Robbery Law
 
State of Vermont v. Stacey Vaillancourt

Rutland, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter.

The State of Vermont accused Stacy Vaillancourt with manslaughter as a result of the death of a 6-month-old Harper Rose Briar at her child care business in Rutland. The cause of death was said to be an overdose of a sedative.

Defendant pled not guilty and denied that she was the person ... More...
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State of New York v. Detroy Livingston

Brooklyn, New York wrongfully convicted to murder in 1982 exonerated in 2023.

rooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez today announced that following a thorough reinvestigation by his Conviction Review Unit (CRU), he will move to vacate the conviction of Detroy Livingston, 59, who was convicted after a 1986 trial in connection with a murder that happened four years earlier inside a Bedford... More...
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United States of America v. Hector Rivera Ayala

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing Hobbs Act Robbery and Bank Robbery.

“The defendant’s brazen and repeated criminal conduct placed the lives of numerous people in jeopardy as he robbed gas stations and a bank,” said U.S. Attorney Jane Young. “As demonstrated by the sentence of more than a decade in federal prison, peop... More...
   $0 (11-29-2023 - NH)

United States of America v. Damon Smithson

Indianapolis, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by robbery, brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and unlawfully possessing a firearm.

On November 28, 2022, Damon Smithson, age 54, of Indianapolis, Indiana, entered a Shell Gas station located on the northeast side of Indianapolis. Upon entering,... More...
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United States of America v. Robert Forbes, Jr. a/k/a Ra Ra a/k/a Henny

Rochester, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of Hobbs Act Robbery and two counts of Attempted Hobbs Act Robberies.

Between February 18, and March 26, 2020, Robert Forbes, Jr. a/k/a Ra Ra a/k/a Henny, 37, of Rochester, NY, participated, with others, in four separate home invasions in Rochester and Greece, NY. Forbes took part in planning, ... More...
   $0 (11-21-2023 - NY)

United States of America v. Christopher Acevedo

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder in aid of racketeering and causing death through the use of a firearm.

Christopher Acevedo, a founder and leader of the Wood City street gang based in the Woodhull neighborhood of Queens, charged with murder in aid of racketeering and causing death through the use of a firearm. Acevedo was convicted ... More...
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United States of America v. Antonio Peebles

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2113, which provides:

(a) Whoever, by force and violence, or by intimidation, takes, or attempts to take, from the person or presence of another, or obtains or attempts to obtain by extortion any property or money or any other thing of value belonging to, or in the ca... More...
   $0 (11-15-2023 - TN)

United States of America v. Timothy Shane Mitchell

Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery.

On June 6, 2022, Timothy Shane Mitchell, age 39, robbed the Lumberton branch of the Community Bank of Texas. Mitchell approached a teller’s station at the bank and gave the teller a note demanding money. Mitchell told the teller he had a gun, which he threatened to use if she alerted authoriti... More...
   $0 (11-15-2023 - TX)

United States of America v. Juan Manuel Teran Jr., a/k/a El Blunt

McAllen, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant felon possession of a firearm.



Chief U.S. District Judge Randy Crane has ordered Juan Teran to serve 57 months in federal prison to be immediately followed by three years of supervised release. At the hearing, the court heard additional inform... More...
   $0 (11-02-2023 - TX)

United States of America v. Marc Eric Johnson

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with charged with conspiracy to affect commerce by robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951 and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846.... More...   $0 (11-02-2023 - PA)

United States of America v. Amos Clayborne

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm while being a convicted felon after he fired into a crowd of people at the Wake Inn in 2021, striking three individuals and paralyzing one.

Amos Clayborne, age 36, of Lexington, and his girlfriend visited the Wake Inn on New Bern Avenue in Raleigh on March 27, 2021. Surveillance fo... More...
   $0 (11-01-2023 - NC)

United States of America v. Dennis Wolfolk and Patrick Polidore

Central Islip, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

“The so-called gun trafficking “Iron Pipeline” from Georgia to Long Island took a detour to a federal courtroom for Dennis Wolfolk, age 30, of Marietta, Georgia, a convicted felon, was punished for his continuing disregard of the law and serious criminal ... More...
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United States of America v. Cecil Jason Johnson

Jefferson City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing the stolen firearm that he threw out of his car during a police chase.

On Jan. 13, 2022, Cecil Jason Robinson, age 44, of Columbia, Missouri, was found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Robinson was in possession of a loaded Sig Sauer 9mm semi-automatic handgun wi... More...
   $0 (10-27-2023 - MO)

United States of America v. Mark Allan Barnes

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery in violation of 18 USC 2113(a) and 2113(d).

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United States of America v. Camren Hamilton and Jonathan Rangel

Austin, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbing postal carriers.

Camren Hamilton, 22, of Saint Louis, Missouri, and Jonathan Rangel, 26, of Austin, allegedly robbed two postal carriers in Round Rock on Sept. 30. The affidavit in a filed complaint alleges that Rangel also assaulted multiple letter carriers with the intent to rob them in Georgetown and A... More...
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United States of America v. Caleb Mitchell Rogers

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of interference with commerce by robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

Caleb Mitchell Rogers, age 33, of Las Vegas, stole approximately $73,810 from a casino in the western part of Las Vegas on November 12, 2021. A few months later, on Janua... More...
   $0 (10-20-2023 - NV)

United States of America v. Allen Posey, et al.

Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute drugs, murder, kidnapping, and assault.

“The Simon City Royals terrorized Mississippi prisons and communities for far too long,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “These convi... More...
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United States of America v. Dieuverson Caille

Brooklyn, New York Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multiple Armed Carjackings



Dieuverson Caille, a/k/a “Savage,” was sentenced Denny Chin, sitting by designation, in Brooklyn to 36 months plus an additional 21 years to run consecutively for committing multiple armed carjac... More...
   $0 (10-18-2023 - NY)

State of Oklahoma v. Perry Lott

Ada, Oklahoma: Perry Lott was exonerated in Ada, Oklahoma, after 35 years of wrongful conviction and 30 years of incarceration for a 1987 rape and burglary. Post-conviction DNA testing performed in 2014 from the survivor’s rape kit proved Mr. Lott did not commit this crime. The State’s case rested entirely on the survivors’s identification of Mr. Lott, which was based on a suggestive police ... More...   $0 (10-12-2023 - OK)

United States of America v. Donald Ray Shibley

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery in Indian Country, Carjacking, Assault with Intent to Commit a Felony, Assault with a dangerous weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm in Indian Country.

18 USC 1151, 1153, and 2111: Robbery in Indian Country
(1)
18 USC 2119(1): Carjacking
(2)
18 USC 1151, 1153, and 113(a)(2): Assaul... More...
   $0 (10-10-2023 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Efrain Liraanaya

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented the Defendant, charged with receiving, possessing or concealing stole property in violation of 21 U.S.C. 1713, which provides:



A. Every person who buys or receives, in any manner, upon any consideration, personal property of a value of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) or more that has been stolen, embezzled, obtained by false prete... More...
   $0 (10-09-2023 - OK)

United States of America v. Derrick Lamont Johnson

Baton Rouge, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

On February 19, 2019, 911 received a call that Derrick Lamont Johnson, age 43, of Baton Rouge, was outside a residence threatening an individual with a gun over an encounter that occurred earlier that day. Wh... More...
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United States of America v. Jeffrey Carl Cunningham

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual assault abuse of a minor under the age of 12 in Indian Country in violation of 18 USC 1151, 1153, and 2241(c).

18 U.S.C. 1151 provides:

Except as otherwise provided in sections 1154 and 1156 of this title, the term “Indian country”, as used in this chapter, means (a) all land wit... More...
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United States of America v. Krystal Diane Pinkins

Anniston, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder, robbery, and unlawful use of a firearm during a crime of violence.

On August 14, 2022, a couple who were college students from Florida, were driving to Cheaha State Park, in Clay County, Alabama, to hike to see the waterfalls. The couple were flagged down by Yasmine Marie Adel Hider, 21, to help “j... More...
   $0 (09-29-2023 - AL)

United States of America v. Marvin J. McWhorter, III

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery.

Marvin J. McWhorter III, 41, pleaded guilty and admitted that he stole $4,445 from Citizens Bank & Trust, 904 State Street in Mound City, on Dec. 21, 2022.

According to his plea agreement, McWhorter approached a teller station at the bank and, while holding what appeared to be a ha... More...
   $0 (09-29-2023 - MO)

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