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Andre Jackson v. The State of Texas

Houston, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Andre Jackson with an Aggravated Robbery charge.



Appellant was indicted for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and a
jury trial was held in January and February 2019. At trial, K. Baney, asset
protection manager for EZ Pawn pawnshops, testified she was informed...
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   $0 (03-09-2021 - TX)

Roberto Griego Jimenez v. The State of Texas

Houston, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Roberto Griego Jimenez with a Poss With Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance charge.



DISSENTING OPINION FROM DENIAL OF
ENBANC RECONSIDERATION




I respectfully dissent from this court’s denial of reconsideration e... More...
   $0 (03-09-2021 - TX)

Roy Bolinger v. The State of Texas

Houston, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Roy Bolinger with a Sexual Assault charge.



The State indicted appellant for continuous sexual abuse of a child. The
State alleged that appellant:
[D]uring a period of time of thirty or more days in duration,
commit[ed] at least two acts of sexual abuse against ... More...
   $0 (03-09-2021 - TX)

Daniel Travis Durham v. The State of Texas

Houston, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Daniel Travis Durham with a Murder charge.




At approximately 1:00 a.m., on July 4, 2014, in a West Houston residential
neighborhood, the decedent and his wife noticed the electricity in their home went
off. Within a minute, their generator restored power, at w... More...
   $0 (03-07-2021 - TX)

Richard Darnell Amos v. The State of Texas

Eastland, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Richard Darnell Amos with a Delivery of a Controlled Substance charge.



On March 31, 2017, Agent John H. Murphy of the Texas Department of Public
Safety Criminal Investigations Division began an investigation into the distribution
of methamphetamine by Appellant. Ag... More...
   $0 (02-27-2021 - TX)

Marcus Dewayne Nickerson v. The State of Texas

Waco, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Marcus Dewayne Nickerson with a Aggravated Assault charge.



In the instant case, appellant was charged by indictment with one count of
aggravated assault family violence causing serious bodily injury, a first-degree felony,
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and one count... More...
   $0 (02-25-2021 - TX)

Alejo Vargas v. The State of Texas

Waco, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Alejo Vargas with a Evading Arrest charge.



In his first issue, Vargas argues that the trial court should have excluded a video
recording of his oral statements made to police because he did not make a knowing,
intelligent, and voluntary waiver of his statutory and co... More...
   $0 (02-24-2021 - TX)

Zachary Lee McClellan v. The State of Texas

El Paso, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Zachary Lee McClellan with an Aggravated Assault charge.



Appellant, who was then 23 years old, lived with his father, Grant McClellan, and his
father’s wife, Robie, at his father’s home in Watauga. Appellant graduated high school and
attended some college cour... More...
   $0 (02-22-2021 - TX)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Kevin Hicks-Franklin

Erie, Pennsylvania first-degree murder criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Kevin Hicks-Franklin, age 23, who was charged with first-degree murder for stabbing to death Starleisha Smith, age 23.

Pennsylvania Statutes

Chapter 25

Criminal Homicide

Sec.

2501. Criminal homicide.

2502. Murder.



Enactment. Chapter 25 w... More...
   $0 (02-19-2021 - PA)

Manuel Michael Garcia v. The State of Texas

San Antonio, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Manuel Michael Garcia with a Capital Murder charge.



On February 18, 2015, Garcia hit several people at several different locations with the
vehicle he was driving, causing injuries to multiple people and two deaths. The State charged him
04-19-00775-CR
-... More...
   $0 (02-15-2021 - TX)

Christian Abel Valera v. The State of Texas

Fort Worth, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Christian Abel Valera with an Assault charge.



Before a jury and without a plea bargain, Valera pleaded guilty to Count 1—
assault bodily injury of a family or household member by impeding the breathing or
circulation of the blood of the victim with a prior convi... More...
   $0 (02-13-2021 - TX)

Danita Carol Thetford v. The State of Texas

Fort Worth, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Danita Carol Thetford with an Injury to a Child, Elderly or Disabled Individual charge.



It is undisputed that, during the first five years of his life, C.T. suffered from
numerous medical conditions, including difficulty eating and constipation, due in part
to his... More...
   $0 (02-10-2021 - TX)

Danita Carol Thetford v. The State of Texas

Fort Worth, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Danita Carol Thetford with an Injury to a Child, Elderly or Disabled Individual charge.




It is undisputed that, during the first five years of his life, C.T. suffered from
numerous medical conditions, including difficulty eating and constipation, due in part
... More...
   $0 (02-10-2021 - TX)

State of West Virginia vs. Michael R. Hodge, Jr.

Charleston, WV - Criminal defense attorney represented Michael R. Hodge Jr with appealing the Circuit Court of Fayette County’s February 28, 2019, sentencing and commitment order.



On August 28, 2017, minor S.J. drove petitioner, Bryan Allen, and Jarrell Green to an area
near the home of Angelia Miranda Danielle Pyatt (... More...
   $0 (02-08-2021 - WV)

Eli Ramey v. State of Indiana

Indianapolis, IN - Criminal defense attorney represented Eli Ramey with appealing his conviction for conspiracy to commit obstruction of justice.



Ramey, Rickey Oldfield (“Oldfield”), and Chelsea Tyler (“Tyler”), had been
friends since childhood. Tr. Vol. 2 at 129. Oldfield and Tyler were dating at the
time per... More...
   $0 (02-08-2021 - IN)

Ronda L. Phillips v. State of Indiana

Indianapolis, IN - Criminal defense attorney represented Ronda Phillips with arguing that the State presented insufficient evidence to support her convictions for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.



The night Jalissa Phillips (Jalissa) became a state-certified nursing assistant, she
and her “aunt-in-law” Ronda P... More...
   $0 (02-07-2021 - IN)

State of Louisiana v. Antonio Sewell

Shreveport, LA - Criminal defense attorney represented Antonio Sewell with appealing his resentencing arguing that the sentence imposed was unconstitutionally harsh and excessive in this case.



On January 16, 1999, Willie Ashley exited a convenience store on
Jewella Avenue in Shreveport, and was approached by Sewell, whoMore...
   $0 (02-06-2021 - LA)

State of Louisiana v. David Wayne Sharp

Shreveport, LA - Criminal defense attorney represented David Wayne Sharp with appealing his verdict because it was rendered by a six-person jury, rather than a twelve-person jury, which he contends is in violation of his federal Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights.



On August 16, 2016, Mr. Sharp was charged by bill of info... More...
   $0 (02-06-2021 - LA)

State of Louisiana v. Andre Bell

Shreveport, LA - Criminal defense attorney represented Andre Bell with simple robbery and attempted first degree murder charges.



The underlying facts were fully discussed in this court’s previous
opinion. To briefly recap, on the evening of November 24, 2017, Bell was
at Sam’s Town Casino in Shreveport where he be... More...
   $0 (02-05-2021 - LA)

State of Louisiana v. Charlie Collins

Shreveport, LA - Criminal defense attorney represented Charlie Collins with two counts of aggravated incest was also charged with a sexual battery charge.



In 2003, the defendant, Charlie Collins, married A.C., who was the
mother of ten children.2
The victims, O.E. and Q.A., lived with the
defendant and their moth... More...
   $0 (02-05-2021 - LA)

CARLOS CLARK v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

Lexington, KY - Criminal defense attorney represented Carlos Clark with appealing a Perry Circuit Court order denying his motion to dismiss for failing to conduct a speedy trial..



Clark was arrested on June 29, 2016, and charged with operating a
motor vehicle under the influence (DUI), second offense; instructional permit... More...
   $0 (02-04-2021 - KY)

ALEXANDER BLOYER v. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

Lexington, KY - Criminal defense attorney represented ALEXANDER BLOYER with numerous sex offenses .




The facts underlying Bloyer’s convictions are largely irrelevant to the
question before us, so we need only note that he was charged with numerous sex
offenses and transferred to the Hart Circuit Court as a you... More...
   $0 (02-04-2021 - KY)

STATE OF OHIO - vs - DONTA LAMONT SANDERS

Middletown, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Donta Lamont Sanders with appealing the decision of the Clermont County Court of Common Pleas denying his motion to suppress.



On April 9, 2012, the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas issued a
judgment entry sentencing Sanders to seven years in prison. This sentence... More...
   $0 (02-03-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. CHRISTOPHER FORREST

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Cleveland, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Christopher Forrest with a five-count, superseding indictment, charging him with rape, attempted rape, importuning, gross sexual imposition, and kidnapping with a sexual motivation specification charge.



In 2018, Forrest was named in a five-count, superseding indictment... More...
   $0 (01-31-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO v. CHRISTOPHER FORREST

Akron, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Christopher Forrest with filing a motion for a new trial.



In 2018, Forrest was named in a five-count, superseding indictment,
charging him with rape, attempted rape, importuning, gross sexual imposition, and
kidnapping with a sexual motivation specification.1 All coun... More...
   $0 (01-29-2021 - OH)

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