/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
MEEKS, LACOLE CHERIE Disposed: CONVICTION, 03/21/2022. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: ARSON - 3RD DEGREE(ARS)
Violation o... More...
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State of Colorado v. Robert Fergus-Jean

Breckenridge, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with first-degree attempted murder, first-degee assault.

Robert Fergus_Jean was charged with first-degree attempted murder for firing six shots at his roommate and friend Stephen Darley through Darley's bedroom door in Vail.

Defendant claimed self defense.


Colorado Revised Statutes Title 18... More...
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State of Oklahoma v. Joshua Elias Garcia

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney represented Defendant, charged with:
ARSON - FOURTH DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1404 A
Date of Offense: 12/26/2021

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ARS, ARSON - FOURTH DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1404 A
Date of Offense: 12/26/2021
Party Name Disposition Information
GARCIA, JOSHUA ELIAS Disposed: CONVICTION, 03/14/2022. G... More...
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United States of America v. Alan Douglas Fox

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged for setting fires in churches.

Alan Douglas Fox, 29, of Nashville, intentionally set fire to the Crievewood United Methodist Church on June 17, 2019; the Crievewood Baptist Church on June 25, 2019; the Saint Ignatius of Antioch Catholic Church on June 25, 2019; and the Priest Lake Community Baptist Church on Jun... More...
   $0 (02-17-2022 - TN)

State of Oklahoma v. Rebecca Latane Hogue

Norman, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE BY PERMITTING CHILD ABUSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7:

A. A person commits murder in the first degree when that person unlawfully and with malice aforethought causes the death of another human being. Malice is that deliberate intention unlawfully to take away the life of a human being... More...
   $0 (02-15-2022 - OK)

United States of America v. James Workman

Albany, New York criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition by a felon.


March For Our Lives




James Workman, age 33, of Conquest, New York, was indicted for unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition as a felon. More...
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Lawrence Savoca v. United States of America

New York, New York - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with appeals from a judgment of the District Court for the Southern District of New York, dismissing a second or successive petition for a writ of habeas corpus claim



In 2004, Lawrence Savoca was convicted after trial for various crim... More...
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United States of America v. José Reyes-Valdivia United States of America v. Jeffri Dávila-Reyes

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with two counts of trafficking cocaine in violation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act charges.


These consolidated appeals arise
from the U.S. Coast Guard's interdiction of a small speed boat in
the western Caribbean Sea and the ... More...
   $0 (01-22-2022 - MA)

United States of America v. Antonio De La Cruz-Garcia Child Sexual Predator

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with an
attempted sexual assault on a child charge.



Border patrol agents stopped Antonio De La Cruz-Garcia just north of the United
States-Mexico border on December 5, 2007. He admitted that he was a citizen of Mexico
and was in the United States illegally... More...
   $0 (01-16-2022 - CO)

United States of America v. Montez Terriel Lee

St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with arson resulting in death.

On May 28, 2020, Montez Terriel Lee, 26, along with others, broke into the Max It Pawn Shop on East Lake Street in Minneapolis. Surveillance video footage showed Lee pouring a fire accelerant around the pawn shop and lighting the accelerant on fire. The fire destroyed the building. A... More...
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State of Oklahoma v. RAYMOND ANTHONY HALL JR

El abogado de defensa criminal de Tulsa, Oklahoma representa al Acusado, acusado de ARSON - 3RD DEGREE

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ARS, ARSON - 3RD DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1401-1404
Date of Offense: 01/07/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
HALL, RAYMOND ANTHONY JR Disposed: CONVICTION, 01/13/2022. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: ARSON - 3RD DEGREE(ARS)
... More...
   $0 (01-13-2022 - OK)

United States of America v. McKenzy Ann DeGidio Dunn and Samuel Elliot Frey

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with arson.

On May 28, 2020, Samuel Elliot Frey, 21, and co-defendant McKenzy Ann DeGidio Dunn, 21, joined other individuals who had gathered near the Great Health and Nutrition store located at 1360 University Avenue West, in St. Paul. Frey and others arrived together to the Midway area near University Avenue ... More...
   $0 (01-08-2022 - MN)

United States of America v. Thomas Hammond

Richmond, VA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with attempted bank robbery and one count of bank robbery charges.



In 2017, Hammond pleaded guilty to one count of attempted bank robbery and one
count of bank robbery, both in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2113(a). Before sentencing, the
probation officer prepar... More...
   $0 (01-03-2022 - VA)

United States of America v. Saiydin Muhammad

Richmond, VA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a interference with commerce by robbery charge.



We review “de novo the question whether a prior state conviction constitutes a
predicate felony conviction for purposes of a federal sentence enhancement.” United
States v. Valdovinos, 760 F.3d 322, 325... More...
   $0 (01-02-2022 - VA)

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