Kidnapping Law
 
State of Oklahoma v. Joseph Lynn Earls

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:
Attempted Kidnapping.

Count # 1. Count as Filed: KID, ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING, in violation of 21 O.S. 741
Date of Offense: 09/03/2022
Party Name Disposition Information
EARLS, JOSEPH LYNN Disposed: CONVICTION, 07/03/2023. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: AMENDED TO MISDM Assault and Battery - Gen... More...
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United States of America v. Clarence Moses-EL

Denver, Colorado civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants claiming that his constitutional rights were violated as a result of being arrested and convicted for a crime that he did not commit.

During the evening of August 15, 1987, T.S. attended a party at a friend's house, which was two doors from her own home in a Denver low-income housing project. At about 2:15 a.m... More...
   $0 (03-30-2023 - CO)

State of Oklahoma v. Previn Ray Jones

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:
Rape - First Degree.

Count # 1. Count as Filed: RAPE, RAPE- FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1114(A)
Date of Offense: 09/23/2022
Party Name Disposition Information
JONES, PREVIN RAY Disposed: CONVICTION, 06/27/2023. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: RAPE- FIRST DEGREE(RAPE)
Violation of... More...
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United States of America v. Jeffrey David Marsh

Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping a Webb City, Mo., woman and threatening to kill her and her family unless she recanted her testimony in his state criminal case.

On July 7, 2022, Jeffrey Marsh, 35, of Oronogo, Mo. pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, one count of kidnapping, one count of being a felon i... More...
   $0 (06-27-2023 - MO)

United States of America v. Shamari Smith, a/k/a "Dakota"

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping and murder.

On December 24, 2020, Calvin Roberson and another individual kidnapped Francisco Roman, Jr., 28, at gunpoint from his residence in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Roberson and his associate threatened to harm Roman if he did not comply with their orders, handcuffed him, and stole cash, marij... More...
   $0 (06-06-2023 - CT)

United States of America v. Ralph Harmon

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with carjacking and kidnapping in Seaford, Delaware.

On January 13, 2023, defendant Ralph Harmon, 24, carjacked and kidnapped a person referred to in the Indictment as “Victim.” The Indictment alleges that the carjacking resulted in serious bodily injury to the Victim.

Harmon is charged with carjacking... More...
   $0 (05-25-2023 - DE)

United States of America v. Robert Bowers

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyers are representing Defendant charged with 63 counts of murder and other felonies for shooing and killing Jewish worshipers gathered to practice their faith at the Squirrel Hill synagogue four years and 7 months ago. The government seeks the death penalty.

Robert Bowers, age 50, of Baldwin, Pennsylvania, had a history of anti-semitism.
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   $0 (06-19-2023 - PA)

State of Louisiana v. Evangelisto Ramos

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery, rape and kidnapping.

Only 10 jurors voted to convict Ramos.

The Supreme Court in Ramos held that a state jury must be unanimous to convict a defendant of a serious offense. In so holding, Ramos announced a new rule.
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Nakisha Jackson v. Christopher Wray, et al.

Dallas, Texas pro se Plaintiff filed this action against the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, unknown federal agents, Apple Inc., and Charter Communications. (See doc. 3.) The non-federal defendants have moved to dismiss her claims against them. (See docs. 9, 13.) Citing Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(f), the plaintiff seeks to strike the defendants' motions to dismiss on grounds that they are fr... More...   $0 (05-24-2023 - TX)

State of New York v. Antonio Carr

Lockport, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder.

Antonio Carr, age 30, was accused of killing Tracy Green, age 57, at the victim’s barber shop in Niagara Falls on Oct. 2, 2021. The defendant shot the victim with a small-caliber rifle. When those shots weren’t fatal, he left, returned moments later with a 9 mm handgun, and shot him si... More...
   $0 (05-17-2023 - NY)

United States of America v. Jeffrey Steven Clay

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count each of kidnapping and transportation for illegal sexual activity.

A federal grand jury indicted Clay on Nov. 9, 2022. At the time, Jeffrey Steven Clay, age 51, of Anthony, New Mexico, was employed as the Executive Director of Analytics, Strategy, and Assessment and Public Education Information Ma... More...
   $0 (05-09-2023 - NM)

State of Hawaii v. Albert "Ian" Schweitzer

Defendant-appellant Albert Ian Schweitzer appeals from the April 24, 2000 judgment of conviction and sentence of the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit, the Honorable Riki May Amano presiding, adjudging him guilty of and sentencing him for: murder in the second degree, in violation of Hawai`i Revised Statutes (HRS) § 707-701.5 (1993); kidnapping, in violation of HRS § 707-720 (1993); and sexual ... More...   $0 (01-29-2004 - HI)

United States of America v. Joshua Davidson

Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping, depriving another of her civil rights, and witness tampering.

On Jan. 30, 2020, Joshua Davidson, 32, while on duty as a Dallas County Deputy Sheriff, placed the victim in custody and drove her down a dark road to a desolate location where the victim performed oral sex on him against her will. The victim... More...
   $0 (05-03-2023 - AL)

The People v. Anurag Chandra

Riverside, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder.

Anurag Chandra was accused of killing three teenage boys who plaintiff doorbell-ringing prank on him.

“The murder of these young men was a horrendous and senseless tragedy for our community. I thank the jury for their verdict. This is an important step toward justice,” county District Att... More...
   $0 (04-28-2023 - CA)

State of Florida v. Traquail Lamont Fort

Ocala, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with robbery with a firearm and kidnapping with a firearm.

Traquail Lamont Fort was accused of robbing a Dollar Store in Ocklawaha, Florida on November 2, 2016.... More...
   $0 (04-27-2023 - FL)

United States of America v. Amy Kay Thomas and Lawrence William Vaughan

Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged for their roles in a kidnapping conspiracy that resulted in the death of the victim.

Amy Kay Thomas, 39, of Webb City, Mo., and Lawrence William Vaughan, also known as “Scary Larry,” 51, of Newton County, Mo., pleaded guilty today in separate appearances before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool. Thomas ... More...
   $0 (04-27-2023 - MO)

United States of America v. Michael Harvel

Cookeville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually assaulting seven women who worked under his supervision at the Cumberland County Recycling Center.

Michael Harvel, 61, was convicted on nine counts of committing sexual assault. According to evidence introduced at trial – including testimony from 13 women who described Harvel’s sexual abuse –... More...
   $0 (04-20-2023 - TN)

State of Vermont v. Everett Simpson

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping and interstate transportation of a stolen vehicle.

On January 4, 2019, Everett A. Simpson, age 45, formerly of St. Johnsbury, Vermont, absconded from the Valley Vista treatment facility in Bradford, Vermont, and stole a commercial van in Newbury, Vermont, eventually deserting that vehicle in a parkin... More...
   $0 (04-18-2023 - VT)

Crosley Alexander Green v. State of Florida

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense appellate lawyers represented convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, and armed robbery.

Crosley Green appeals an order of the circuit court granting in part and
denying in part his motion to vacate his first-degree murder conviction and
sentence of death. He also petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus.1 The<... More...
   $0 (01-31-2008 - FL)

State of Florida v. Crosley Alexander Green

Titusville, Florida criminal defense appellate lawyers represented Plaintiff who claimed to be actually innocent of murder, armed robbery, and kidnapping with bodily injury.... More...   $0 (08-24-2010 - Fl)

Crosley Alexander Green v. Secretary, Department of Corrections, Attorney General, State of Florida

Tampa, Florida criminal defense appellate lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued the State of Florida seeking a writ of habeas corpus setting aside his conviction for murder, armed robbery and kidnapping with bodily injury.


The power of the federal courts to grant a writ of habeas corpus setting aside a state prisoner's conviction on a claim that his conviction was obtained in violat... More...
   $0 (03-14-2022 - FL)

State of Kentucky v. Dillon Brewster

Covington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and felony possession of a firearm.



Dillon Brewster was accused of shooting and killing Kameryn Recchia, age 25, on October 20, 2021.

The deceased woman's child was in her car,... More...
   $0 (04-14-2023 - KY)

United States of America v. Mosley Jumon Williams

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and meth.

Mosley Jumon Williams, now 32, was accused on March 28, 2019 of kidnapping an elderly man at gunpoint to learn the location of William’s ex-wife, who had an order of protection naming Williams. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers arrested Williams, but co... More...
   $0 (03-27-2023 - MO)

United States of America v. Rodney Viknair

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old crime victim in violation of her constitutional rights.





Federal Courthouse - New Orleans, Louisiana


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United States of America v. William Mark Parnell

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with second-degree burglary and attempted abusive contact of a minor.




Federal Courthouse - Tulsa, Oklahoma


Federal Courthouse - Tulsa, Oklahoma


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