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State of Tennessee v. Coy McKaughan

Jackson, TN - Criminal defense attorney represented Coy McKaughan with filing a post-conviction petition in the Shelby County Criminal Court seeking relief from his conviction of aggravated sexual battery and accompanying twelve-year sentence .



The Petitioner was charged with the aggravated sexual battery of his six-year-old... More...
   $0 (01-25-2021 - TN)

CARRIE PERINI -vs- HOWARD HILLMAN, ET AL

Canton, Ohio - Civil attorney represented Carrie Perini with appealing the decision of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas granting summary judgment to Defendants-Appellees Howard Hillman and Tscapes Outdoor Solutions.



Perini and Hillman reside on adjacent rural properties, with Perini's property
to the north and w... More...
   $0 (01-18-2021 - OH)

Caitlyn Metz v. State of Tennessee

Nashville, TN - Criminal defense attorney represented Caitlyn Metz with first-degree felony murder, aggravated child abuse, and aggravated child neglect charges.




The victim in this case was Petitioner’s twenty-three-month-old son. CoDefendant was indicted for aggravated child abuse; first degree felony murder committed... More...
   $0 (01-16-2021 - TN)

United States of America v. Shaffer Pharmacy, Thomas Tadsen and Wilson Bunton

Cleveland, Ohio Controlled Substance Act Violation lawyer represented Shaffer Pharmacy, Thomas Tadsen and Wilson Bunton who were alleged to have improperly dispensed opioids and other controlled substances.

The government alleged that Shaffer Pharmacy, its pharmacist owner Thomas Tadsen, and pharmacist Wilson Bunton repeatedly dispensed opioids and other controlled substances in violation... More...
   $0 (01-15-2021 - OH)

State of Tennessee v. Coy McKaughan

Jackson, TN - Criminal defense attorney represented Coy McKaughan with filing a post-conviction petition in the Shelby County Criminal Court seeking relief from his conviction of aggravated sexual battery and
accompanying twelve-year sentence in the Tennessee Department of Correction.



The Petitioner was charged with the a... More...
   $0 (01-14-2021 - TN)

Arsenio Robinson v. State of Mississippi

Jackson, MS - Criminal defense attorney represented Arsenio Robinson with moving for a judgment of acquittal or, in the alternative, a new trial.


On July 9, 2015, Robinson, a Greenville Police Department police officer, met his
friends at a car wash in Belzoni, Mississippi, in Humphreys County. While at the car wash,
Robi... More...
   $0 (01-13-2021 - MS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. QUINCY R.T. CARTER

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Quincy R.T. Carter with appealimg from his convictions for two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of criminal discharge of a firearm, and one count of criminal possession of a firearm.



Quincy R.T. Carter appeals from his convictions for two counts
of first-degree ... More...
   $0 (01-10-2021 - KS)

Tonya Ruth Barnett v. The State of Texas

Texarkana, Texas- Criminal defense attorney represented Tonya Ruth Barnet with a Murder charge.





By her own testimony, Barnett acknowledged shooting her boyfriend, C.J. Ellis, after an
argument. She told the jury that she and Ellis had been romantically involved for about three
months before the events leadi... More...
   $0 (01-06-2021 - TX)

Jace Martin Laws v. The State of Texas

Texarkana, Texas - Criminal defense lawyer Assault charge.



A Gregg County jury convicted Jace Martin Laws of assaulting peace officers Nathaniel
Lemmon and Christopher Byrdsong. See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 22.01(b-2) (Supp.). The
jury also assessed a sentence of thirty years’ imprisonment for Lemmon’s assault and f... More...
   $0 (01-02-2021 - TX)

Ricky Moreno v. The State of Texas

Dallas, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Ricky Moreno with an Aggravated Kidnapping charge.



A jury convicted appellant Ricky Moreno of aggravated kidnapping and
assessed punishment at 45 years’ imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. Appellant
brought ten issues, arguing the evidence was (1) legally and (2) factual... More...
   $0 (12-27-2020 - TX)

Hector Vega-Gonzalez v. The State of Texas

Austin, TX - Sexual assault charge criminal defense attorney represented Hector Vega-Gonzalez charged with Sexual Assault.




Vega-Gonzalez was charged with and tried for sexual assault. During the trial,
Jessica Riley (pseudonym), her mother, her friend Brandon Gaskill, two other friends, police
officers, forensic... More...
   $0 (12-20-2020 - TX)

Daniel Heredia v. The State of Texas

Austin, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Daniel Heredia with a Murder charge.




The State charged Heredia with murder, alleging that he intentionally or
knowingly caused the death of Jennifer Rivers by shooting her with a firearm. See id. § 19.02.

At trial, Heredia did not dispute that he shot Rivers... More...
   $0 (12-20-2020 - TX)

Kendrick Tremayne Newman v. The State of Texa

Austin, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Kendrick Tremayne Newman with a Murder charge.



A jury convicted Newman of murdering John Ammon after an altercation inside a
convenience store. The medical examiner determined that Ammon sustained eleven gunshot
wounds to his body causing his death. The jury heard test... More...
   $0 (12-19-2020 - TX)

United States of America v. Vernon Sanders

Nashville, Tennessee conspiracy to pay and received kickbacks criminal defense lawyer represented Vernona, Sanders, 54 of Meridian, Mississippi, and owner of FastScripts, LLC, was charged in August with conspiring with unnamed co-conspirators to solicit and receive kickbacks and defraud the Medicare Program of $3,381,434.

Sanders was the owner of a marketing company and a patient broker... More...
   $0 (12-07-2020 - TN)

JERMAINE FEAGIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA

LaBelle , FL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Jermaine Feagin with appealing his judgment and sentences entered after a jury found him guilty of shooting within a dwelling, criminal mischief, grand theft, and armed robbery with actual possession and discharge of a firearm..



On the day of trial, prior to voir d... More...
   $0 (12-01-2020 - FL)

JERMAINE FEAGIN vs STATE OF FLORIDA

LaBelle , FL - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Jermaine Feagin with appealing his judgment and sentences entered after a jury found him guilty of shooting within a dwelling, criminal mischief, grand theft, and armed robbery with actual possession and discharge of a firearm..



On the day of trial, prior to voir d... More...
   $0 (12-01-2020 - FL)

TOMMY LEE THIGPEN v. CITY OF EL DORADO, ARKANSAS

El Dorado, AR - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant sued by the City on a building code violation theory.



A building in El Dorado, Arkansas, had been vacant for approximately ten years and was in a state of extensive disrepair. On February 4, 2018, Thigpen approached the representatives of the City and advised the City... More...
   $0 (11-29-2020 - AR)

SHANE E PEEK v. State of Indiana

Fort Wayne, IN - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Shane E. Peek charged with unlawfully driving his semi-truck in a prohibited lane1 after a bench trial. He appeals and raises the following restated issue for our review: whether sufficient evidence was presented to support the infraction judgment.



At approximatel... More...
   $0 (11-23-2020 - IN)

STATE OF OHIO vs. MAURICE SMITH

Cincinnati, OH - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Maurice Smith with presenting issues stemming from his original convictions that he should have raised (and in one instance, did raise) in his initial appeal, as well as a challenge to his resentencing upon the latest remand.





{¶2} Arrested in 2015 aft... More...
   $0 (11-12-2020 - OH)

Joseph B. Sprofera vs. State of Missouri

Liberty, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant JOSEPH B. SPROFERA for post-conviction relief under Supreme Court Rule 29.15.



On March 2, 2012, Sprofera was charged by a substitute information with
first-degree statutory rape in violation of § 566.032. The information alleged
Sprofera had sexual intercourse... More...
   $0 (11-03-2020 - MO)

Andrew Colby Livingston v. The State of Texas

Gainesville TX - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Andrew Colby Livingston charged with Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young Child or Children.




A. The offense alleged against Appellant
Appellant was indicted for committing “two or more acts of sexual abuse
against children younger than 14 years of age”... More...
   $0 (10-29-2020 - TX)

Jose Hector Ponce a/k/a Jose H. Ponce v. The State of Texas

Fort Worth, TX - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Jose Hector Ponce charged with possession of a firearm by afelon within five years of his release from confinement, a third-degree felony.


Appellant brings two points on appeal, arguing (1) that the trial court failed to
grant his motion for directed verdict beca... More...
   $0 (10-27-2020 - TX)

Frank Enns, Jr. v. The State of Texas

Hempstead, Texas - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Frank Enns, Jr. charged with possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine in the amount of 400 grams or more.




The Surveillance
Captain R. Garrett, an officer with the Waller County Sheriff’s Office with
over 29 years of experience in narcotics, testified th... More...
   $0 (10-24-2020 - TX)

Jared Patton Roark v. The State of Texas

Austin, TX - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Jared Patton Roark charged with Evading Arrest.





On November 13, 2016, appellant participated in a protest in downtown
Austin following the then-recent election of President Donald Trump. Several
hundred anti-Trump protestors encountered Joseph Weidknecht, a lone ... More...
   $0 (10-23-2020 - TX)

United States of America v. Purdue Pharma, L.P.

New York, NY - The United States of America charged Purdue Pharma, L.P. on civil and criminal theories relating to the manufacture and sale of opoids by the Sackler family.

“The abuse and diversion of prescription opioids has contributed to a national tragedy of addiction and deaths, in addition to those caused by illicit street opioids,” said Deputy Attorney General Jeffrey A. Rosen. “... More...
   $0 (10-21-2020 - NY)

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