Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with using excessive force against a man during a vehicle stop and arrest.

Daniel Starks of Meridian, Mississippi, shoved the victim twice as he was getting handcuffed by another officer and then unlawfully used his taser against the victim, even though the victim was compliant and handcuffed. As a result of the ... More...   $0 (07-27-2021 - MS)

Washington, DC criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with breaching the U.S. Capital.

Josiah Colt, 34, of Meridian, Idaho, was indicted for pleaded guilty to a criminal information charging him with obstruction of an official proceeding.

Shortly after 2 p.m. on Jan. 6, crowd members who were gathered outside the Capitol forced entry into the building,... More...   $0 (07-15-2021 - DC)

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant indicted for unlawfully produce identification documents, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, kidnapping, conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act extortion and Hobbs Act extortion relating to a scheme to assist cheating by applicants for commercial driver licenses administered by the New York Department of Motor Vehicles (“DMVâ€�) and licenses... More...   $0 (07-09-2021 - NY)

Alexandria, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with depriving jail inmates of their rights under color of law.

Cody Richardson, 31, was charged with using excessive force against pretrial detainees housed at the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office (RPSO), Detention Center 1, in Alexandria, Louisiana,

Richardson, while on duty as a correctional officer, ... More...   $0 (05-18-2021 - LA)

Denton, TX - criminal defense attorney, misdemeanor evading arrest


Appellant Lucas Bertotti challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support
his conviction for misdemeanor evading arrest. We affirm.
In 2019, a postal inspector notified detectives that he had intercepted a package
with narcotics in it. Officers conducted a controlled delivery in which they allowed th... More...   $0 (09-25-2020 - TX)

The complainant, Anayely Vega Zarraga, testified that in December 2016, she
lived in an apartment in Denton County, Texas and was married to Rubin Mauricio
2 See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 38.15(a)(1), (b); appellate cause no.
01-18-00617-CR; trial court cause no. CR-2017-04223-C.
3 See TEX. PENAL CODE ANN. § 30.05(a)(2), (d); appellate cause no.
01-18-00618-CR; trial court cause n... More...   $0 (09-06-2020 - TX)

In 2013, Wayne Jones, a black man experiencing homelessness, was stopped by law enforcement in Martinsburg, West Virginia for walking alongside, rather than on, the sidewalk. By the end of this encounter, Jones would be dead. Armed only with a knife tucked into his sleeve, he was tased four times, hit in the brachial plexus, kicked, and placed in a choke hold. In his final moments, he lay on the g... More...   $0 (06-12-2020 - )

The general issue is whether you can sue police in civil
court for excessive force after you have been convicted in criminal
court. Specifically, after interacting with an officer, a man was
convicted of an infraction: disturbing the peace.
Notwithstanding this conviction, can this man then sue the
officer civilly for using excessive force during the episode? Yes,
because t... More...   $0 (06-04-2020 - CA)