Fort Worth, TX - Criminal Defense Attorney, Miscellaneous/Other Criminal including Misdemeanor or Felony


Appellant Muqtasid Abdul Qadir attempts to appeal from the February 19,
2020 order signed by Judge David L. Evans, Presiding Judge of the Eighth
Administrative Judicial Region of Texas, denying Appellant’s motion to recuse the trial
judge.1 On April 8, 2020, we notifi... More...   $0 (09-28-2020 - TX)

Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charge with interstate domestic violence in Indian Country.

In February 2020, Saville Thomas, age 18, of Macy, Nebraska, traveled and entered the Omaha Nation Indian Reservation and attempted to seize, abduct, or carry away, a minor female with whom Thomas had been in an intimate and dating relationship. Thomas entered a home t... More...   $0 (09-28-2020 - NE)

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony firearm possession.

Detectives with the Kansas City, Mo., Police Department were conducting surveillance on Kenneth E. Barbee, age 33, on March 18, 2020, when he left his residence in a vehicle driven by another person. After officers stopped the vehicle, the driver attempted to pull away from officers... More...   $0 (09-28-2020 - MO)

Patricia A., mother of three-year-old Samuel A., petitioned
pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code sections 388 and 3901
to set aside jurisdiction findings concerning Patricia’s alcohol
abuse and mental instability and to terminate dependency
jurisdiction after a court-ordered psychiatric evaluation found
Patricia was not mentally ill and did not meet the diagnostic
crit... More...   $0 (09-28-2020 - CA)

Fort Worth, TX - Criminal Defense Attorney, Assault


Pearson was accused of assaulting his former girlfriend, Marlie, by throwing a
tricycle at her, grabbing her face and neck and throwing her to the ground, and hitting
her with their car. Before trial, Pearson tried to subpoena documents related to
Marlie in the possession of One Safe Place, a local family-violence cente... More...   $0 (09-27-2020 - TX)

Fort Worth, TX - Criminal Defense Attorney, Aggravated Sexual Assault




A. THE INITIAL OUTCRY
Babin and Angela were married and had three children: Tina and twins Elaine
and Hope. They divorced when the twins were approximately eighteen months old;
Babin was given “extended standard” visitation rights to the three girls.
When Elaine was six and after she had... More...   $0 (09-27-2020 - TX)

Fort Worth, TX - Criminal Defense Attorney, Burglary of a Habitation



A jury found Timothy Scott Scoggins guilty of four counts of burglary of a
habitation and assessed his punishment at 47 years’ confinement for each count. See
Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 30.02(a)(1), (3), (d). After the trial court sentenced Scoggins,
he filed a motion for new trial in which he alleged ... More...   $0 (09-27-2020 - TX)

Fort Worth, TX - Criminal Defense Attorney, Aggravated Assault


Appellant Keith Deshaun Mathews appeals his convictions for aggravated
assault with a deadly weapon and assault against a family or household member with a
previous conviction. See Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 22.01(b)(2)(A), .02(a)(2). The trial
court sentenced Mathews to 20 years’ imprisonment on each count to r... More...   $0 (09-27-2020 - TX)

Fort Worth, TX - Criminal Defense Attorney, Capital Murder


I. The murder
In December 2016, VanCleave decided to sell some of her jewelry, including two
gold chains and a gold ring, because she and her husband, Mustafah Zaatreh, were
struggling financially. Using the phone application 5miles, VanCleave listed the jewelry
and set up a meeting with a potential buyer, “J... More...   $0 (09-27-2020 - TX)

Denton, TX - Criminal Defense Attorney, Injury to a Child, Elderly or Disabled Individual


A. Madison’s Upbringing in Poland
This case stems from injuries that Madison sustained on August 9, 2016. About
one month after Madison was born, she was placed in a foster home in Poland as a
result of parental abuse and neglect. Approximately a year later, her birth mother had
... More...   $0 (09-27-2020 - TX)

Montague, Texas, Criminal Defense Attorney, Manslaughter



I. The party
On the night of October 23, Sanders’s then-boyfriend Clint Mahin picked her
up from her workplace in Wichita Falls around 5:30 or 6:00 p.m. and they arrived at her
coworker’s house for a backyard barbecue around 6:15 p.m. At trial, accounts differed
as to how much Sanders had had to drink at ... More...   $0 (09-27-2020 - TX)

Akron, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant who was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

According to the indictment in this matter, on November 26, 2019, Ronald Mickel, age 41, knowingly possessed 32 rounds of 9mm Luger ammunition. Mickel was prohibited from possessing a firearm or ammunition after having been previously convicted of felony aggravated rob... More...   $0 (09-27-2020 - OH)

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented a defendant who was charged with felony possession of firearms and ammunition.

“Federal jurors in Cleveland and Akron sent a strong message to those who illegally possess weapons or ammunition,” said U.S. Attorney Justin Herdman. “Both of these men have a long history of previous convictions for crimes of violence– including multiple dom... More...   $0 (09-27-2020 - OH)

James Martin, an Alphabet investor, sued Alphabet, et al. claiming that the directors of Google's parent company filed their fiduciary duties in paying an executive $90 million in severance pay when he was let go after being accused of sexual harassment.

The complaint filed by the plaintiff alleged causes of action based on breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, abuse of power and c... More...   $0 (09-26-2020 - CA)

Fort Worth, TX - criminal defense attorney, Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young Child or Children


Because Zurita does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support
his CSA conviction, a detailed recitation of the facts is not necessary. For now, it is
enough to state that Zurita was indicted with the CSA of his stepdaughter, Darla
3
Grant,
1 occurring be... More...   $0 (09-25-2020 - TX)

New Orleans, LA - Criminal Defense Lawyer - Defendant charged with distribution of images depicting the sexual exploitation of children.

According to court documents, in about February 2020, a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation operating in an undercover capacity (Agent 1) in the State of Texas accessed a chat room within an instant messaging mobile application known t... More...   $0 (09-25-2020 - LA)

New York, NY - Criminal Defense Lawyer, Wire Fraud

The United States of America charged Richard Gaffey, a/k/a Dick Gaffey, age 76, with wire fraud, tax fraud, money laundering, aggravated identity theft, and other charges.

Defendant, a U.S. citizen and resident of Medfield, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit tax evasion and to defraud the United St... More...   $0 (09-25-2020 - NY)