| State of Oklahoma v. Phillips Dean Hancock |
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with first-degree murder. ¶1 Phillip Dean Hancock, Appellant, was tried by jury and found guilty of murder in the first degree, in violation of 21 O.S.2001, § 701.7(A) (Counts 1 and 2); and possession of a firearm after former conviction of a felony, in violation of 21 O.S.2001, § 1283 (Count 4), in Oklahoma C $ (03-09-2007 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Jenkins |
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Okemah, Oklahoma,criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder. W.C. (Bill) Jenkins was convicted of the crime of manslaughter in the first degree and appeals. He does not deny that he shot and killed the deceased, one Roy Bradburn, but insists that such killing was in his necessary self-defense. Certain legal propositions, hereinafter discussed, are presen $ (07-02-1945 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Donna Lee Bechtel |
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder in the First Degree. ¶1 DONNA LEE BECHTEL, Appellant, was retried1 by jury for the crime of [840 P.2d 4] Murder in the First Degree in violation of 21 O.S. 1981 § 701.7 [21-701.7], in Case No. CRF-84-4550 in the District Court of Oklahoma County before the Honorable Richard L. Freeman, District Jud $ (09-02-1992 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Wesley Wayn Williams |
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Oklahoma City, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with Murder in the First Degree. ¶1 Wesley Wayne Williams was tried by a jury and convicted of Murder in the First Degree (Counts I and II) in violation of 21 O.S.1991, § 701.7(A), in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Case No. CF-93-6031. In Count I, the jury found Williams was previously convicted of a felony invol $ (04-16-1996 - OK) |
| State of Tennessee v. Austin Robert Drummond |
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Jackson, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of first-degree murder, one count of aggravated kidnapping and weapons offenses. Austin Robert Drummond, 28, was taken into custody amid a search, and accused of parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found abandoned in a front yard. $ (08-05-2025 - TN) |
| State of Ohio v. Michael McKee |
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Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with two counts of murder. Michael McKee, age 39, accused of killing Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique Tepe, 39. McKee is the ex-husband of Monique. $ (01-23-2026 - OH) |
| State of Ohio v. Hakeem-Ali Shomo, Anthony Bryant, and Brittany Smith |
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Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Hakeem-Ali Shomo, 34, Anthony Bryant, age 22, and Brittany Smith, age 36, Destiny Henderson, Nathaniel Poke, and Portria Williams, tortured and killed 21-year-old Alishah Pointer in East Cleveland. $ (01-23-2026 - OH) |
| State of Ohio v. Aaron L. Sharp |
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Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder. Aaron L. Sharp, who turned 24 years old, shooting a total of four people, including two East Cleveland Police officers. $ (01-23-2026 - OH) |
| State of Arkansas v. Jonathan Scott, Jr. |
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Little Rock, Arkansas, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with capital murder. Jonathan Scott Jr., age 20, accused of killing a man. $ (01-23-2026 - AR) |
| State of Louisiana v. Kylan Green |
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Hammond, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Kylan Green, age 19, accused of shooting and killing Jermaine Stevenson Jr., 18. $ (11-29-2025 - LA) |
| State of Illinois v. Quadajah "Holly" Johnson |
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Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Quadajah "Holly" Johnson, 31, accused of the murder of Romeca Blackmon back on Sept. 8 near Cermak Road and State Street. $ (01-23-2026 - IL) |
| State of Wisconsin v. Dashawn Conner |
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of felony murder and a gun possession felony. Dashawn Conner, previously convicted and released from prison for armed robbery, is now charged after two people were shot and killed during an attempted robbery. $ (01-23-2026 - WI) |
| United States of America v. Cuellar Montufa |
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Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States after removal. Cuellar Montufa, 39,illegally reentered the country after being deported following his convictions for sex crimes and is now wanted for murder in Guatemala. The defendant was convicted in Warren County in January 2006 for attempted unlawful sexual conduct wit $ (01-23-2026 - OH) |
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Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Ryan Wedding, Olympic snowboarder turned Wedding, who competed for his home country in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, has been accused of running a major drug trafficking network that moved cocaine from Colombia through Mexico to the U.S. and Canada. Ryan James Wedding, 44, $ (01-23-2026 - CA) |
| United States of America v. Juan Espinoza Martinez |
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Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers Jonathan Bedi and Dena Singer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering and murder-for-hire. Juan Espinoza Martinez had sent private messages on Snapchat that included pictures of Trump Administration Homeland Security official Gregory Bovino and a series of threatening comments, including “10K if you can take him down.” The defendant $ (01-22-2026 - IL) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Darren Allen and Edward Lane |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with murder. Darren Allen, 23, and Edward Lane, 22, accused of shooting and killing Marvin Arnett who was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting on December 12, 2025 at his home. $ (01-21-2026 - OK) |
| State of North Carolina v. Austin Thompson |
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Raleigh, North, Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of murder in the first-degree. Austin Thompson, age 15, of Raleigh accused of shooting six people, killing five of them in October 2022. $ (01-21-2026 - NC) |
| State of New York v. Harvey French |
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Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Harvey French, 54, of Brownsville, Brooklyn, accused of shooting and killing a Brooklyn man following a dispute in Brownsville, Brooklyn. $ (01-20-2026 - NY) |
| Brady v. Maryland |
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Petitioner and a companion, Boblit, were found guilty of murder in the first degree and were sentenced to death, their convictions being affirmed by the Court of Appeals of Maryland. 220 Md. 454, 154 A.2d 434. Their trials were separate, petitioner being tried first. At his trial, Brady took the stand and admitted his participation in the crime, but he claimed that Boblit did the actual killing. A $ (10-08-1962 - DC) |
| State of Colorado v. Nicholas Stout |
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Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first degree murder. Nicholas Stout, age 38, accused for causing the 2-year-old child in west Denver, $ (01-16-2026 - CO) |
| State of Ohio v. William Brock |
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Springfield, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged murder, felonious assault and kidnapping. William Brock, age 83 fatally shot Lo-Letha Toland-Hall, age 61, in 2024 after wrongly assuming she was involved in plot to rob him Brock claimed self defense. $ (01-16-2026 - OH) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Ricardo Alexiz Galarza |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder and assault and battery with a deadly weapon. KRMG: "TULSA, Okla. — A teenager who police arrested for a fatal 2024 shootout where one teenager was killed and another was critically injured entered a guilty plea on Friday. Ricardo Galarza was arrested for a shootout that occurred at an ea $ (01-16-2026 - ok) |
| State of New York v. Juhmir Arrington |
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Albany, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with Attempted Murder in the Second Degree and Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree. Juhmir Arrington, 31, shot and paralyzed a man during a fistfight that broke out in the shadows of Albany Medical Center Hospital. The victim was looking to confront a friend of Arrington’s who had allegedly assault $ (12-18-2025 - NY) |
| State of Indiana v. John Doe |
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Indianapolis, Indiana, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. $ (01-16-2026 - IN) |
| State of Ohio v. Michael McKee |
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Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Michael McKee accused of fatal shooting of 37-year-old Spencer Tepe, a dentist, and 39-year-old Monique Tepe. Both were found dead with gunshot wounds in their Columbus, Ohio, home. $ (01-16-2026 - OH) |
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