Pre-Trial Law
 
State of Oregon v. Karen V. Kayne

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of maintaining a dangerous dog, ORS 609.098. Reported by Kent Morlan Under ORS 609.098(2), “[a] person commits the crime of maintaining a dangerous dog if the person is the keeper of a dog an

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Roy Moore v. Cuy Cecile, et al.

Birmingham, Alabama, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a defamation theory. Reported by Kent Morlan In 2017, Roy Moore ran as the Republican nominee in a special election to fill an open seat for one of Alabama’s United States senators. In the final week

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Ahmad Abouammo v. United States

This case presents the question whether a defendant charged with vio- lating 18 U. S. C. §1519—which makes it a crime to knowingly falsify a document with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation—must be tried in the district where the falsification occurred, or whether he may alternatively be tried in the district where the federal investiga- tion was located. While employed by

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State of Oklahoma v. J.L.W.

Sapulpa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery on police officer, resisting an officer, and obstructing an officer. Reported by Kent Morlan TEXT CM;PH;NO CSR;4/15/26; EFREM GIBSON PRESENT FOR THE STATE, MARK MATHESON PRESEN

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State of Rhode Island v. Nelson Carreiro

Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with first-degree child molestation. Reported by Kent Morlan The sordid facts leading to this criminal appeal began in 2005, when the complainant was ten years old and in the fourth grade. At that time

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State of Vermont v. Travis Smith

Wyndham, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with lewd and lascivious conduct. Reported by Kent Morlan Travis Smith was charged with felony lewd and lascivious conduct in violation of 13 V.S.A. § 2601. At the February 2023 trial, the following facts were

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The State of New Hampshire v. Adam Montgomery

Hillsborough, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged degree murder, see RSA 630:1-b, I(b) (2016), second degree assault, see RSA 631:2, I(d) (2016), falsifying physical evidence, see RSA 641:6, I (2016), witness tampering, see RSA 641:5, I(a) (2016), and abuse of a corpse, see RSA 644:7 (2016) (amended 2023. Reported by More...   $ (06-12-2026 - NH)

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with depriving another of civil rights and charging records. Reported by: Kent Morlan Shevoy Brown, a former officer with the Hapeville, Georgia Police Department, abused his power to violently and unnecessari

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State of Florida v. Rubin Goodson

Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Reported by: Kent Morlan Rbein Goodson was charged with first degree murder. This court has long held that the state cannot supplement the record in an appeal of an order summarily denying a

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State of Oklahoma v. Rana Ashley Stevart

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: HM11, MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7 Date of Offense: 10/06/2022 Party Name Disposition Information SIEVERT, RANA ASHLEY Disposed: CONVICTION, 06/09/2026. Jury Trial Count as Disposed: AMENDED TO MANSLAUGHTER IN THE FIRST DEGREE BY HEAT OF PASSI

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United States of America v. John Doe

Pocatello, Idaho, unidentified man guilty of wire fraud, theft of government funds, aggravated identity theft, and related charges. Reported by: Kent Morlan Carlos Ramon Obregon was born in 1963 in Los Angeles but was tragically killed in Los Angeles in 1977 at the age of 14 after su

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Crawford v. Washington

Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder. The State sought to introduce a recorded statement that petitioner's wife Sylvia had made during police interrogation, as evidence that the stabbing was not in self-defense. Sylvia did not testify at trial because of Washington's marital privilege. Petitioner argued that admitting the evidence would violate his Sixth Amendment right to be "con

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Ex partie Pruitt

1. Indictment and Information—Right of Accused to Waive Preliminary Examination. The constitutional provision, art. 2, § 1,, Okla. Const., that no person shall be prosecuted for a felony by information without having had a preliminary examination is in the nature of a personal privilege for the benefit of the accused which may be waived by him. 2. Same—Proper Manner of Challenging Jurisdic

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Michael David Randloph

¶1 Michael David Randolph, Appellant, was tried by jury and found guilty in the District Court of Tulsa County, Case No. CF-2007-1661, of Count 1, trafficking in illegal drugs, after former conviction of two (2) or more felonies, in violation of 63 O.S.Supp.2004, § 2-415; Count 2, possession of marijuana, second offense, after former conviction of one (1) or more felonies, in violation of 63 O.

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Cindy Sehorn v. Richard L. Mitchell

Harrisonville, Missouri, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful death claim. Reported by Kent Morlan Cindy Sehorn sued Levi Mitchell and Richard Mitchell1 in the Circuit Court of Cass County claiming that they wrongfully caused the death of her daughter, Sara

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United States of America v. Enedelia Carranco Garcia, and Ashley Garcia

Corpus Christi, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants chrged with bringing and harboring aliens. Reported by Kent Morlan On the evening of July 22, 2025, Enedelia Garcia drove to the Border Patrol checkpoint near Kingsville with her daughter in the backseat and ano

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United States of America v. Danny Seibel

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Danny Seibel, 55, of Lindsay, Oklahoma, was an executive at FNBL from in or around February 2007 until his termination in September 2024. As alleged, Seibel cause

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United States of America v. Claudiu Pesteleu

Las Cruces, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Claudiu Pesteleu, 44, a Romanian national illegally present in the United States, admitted that from May 2023 through June 2024, he participa

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United States of America v. Kareem Pires

Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire. Reported by Kent Morlan Kareem Pires, 27, of Wareham, participated in a conspiracy to arrange for the killing of a federal witness connected to a pending feder

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United States of America v. Christopher J. Ashby, et al.

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail and wire fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Christopher J. Ashby, age 52, and others participated in a nationwide scheme to defraud victims out of more than $30 million by inducing them to invest in N

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United States of America v. Jose Manuel Perez

Los Angeles, California, pro se defendant defended himself without the help of a lawyer charged with smuggling goods into the United States. Reported by Kent Morlan Jose Manuel Perez, 34, of Oxnard, and other co-conspirators smuggled wildlife into the United States from Mexico and else

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State of Oklahoma ex rel. Stitt v. City of Tulsa, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma: Oklahoma Supreme Court rules that agreement between the City of Tulsa and the Creek Nation is void. ¶1 On December 15, 2025, this Court stayed this proceeding in light of ongoing federal litigation in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma ("Northern District") between the Muscogee (Creek) Nation ("Nation") and Respondents. 1 That litigation ce

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United States of America v. Octavia Renee Murphy

Springfield, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Octavia Renee Murphy, 37, of the 700 block of Double Jack Street, conspired with others to defraud the SBA by submitting false applications for

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Tidewater Loft Condominium Association v. Judith L. Moskal-Kanz

Biddleford, Maine, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a foreclosure action. Reported by Kent Morlan The Tidewater Loft Condominiums Association sued Judith L. Moskal-Kanz seeking to foreclose and sell her condominium n Old Orchard Beach. Moskal-Kanz owns a condominium unit in Old Orchard Beach that is part of the Tidewater Loft Condominium development. She took title to

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United States of America v. Ibrahim Ayyub Khan

Bangor, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with entry into the United States without inspections in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1325. Reported by Kent Morlan Ibrahim Ayyub Khan, 27, and three other men walked through the heavily wooded border between Quebec and Somerset County during the pre-dawn hours of April 3, 2026. Their point of entry was within a few hundred y

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