Retaliation Law
 
State of West Virginia vs. Juan Xavier Chic

Charleston, WV - Criminal defense attorney represented Juan Xavier Chic with first-degree murder , use or presentment of a firearm during the commission of a felony and prohibited person in possession of a concealed firearm charges.



Andre Leonard was gunned down in his uncle’s driveway on August 15, 2018. In the days
fol

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State of Ohio v. James D. Fife

Columbus, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented James D. Fife with two counts of felonious assault charges.



{¶ 2} By indictment filed April 9, 2018, plaintiff-appellee, State of Ohio, charged
Fife with two counts of felonious assault in violation of R.C. 2903.11, felonies of the second
degree, for knowingly ca

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STATE OF OHIO v. TONY D. SMITH

Akron, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Defendant charged with aggravated burglary with a firearm specification, two counts of aggravated menacing, retaliation, and having a weapon under disability.



Over the course of several weeks, Mr. Smith was indicted in three separate criminal
cases. In Criminal Case No. 20

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State of Ohio v. Christopher Brown

Toledo, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Christopher Brown with four counts of rape and one count of corrupting another with drugs charge.



On March 21, 2019, appellant was indicted on four counts of rape in
violation of R.C. 2907.02(A)(1)(b) and (B), felonies of the first degree, two counts of
rape in vi

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STATE OF OHIO v. KENNETH RICHEY

Lima, OH - Criminal defense attorney represented Kenneth T. Richey with aggravated murder and aggravated arson charge.



{¶2} Randall Basinger (“Basinger”) worked as an assistant prosecutor in
Putnam County in between 1981 and 1987. Tr. 312. In 1986, Basinger became the
lead prosecutor in a case that resulted in Ri

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United States of America v. Bruce D. Brandler

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Brian Buglio, age 45, of Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information on May 27, 2021, with a civil rights violation.

According to Acting United States Bruce D. Brandler, the information alleges that Buglio, the Chief of Police for the West Hazleton Police Department, threatened a private citizen

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State of Tennessee v. Douglas M. Ferguson

Knoxville, TN - Criminal defense attorney represented Douglas M. Ferguson with a aggravated assault charge.



This appeal arises from a consolidated hearing, at which the trial court sentenced
the Defendant for a 2018 aggravated assault conviction and revoked the Defendant’s
probation for an aggravated assault sentenc

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MICHAEL D. JONES vs STATE OF FLORIDA

West Palm Beach, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Michael Jones with a first-degree murder charge.



Michael Jones appeals his conviction for first-degree murder. We affirm
the conviction and write primarily to address (1) the admissibility of
evidence of a domestic violence situation that preceded the murder

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STATE OF NEBRASKA V. CAVIN D. COOPER II

Lincoln, NE - Criminal defense attorney represented Cavin D. Cooper II with count 1, possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited person; count 2, first degree assault; and count 3, use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony charge.



On July 31, 2018, Dominick Hill was shot multiple times near an Omaha convenience
store. W

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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

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United States of America v. Brett Palkowitsch

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with depriving others of their civil rights by using excessive force.

Brett Palkowitsch, 31, was charged for using excessive force against an unarmed civilian.

“Instead of lawfully carrying out his critical public safety responsibilities, Palkowitsch abused his authority by using excessive force,” s

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United States of America v. Patrick Sharpe

Valdosta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with violation the civil rights of two inmates.

Patrick Sharpe, 30, while on duty as a correctional officer at VSP, assaulted a handcuffed inmate in retaliation for an earlier interaction between the inmate and a female officer. Specifically, while escorting the inmate across the prison grounds, Sharpe wrapped a pair

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Curtis G Collman, II v. State of Indiana

Indianapolis, IN - Criminal defense attorney represented Curtis Collman with a felony neglect of a dependent resulting in death and Level 5 felony intimidation charges.



During the evening hours on June 20, 2018, Collman picked up L.C. from
Collman’s parents’ home. The next morning, at approximately 10:00 a.m.,
L.C

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James Dana Powers, Sr. v. State of Indiana

Indianapolis, IN - Criminal defense attorney represented James Dana Powers, Sr. with two counts of domestic battery and two counts of intimidation charges.



On November 30, 2019, Jeff Downey and Aaron Utterback went to the home
that Powers shared with his girlfriend, T.T, to “check[] on some money” that
Powers owed

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CP Commercial Properties, LLC v. Latasha Sherman

Shreveport LA - Eviction attorney represented Latasha Sherman with a judgment ordering her eviction.



Mackey Lane Properties, LLC, owns a residence (“premises”) located
at 2838 Mackey Lane in Shreveport. CP Commercial Properties, LLC, is the
management company for Mackey Lane. Karen Johnson is the agent for
Mack

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State of Tennessee v. Lafaris Brown

Knoxville, TN - Criminal defense attorney represented Lafaris Brown with two separate indictments with one count each of unlawful possession of a firearm and criminal gang offense enhancement charges.



The following chart details a summary of the dates and actions in each of the two
cases on appellate review:
Date Case

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United States of America v. Jamal Scott

Valdosta, Georgia deprivation of civil rights charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jamal Scott, age 33, who was charged with deprivation of rights under color of law and conspiracy against rights. Scott, an on-duty correctional officer at the Valdosta State Prison (VSP) in Valdosta, struck an inmate with his fist multiple times while the inmate was handcuffed and lying on the gro

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United States of America v. Cameron Shea

Seattle, Washington hate crime charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Cameron Shea, 25, a leader of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, pled guilty to federal conspiracy and hate crime charges for threatening journalists and advocates who worked to expose anti-Semitism.

Shea pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit three offenses against the United States: i

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Bradd Creveling, et al. v. Lakepark Industries, Inc., et al.

Toledo, OH - Workers’ compensation retaliation attorney represented Bradd Creveling and Tracey Creveling with a claim for workers’ compensation retaliation.



{¶ 3} On September 12, 2018, appellants filed their complaint against appellees,
which included claims for workers’ compensation retaliation under R.C. 4123.9

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United States of America v. Adaequare, Inc.

Richmond, Virginia The Justice Department today announced that it reached a settlement with Adaequare Inc. (Adaequare), a company that recruits workers for other companies. The settlement resolves the department’s claim that Adaequare only considered applicants who were U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents when filling a job for a client. Based on its investigation, the department conclu

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STATE OF OHIO -vs- DANA L.H. HUMPHREY

Canton, Ohio - Criminal defense attorney represented Dana L. H. Humphrey with a Sentence of Community Control of the Delaware County Court.




The following facts are adduced from the record of appellant’s jury trial.
Appellant is arrested for criminal trespass
{¶3} Ptl. Jaime Frisch and Ptl. Theo Turner are po

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United States of America v. Buster Hernandez

Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with sexually exploiting a minor.

Buster Hernandez, 29, of Bakersfield, California, was initially charged with sexually exploiting a minor, threatening to use an explosive device and threatening to kill, kidnap, or injure another person. Those charges eventually extended to include 41 separate allegations includin

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State of Tennessee v. Jennifer Murray Jewell

Nashville, TN - Criminal defense attorney represented Jennifer Murray Jewell with arguing that the trial court abused its discretion when it found that the evidence was sufficient to support her probation revocation and when it ordered her to serve her original sentence in confinement without making “explicit findings about the efficacy of a probationary term w

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State of Tennessee v. Kellum Jordan Williams and Kevin Raynard Forman

Nashville, TN - Criminal defense attorney represented Kellum Jordan Williams and Kevin Raynard Forman with challenging the sufficiency of the evidence.



This case arises from the kidnapping and murder of the victim, Amy Murphy. For
their role in these offenses, a Montgomery County grand jury indicted the defendants for <

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United States of America v. India Tykeyah-Najee Cuyler, a/k/a “Lady Tank” and Donnell Salethian Woodard, a/k/a “Tank”

Columbia, SC - Human sex trafficking charge criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants, India Tykeyah-Najee Cuyler, a/k/a “Lady Tank” and Donnell Salethian Woodard, a/k/a “Tank," who were charged with using a facility of interstate commerce to entice a minor under the age of 18 to engage in sexual activity.

“The cruelty of sex trafficking is hard to comprehend, and it must b

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