Providence, RI - Foreign National Sentenced to 15 Years on Drug Trafficking and Firearm Charges

A Dominican national in the United States illegally, who admitted to using several alias and who was previously convicted and incarcerated in federal and state prisons on drug trafficking charges, was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison for trafficking fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamph... More...   $0 (10-23-2018 - RI)

Igor Borbot, a native and citizen of Russia, has been detained at the Hudson County Correctional Facility pending removal proceedings since April 2016. Fourteen months after he was denied release on bond, Borbot petitioned the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Borbot alleged that the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amend... More...   $0 (10-23-2018 - NJ)

Denver, Colorado Civil Litigation Lawyer represented Delmart Vreeland II sought relief in federal district court under 28 U.S.C. � 2254, alleging in relevant part that the state trial court violated his Sixth Amendment right to counsel and his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process.

The district court rejected both claims and declined to issue a certificate of appealability (COA).More...   $0 (10-09-2018 - CO)

Mr. Mitchell’s criminal proceeding arose from his actions during a lengthy custody battle over his daughter, EP. The custody proceedings involved several jurisdictions and provide useful context here. The State of Montana established paternity and child support after EP’s birth in 2010, but did not formally establish custody. The parties later moved to Wyoming where EP’s mother, AP, commenced ... More...   $0 (09-24-2018 - KS)

Petitioner is charged with first-degree murder, a capital offense, and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder and accessory after the fact to first-degree murder, offenses which are punishable by life imprisonment. See § 782.04(1), Fla. Stat. Article I, section 14, of the Florida Constitution states: Pretrial release and detention.— 2 Unless charged with a capital offense or an offense... More...   $0 (09-22-2018 - FL)

Appellant owned Solutions Counseling Center in Sebring. She was a counselor with plans to become a clinical psychologist. As a counselor, Appellant was not eligible to receive a provider number from the Ohio Department of Medicaid in order to directly seek reimbursement for rendering services to clients who used the traditional Medicaid option. (Under traditional Medicaid, a counselor had to wo... More...   $0 (09-21-2018 - OH)

Appellant was charged by indictment with one count of attempted burglary of a habitation, a third degree felony, punishable by not less than two years but not more than ten years imprisonment.1 The State filed a notice of intent to seek habitual punishment pursuant to Section 12.42(d) of the Texas Penal Code, alleging that Appellant had prior felony convictions for robbery, assault against a gove... More...   $0 (09-20-2018 - TX)