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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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”

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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

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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

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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

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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. “

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Signs for Jesus v. Town of Pembroke, NH, et al.

The Town of Pembroke, New
Hampshire, bans the use of electronic signs in all of its zoning
districts except its commercial district (C1) and certain nearby
areas. In April 2015, Hillside Baptist Church -- located outside
of these areas -- applied for a permit to install an electronic
sign on its property, which would transmit messages provided by
Signs for Jesus, a nonprofi

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Daniel Benito Guajardo v. The State of Texas

Waco, TX - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Daniel Benito Guajardo charged with Poss With Intent to Deliver Methamphetamine.




Daniel Guajardo appeals from a conviction for possession of a controlled
substance with the intent to deliver of four grams or more but less than 200 grams, a first
degree felony. TEX. HEALTH & SAFETY CODE

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DR. EVELYN LOPEZ-BRIGNONI, et al., vs FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND CONSUMER SERVICES, et al.,

Miami, Florida - Liability Attorney, destruction of healthy residential citrus trees


This case arises from the destruction of healthy residential citrus trees located
within 1900 feet of a citrus tree infected with citrus canker, a bacterial infection
causing lesions on the leaves, stems, and fruit. These healthy trees were destroyed
by the Department as part of the CC

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Penny Riggs v. Old Republic Insurance Company

Brownwood, TX - Worker's Compensation Attorney, Workers’ compensation death benefits

In October 2012, 3M was starting a new production facility in Tuas,
Singapore. Employees from 3M’s Brownwood facility assisted in setting up the new
facility. The company provided rooms for its employees at the Swissotel and a
shuttle service to transport the employees from the hotel to the pl

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David Katt v Monarch Black Hawk, Inc.

Denver, Colorado lawyer presented plaintiff on an Americans With Disabilities claim.

David Katt, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, sued Monarch Black Hawk, Inc. claiming that his Americans With Disabilities Act were violated by the Defendant.

42 U.S.C. 12101 provides:

(a) FindingsThe Congress finds that—
(1) physical or mental disabilities in no

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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. TREVOR ZEPHIER

Yankton, SD - Criminal Defense Attorney, first-degree burglary and grand theft










[¶2.] At approximately 7:00 a.m. on December 9, 2016, Yankto

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STATE OF OHIO -vs- HAROLD E. MANION, III

Philadelphia, Ohio - aggravated burglary, possessing criminal tools, violating a protection order - 2020 AP 03 0009
violating a protection order - 2020 AP 03 0010








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Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Cathy's Creations, Inc.

Sacramento, CA - Fair Employment and Housing

The question presented in this appeal is whether an award of attorneys’ fees under
Code of Civil Procedure section 1021.5 was properly denied to the prevailing defendants
in an action brought by California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing
(DFEH) under Government Code section 12974.1
Section 12974 contains a unilateral

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Avery Lynn Jones v. The State of Texas


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