Kidnapping Law
 
United States of America v. Randy Alan Hamett

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with kidnapping and assult of his ex-wife.

After they divorced in the summer of 2016, Hamett began stalking and
harassing A.H., who lived in Tulsa County, Oklahoma. She changed the locks on her
doors, installed a security system, and obtained a protective order against Hamett.
He did not stop stalking her,

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United States of America v. Eddie Gomez

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with two counts of aggravated sexual abuse in Indian Country. Gomez pleaded guilty on Feb. 28, 2022.

Between May 28, 20212, and May 27, 2014, Eddie Gomez, age 30, of Albuquerque, sexually abused Jane Doe 1 in her home on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation. Gomez also admitted to sexually abusing Jane Doe 2 on Nov.

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United States of America v. Jaron Johnson

Hammond, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with kidnapping.

On the night of April 14, 2019, Jaron Johnson, age 23, of Gary, Indiana, participated in the kidnapping of a woman hoping to elicit information as to the whereabouts of a witness in his brother’s upcoming criminal case. Johnson participated in forcing the victim into a car at gunpoint, blindfolding

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Karl Fontenot v. Scott Crow

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping, robbery and murder.


Petitioner-appellee Karl Fontenot was twice tried and found guilty of the 1984 kidnapping, robbery, and murder of Donna Haraway in Ada, Oklahoma. Almost no evidence connected him to the crime other than his own videotaped confession, a confession that "rang false in almo

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United States of America v. Jake Messer

London, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with two counts of kidnapping.

Jake Messer, age 39, of Rockholds, Kentucky, organized, directed, and recruited assistance for the armed kidnappings. Messer ordered the two victims transported to a remote trailer in Clay County, where they were held for 24 hours. There, the victims were separated, interrogated, threat

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United States of America v. Louis D. Coleman, III

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with kidnapping and murder.

Coleman, 35, of Providence, R.I., was convicted following a jury trial of the federal charge of kidnapping resulting in death. U.S. Chief District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV scheduled sentencing for Sept. 22, 2022. Coleman was arrested and charged in March 2019 and was subsequently

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State of Florida v. Allen Barry Buford and Alayna Marie Hesler

Ocala, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with attempted sexual battery upon a childless than 12.

1 794.011.2A ATTEMPTED SEXUAL BATTERY UPON CHILD LESS THAN 12 01/19/2022 Court:Adjudicated Guilty
2 794.011.2A ATTEMPTED SEXUAL BATTERY UPON CHILD LESS THAN 12 01/19/2022 Court:Adjudicated Guilty
3 800.04.5AB LEWD LASC MOLEST OF CHILD DEF 18 VICTIM UNDER 12

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State of Arizona v. Dwandarrius Jamar Robinson

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with capital murder.

Dwandarrius Jamar Robinson was sentenced to death after a
jury found him guilty of two counts of first degree murder, one count of
arson of an occupied structure, and one count of kidnapping.

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Lacee Dawn Jones v. Jody Robert Pack

Jay, Oklahoma family law lawyers represented the parties in a child support dispute case.

¶1 We address Jody Robert Pack's appeal of a trial court order awarding attorney fees to Lacee Dawn Jones to determine whether the trial court erred in making the award. After review, we conclude the trial court erred in making the award and reverse its order.

BACKGROUND

¶2 Depart

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State of New Hampshire v. Armando Barron

Keene, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder, kidnapping and multiple other felonies.

Armando Barron was charged by the State of new Hampshire with killing Jonathan Amerault, 25.

Defendant's attorney claimed that Amerault was killed by the Defendant's wife.

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The People v. Jordan Ball

Santa Cruz, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with disfigurement.

Jordan Ball, was charged with kidnapping a man and shooting is genitals.

He also assaulted his victim physically and psychologically.

Defendant thought that the victim had sexually assaulted a person with whom the Defendant had a close relationship.

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State of Arizona v. Justin Colorado

Flagstaff, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with premeditated murder, felony possession of a firearm and drive-by shooting.

Justin Colorado was accused of killing Jessica Biakeddy, age 34, ouside a Flagstaff apartment complex .

The State claimed that he shot Biakeddy to death as she lay on the pavement screaming from having been shot 10 times.

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State of Texas v. Andrew Riggs

Wichita Falls, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with indecency with an 8-year=old child and continuing for 10 years.

Andrew Riggs, age 46, was charged with sexual indecency with a child. The child testified that Defendant abused her during the entire time that he dated her mother who caught him abusing her.

Title 5 Texas Penal Code Sec. 21.01 provides:

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United States of America v. Maurice Antonio "Savage Duze" Kent

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and several other crimes.

Maurice Antonio “Savage Duze” Kent was charged with:

18:922(g)(1) UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT OF FIREARMS, ETC.
(1)
18:1959(a)(3) - RACKETEERING ACTIVITY, MURDER/KIDNAPPING
(1s)
18:1962(d) an

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United States of America v. Morgan Lee Bowman, Megan Louise Detherage, Sarah Michelle Humbard, David William Morris, and Chloe Louise Stith

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with tampering with a witness, victim or informant by using and threatening physical force.

The body of Jolene Walker Campbell, an Osage Nation citizen, was discovered on July 15, 2020, in a remote field in Mayes County within the boundaries of the Muscogee Nation reservation. Federal prosecutors allege the kidnapping

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United States of America v. George Gene Rose

Medford, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with armed kidnapping of three adult victims, including a former dating partner, and illegally possessing a stolen firearm as a convicted felon.

George Gene Rose, 45, was sentenced to 300 months in federal prison and five years’ supervised release.

“Mr. Rose’s callous and terrifying kidnapping of his form

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State of Oklahoma v. Cody Ray Carson

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney represented Defendant, charged with:
Domestic Assault & Battery by Strangulation

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABDOM, DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND BATTERY BY STRANGULATION, in violation of 21 O.S. 644.1
Date of Offense: 05/13/2021
Party Name Disposition Information
CARSON, CODY RAY Disposed: CONVICTION, 05/13/2022. Guilty Plea
Count

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United States of America v. George Oscar Messer

London, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with kidnapping.

George Oscar Messer, 62, of Rockholds, Kentucky was motivated to kidnapping as a result of an unsuccessful drug transaction, during which Messer’s son and his co-conspirators lost $10,000. Messer arrived at the scene of the kidnappings with numerous firearms, including an assault rifle and .44 magnu

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State of Texas v. Zenas Montre Whitaker

Center, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with ggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated sexual assault.

Zenas Montre Whitaker was charged with multiple felonies for brutally beating her girlfriend with a baseball bat and kidnapping their to a total of 105 years in prison.

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State of Oklahoma v. Isaac Charles Drew

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney represented Defendant, charged with:
Kidnapping

Count # 1. Count as Filed: KID, KIDNAPPING, in violation of 21 O.S. 741
Date of Offense: 03/07/2022
Party Name Disposition Information
DREW, ISAAC CHARLES Disposed: DISMISSED, 05/05/2022. Dismissed- Prosecution Witness Failed to Appear
Count as Disposed: KIDNAPPING(KID)
V

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State of Oklahoma v. Adrian Bradley Taylor

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney represented Defendant, charged with:
Burglary First Degree

Count # 1. Count as Filed: BRG1, BURGLARY - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1431
Date of Offense: 12/27/2021
Party Name Disposition Information
TAYLOR, ADRIAN BRADLEY Disposed: DISMISSED, 05/04/2022. Dismissed- Prosecution Witness Failed to Appear
Count as Di

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State of Indiana v. Billy Wilson, Sr.

Richmond, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder.

Billy Wilson, Jr., age 78, shot K.C. Allen six times on November 4, 2020 killing him in a dispute over a property-line survey.

Defendant claimed self defense.

The victim was unarmed.

He was shot six times including a head shot when he was on the ground.

Th

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United States of America v. Peter Le, Young Yoo, Joseph Lamborn and Tony Le

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs and other felonies.

A federal jury convicted four defendants on numerous charges relating to a murder, a violent gang enterprise, and a drug trafficking conspiracy operating in Virginia, California, and several other states.

According to court records and evidence pres

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State of Oklahoma v. Jermaine Dejuan Scott

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney represented Defendant, charged with:
Domestic Assault and Battery By Strangulation.

Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABDOM, DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND BATTERY BY STRANGULATION, in violation of 21 O.S. 644.1
Date of Offense: 08/09/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
SCOTT, JERMAINE DEJUAN Disposed: CONVICTION, 04/26/2022. Nolo Contende

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State of Oklahoma v. James Lester Savage Jr.

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney represented Defendant, charged with:
Assault and Battery -Means Likely to Cause Death


Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABDGR, ASSAULT AND BATTERY-MEANS LIKELY TO CAUSE DEATH, in violation of 21 O.S. 652(C)
Date of Offense: 04/29/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
SAVAGE, JAMES LESTER JR Disposed: CONVICTION, 04/25/2022. Ju

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