Manslaughter Law
 
STATE OF NEBRASKA V. LOUIS F. FRENCH, JR.

Lincoln, NE - Criminal defense attorney represented Louis French, Jr. with terroristic threats, a Class IIIA felony, and possession of a deadly weapon (not a firearm) by a prohibited person, a Class III felony charges.



On August 16, 2019, an information was filed charging French with terroristic threats, a
Class IIIA felo... More...
   $0 (05-27-2021 - NE)

State of Oklahoma v. Lindsey Erin Smith

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Lindsey Erwin Smith, age 30, who was charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM2, MANSLAUGHTER - 1ST DEGREE - AUTOMOBILE, in violation of 21 O.S. 711
Date of Offense: 09/25/2016
Party Name Disposition Information
SMITH, LINDSEY ERIN
Count # 2. Count as Filed: RW3, INTERSECTION VIOLATION - STOP OR YIELD,... More...
   $0 (05-27-2021 - ok)

State of Missouri vs. Larry D. Ratliff

Kansas City, MO - Criminal defense attorney represented Larry D. Ratliff with murder in the first degree and armed criminal action charges.



Ratliff does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support his
convictions of murder in the first degree and armed criminal action. Viewed in the light
most favorable t... More...
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State of Missouri v. Corliss F. Mack, Jr.

St. Louis, Missouri - Criminal defense attorney represented Corliss F. Mack, Jr. with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action charges.



The State of Missouri (State) charged Appellant and his co-defendant, Qiana Fletcher
(Co-Defendant), with two counts of the class A felony of first-degree... More...
   $0 (05-26-2021 - MO)

Jiuliano Florentino Balderas v. The State of Texas

Houston, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Jiuliano Florentino Balderas with a Murder charge.



On June 25, 2017, at approximately 11:00 p.m., Raul Perez, the complainant,
was traveling westbound on West Little York Road in Harris County, Texas.
Appellant, who was traveling eastbound against traffic in the w... More...
   $0 (05-20-2021 - TX)

Francisco Vasquez Jr. v. The State of Texas

Houston, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Francisco Vasquez Jr. with a Murder charge.



This is a murder case. The defendant, Francisco Vasquez, killed the victim,
Rolando Aguirre, by stabbing him multiple times in the back with a kitchen knife in
an altercation that occurred at Vasquez’s apartment and ar... More...
   $0 (05-20-2021 - TX)

State of West Virginia vs. Stephen Richard Griffith

Charleston, WV - Criminal defense attorney represented Stephen Richard Griffith with involuntary manslaughter and wanton endangerment involving a firearm charges.



This Court has considered the parties’ briefs and the record on appeal. The facts and legal
arguments are adequately presented, and the decisional process woul... More...
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United States of America v. Patrick Yellowhair

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter.

Patrick Yellowhair, 39, of Shiprock, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was for voluntary manslaughter in Indian Country.

Yellowhair pleaded guilty to the offense on Feb. 15, 2019. According to the plea agreement, Yellowhair and the victim ... More...
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United States of America v. Eric Etienne

Lafayette, Louisiana criminal defense illegal possession of a firearm lawyer represented Defendant.

Eric Etienne, 33, of New Iberia, Louisiana, was found guilty of illegal possession of firearms.

Evidence at the trial revealed that on December 18, 2018, officers with the New Iberia Police Department discovered a video on Instagram showing Etienne possessing what appeared to be an... More...
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Pedro Toribio Marcelino v. State of Indiana

Indianapolis, IN - Criminal defense attorney represented Pedro T. Marcelino with a voluntary
manslaughter charge



In February 2005, the State charged Marcelino with murder. Marcelino, an
undocumented immigrant from Mexico, was represented by a court-appointed
counsel, and an interpreter also appeared on Marcelino’... More...
   $0 (05-15-2021 - IN)

STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff, v. TOMMY EDWA

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM21, MANSLAUGHTER - FIRST DEGREE - HEAT OF PASSION, in violation of 21 O.S. 711
Date of Offense: 05/23/1992
Party Name Disposition Information
HARRIS, TOMMY EDWARD Disposed: DISMISSED, 05/18/2021. Dismissed- Request of the State
Count as Disposed: MANSLAUGHTER - FI... More...
   $0 (05-14-2021 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. WILLIAMS, JOSHUA CALEB

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, FELONY MURDER - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 10/22/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
WILLIAMS, JOSHUA CALEB Disposed: CONVICTION, 05/14/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: AMENDED TO - MANSLAUGHTER SECOND DEGREE(HM21)
... More...
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STATE OF LOUISIANA Vs. DONALD BROUSSARD

Lake Charles, Louisiana - Criminal defense attorney represented Donald Broussard, with one count of manslaughter, and one count of aggravated obstruction of a highway.




On March 17, 2017, Defendant was charged by indictment with one count of
manslaughter, a violation of La.R.S. 14:31, and one count of aggravated obstruct... More...
   $0 (05-12-2021 - LA)

STATE OF LOUISIANA versus DAVID ARTHUR SMITH

Shreveport LA - Criminal defense attorney represented David Arthur Smith with two counts of attempted second degree murder, and one count each of aggravated battery, armed robbery, second degree robbery, carjacking, and aggravated criminal damage to property charges



On August 6, 2019, David Arthur Smith was charged by amended bil... More...
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff, v. GINA MARIE HALE, Defendant, and RANDY RAY ROWELL, Defendant.

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, MURDER - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7
Date of Offense: 12/14/2019
Party Name Disposition Information
HALE, GINA MARIE Disposed: DEFERRED, 05/10/2021. Guilty Plea
Count as Disposed: OBSTRUCTING AN OFFICER **MISDEMEANOR** (OBS)
Violation of 21... More...
   $0 (05-10-2021 - OK)

United States of America v. Jarard David Threefingers

Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Jerard David Threefingers, 31, was charged with involuntary manslaughter.

The government alleged that on March 6, 2020, Threefingers was at a Muddy Cluster house, on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, where he was hanging out and drinking with the victim, identified as J... More...
   $0 (05-09-2021 - MT)

The People v. Jason Barns

Eureka, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and assault with a deadly a deadly weapon.

Jason Ryan Barnes, age 48, was charged with second degree murder.

The case arose from an incident at the Burre Center Laundromat in Eureka on December 22, 2018. An employee of the laundromat intervened when she s... More...
   $0 (05-06-2021 - CA)

STATE OF OHIO v. MATTHEW W. GARST

Dayton, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Matthew W. Garst with one count of aggravated murder, one count of murder, two counts of felonious assault, and two counts of aggravated robbery charges



{¶ 2} In January 2009, Garst was indicted on one count of aggravated murder, one
count of murder, two counts of feloniou... More...
   $0 (05-03-2021 - OH)

STATE OF OHIO vs. MARLON SHEPARD

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Marlon Shepard with appealing the trial court’s judgment convicting him of aggravated murder, felonious assault, aggravated burglary, and two counts of kidnapping.



{¶3} On July 19, 2013, Brandon Simms, Lateesha Wright, and their young
daughter were accosted in the... More...
   $0 (05-03-2021 - OH)

United States of America v. Shannon James Kepler

Tulsa, Oklahoma - The United States of America charged Shannon James Kepler, age 60, with first degree murder in Indian Country, causing death by using and discharging a firearm during and in relation to crimes of violence and assault with a dangerous weapon in Indian country for shooting and killing Jeremy Lake, age 19, in 2014.

Defendant claimed self defense and also asserted statute of... More...
   $0 (04-26-2021 - OK)

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. JONATHON W. KLINETOBE

Pierre, SD - Criminal defense attorney represented Jonathon Klinetobe with an aiding and abetting first-degree manslaughter charge



[¶2.] Jonathon Klinetobe (Klinetobe) was in an on-again, off-again
relationship with Jessica Rehfeld (Rehfeld) throughout 2014 and 2015. Both lived
in Rapid City. Their relationship ultimat... More...
   $0 (04-26-2021 - SD)

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. MANUEL JESUS FRIAS

Pierre, SD - Criminal defense attorney represented Manuel Jesus Frias with a second-degree murder with a depraved mind, first-degree manslaughter with a dangerous weapon, and attempted first-degree robbery charges.



n February 2018, a grand jury indicted Manuel Jesus Frias (Frias) on
twelve counts. The counts relevant to this... More...
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STATE OF KANSAS v. CARLOS ANTONIO GALLEGOS

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Carlos Antonio Gallegos with challenging his conviction for first-degree premeditated murder charge



In July 2016, M.C. was staying with her boyfriend, Andr'a Jones, and his cousin,
Lakieva Rowe, at the Oak Tree Inn in Kansas City, Kansas. On July 5, Jones and Rowe
left ... More...
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State of Oklahoma v. Roger Allen Stevens

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM2, MANSLAUGHTER - 1ST DEGREE - AUTOMOBILE, in violation of 21 O.S. 711
Date of Offense: 10/28/2018
Party Name Disposition Information
STEVENS, ROGER ALLEN Disposed: DISMISSED, 04/23/2021. Dismissed- Transferred to Another Jurisdiction
Count as Disposed: MANSLAUGHT... More...
   $0 (04-23-2021 - OK)

STATE OF KANSAS v. LUIS ANTONIO AGUIRRE

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Luis Antonio Aguirre with a voluntary
manslaughter and a first-degree premeditated murder charge



In September 2007, T.M. and her one-year-old son, J.M., left a homeless shelter in
Chicago. A month later, their bodies were discovered in a shallow grave near Ogden,
K... More...
   $0 (04-23-2021 - KS)

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