Greenbelt, MD - Career Offender Sentenced to 16 Years in Prison for Committing Three Armed Robberies in Maryland in Six Weeks

U.S. District Judge George J. Hazel sentenced James Davis, age 57, formerly of Washington, D.C., today to 16 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to commit robbery, robbery of money belonging to the United States, carrying an... More...   $0 (02-17-2016 - MD)

A grand jury indicted defendant for first-degree robbery,
N.J.S.A. 2C:15-1 (count one); third-degree unlawful possession
of a handgun, N.J.S.A. 2C:39-5(b) (count two); and second-degree
possession of a handgun for unlawful purposes, N.J.S.A. 2C:39
4(a). The matter proceeded to trial following Judge Martin G.
Cronin's denial of defendant's Wade1 motion to suppress the outMore...   $0 (02-17-2016 - NJ)

In September 2012, the appellant pled guilty in case number 2012CR136 to aggravated assault, a Class C felony, and received a five-year sentence to be served as one year in confinement and the remainder on supervised probation. On July 26, 2013, a probation violation warrant was filed, alleging that the appellant violated probation by being arrested on July 20, 2013. In September 2013, the Sequa... More...   $0 (02-17-2016 - TN)

Kansas City, KS - Topeka Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Charge Of Using A Gun In A Robbery

Renard Alston, 20, Topeka, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of using a firearm in a robbery. In his plea, he admitted that on Aug. 28, 2015, he sold a 9 mm pistol with an obliterated serial number for $400 to an undercover informant working with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive... More...   $0 (02-16-2016 - KS)

Tulsa, OK - Tulsan Convicted On Two Counts of Second-Degree Murder

Tulsa criminal defense lawyer M.J. Denman represented Marcus Stephon Miller who was charged by the State of Oklahoma with two counts of first-degree murder in violation of 21 O.S. 701.7 and one count possession of a firearm while under supervision of the Department of Corrections in violation of 21 O.S. 1283.

The ... More...   $0 (02-16-2016 - OK)

The defendant, Alain Leconte, appeals from the judgments of the trial court convicting him of crimes committed during a string of armed robberies in the cities of Stamford and Norwalk, and the town of Greenwich,betweenOctoberandDecember,2009.1 The defendant claims that his convictions resulting from theStamfordrobberyshouldbereversedontheground that his constitutional right to counsel was violate... More...   $0 (02-16-2016 - CT)

On January 3, 2014, Alecia Hill, an assistant store manager at the
Brookshire’s store on Pines Road in Shreveport, was robbed at gunpoint as
she worked the customer service desk. The actual robbery is on video, and 1
Ms. Hill identified the defendant in court as the person who robbed her.
Ms. Hill testified as to the facts of the armed robbery. Ms. Hill further testified:
• w... More...   $0 (02-16-2016 - LA)

On February 18, 2015, Thompson went inside a Marsh Supermarket store in
Indianapolis and placed twenty or thirty retail items from the health and beauty
section of the store inside his pants. While placing the items in his pants,
Thompson was confronted by store manager Michael Bratton. Thompson
looked at Bratton, continued placing items in his pants, and walked toward
Br... More...   $0 (02-15-2016 - IN)

Defendant Jose Lopez urges dismissal of a single-count indictment alleging that
on September 3, 2010, he discharged a firearm during a crime of violence (assault with a
dangerous weapon), which resulted in permanently incapacitating Ramon Cruz, who is now a
paraplegic. The penalty for conviction on that charge is a mandatory life sentence.
The indictment, which was returned b... More...   $0 (02-15-2016 - RI)

Defendant was charged by bill of information on December 14, 2013, with
unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, in violation of La. R.S. 14:68.4. Defendant
appeared for arraignment on February 10, 2014, and entered into a plea of not
guilty. Thereafter, Defendant filed a motion for preliminary hearing and a motion
to suppress. On July 21, 2014, the trial court denied the motion... More...   $0 (02-15-2016 - LA)

Benjamin Smith appeals the district court's denial of his motions for modification or correction of sentence. Smith contends the district court erred by classifying his pre-Kansas Sentencing Guidelines Act (KSGA) convictions for aggravated burglary and robbery as person felonies. Smith's claim is controlled by our recent decision in State v. Keel, 302 Kan. 560, 357 P.3d 251 (2015). Following Keel... More...   $0 (02-13-2016 - KS)

Baltimore, MD - Repeat Bank Robber Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison

Robbed Three Banks in Eight Days, While on Supervised Release for Previous Bank Robbery Conviction

U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz, sentenced Tony Linn Smith, age 56, of Silver Spring, Maryland, to seven years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release, immediately after Smith entered his gu... More...   $0 (02-12-2016 - MD)

Asheville, NC - Asheville, N.C. Man Sentenced To More Than 13 Years In Prison For Armed Robbery Of Fast Food Restaurant

U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger sentenced Gordie Leroy Penson, 38, of Asheville, to 161 months in prison for the August 2014 armed robbery of a fast food restauran. Judge Reidinger also sentenced Penson to five years of supervised release.

According to f... More...   $0 (02-12-2016 - NC)

Tallahassee, FL - Tallahassee Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Firearm Possession

Isaac Dillard Wilson, 35, of Tallahassee, was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison today for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The sentence was structured so that 84 months (seven years) would run consecutively to state prison sentences, which Wilson is already serving, and the rema... More...   $0 (02-12-2016 - FL)

In this appeal, we consider whether the trial court erred
in instructing the jury about the affirmative defense of
renunciation. Defendant Raymond Daniels was charged with
conspiracy and as an accomplice to certain robberies. Defendant
did not request a renunciation charge and did not want one.
There is no dispute that the facts necessary to satisfy the
statutory e... More...   $0 (02-12-2016 - NJ)

In case number 2012-D-3341, the Davidson County Grand jury indicted James Jordan Leggett, the Defendant, for burglary and theft of property valued at $1,000 or more but less than $10,000. Additionally, the Defendant agreed to proceed in case number 2013-I-499 by way of criminal information as to one count of possession with
intent to sell or deliver not less than one-half ounce nor more than... More...   $0 (02-12-2016 - TN)

The Davidson County Grand Jury indicted the Defendant with one count of aggravated robbery that occurred on January 24, 2013. The Defendant pleaded guilty to robbery on March 31, 2015. The judgment of conviction, entered nunc pro tunc to May
1, 2015, shows that the Defendant was sentenced to nine years’ “intensive” probation, effective May 1, 2015. On June 15, 2015, the Board of Probation ... More...   $0 (02-12-2016 - TN)

This appeal involves the murder of the Defendant‟s aunt, eighty-one-year-old Virginia White, in her home in Coffee County on August 16, 2011. The Defendant had lived with the victim at the time of the offense. However, when officers discovered the victim‟s body on August 17, the Defendant and the victim‟s car were missing. The next day, police found the Defendant with the vict... More...   $0 (02-12-2016 - TN)

In this case, we address the question left open in Commonwealth v. Fortunato, 466 Mass. 500, 509 (2013): whether voluntary, unsolicited statements that are not the product of police questioning, made more than six hours after arrest, must be suppressed under the safe harbor rule established in Commonwealth v. Rosario, 422 Mass. 48, 56-57 (1996). Robert McWilliams, the defendant, was convicted o... More...   $0 (02-12-2016 - MA)

Parsons was charged by indictment with capital murder stemming from the murder
of George Cardenas, while in the course of committing a robbery. See id. § 19.03(a)(2)
(West, Westlaw through 2015 R.S.); see also id. § 29.02 (West, Westlaw through 2015
R.S.).
On October 19, 2011, Parsons and co-defendant Alvino Fuentes, Jr. went to
Cardenas’s house to rob Cardenas of drugs... More...   $0 (02-12-2016 - TX)

Asheville, NC - Arden, N.C. Man Sentenced To More Than Six Years In Prison For Federal Firearms Violation

Kenneth Dewayne Sherlin, a/k/a Richard Dale Lawrence, Jr., 32, of Arden, N.C. was sentenced in federal court today to 77 months in prison for a federal firearms violation. U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger also sentenced Sherlin to three years of supervised release.

U.S... More...   $0 (02-11-2016 - NC)

Greenville, NC - Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard, sentenced JAMAAL EUGENE EVANS, 23, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, to 216 months imprisonment followed by 5 years of supervised release.

On November 19, 2015, EVANS pled guilty to robbery of a business engaged in interstate commerce, carjacking resulting in serious bodily injury, and discharging a firearm during and... More...   $0 (02-11-2016 - NC)

A jury convicted Jeremy Dion Washington of the offense of unlawfully
carrying a handgun while a member of a criminal street gang. The court assessed
his punishment at one year’s confinement in county jail, then suspended the sentence
and placed Washington on community supervision for two years. In two issues,
Washington argues that the trial court erred by: (1) allowing an offi... More...   $0 (02-11-2016 - TX)

The proof at trial showed that during the late night hours of Sepember 17, 2010, the defendant and his co-defendant, Scott Lee,1 followed and fired multiple shots at a car occupied by the three victims after they declined the defendants’ offer to provide drugs and prostitutes. As a result of the attacks, the defendant was indicted for the first degree murder of Ameer Althaibani in the perpetratio... More...   $0 (02-11-2016 - TN)

On direct appeal from petitioner‟s convictions, this court adduced the following
facts:
On November 24, 1992, . . . [“the victim”] was working the 4:30 p.m. to midnight shift at [a] library. At midnight, [the victim] locked the doors to the library and began her short journey home to her . . . apartment . . . . After entering her parking “space” at the apartment complex, she pro... More...   $0 (02-11-2016 - TN)