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)

The evidence at trial establishes the following. K.I. was born in the spring of 1997. By
the time she turned sixteen, she had been a victim of sexual assault and had suffered from physical
ailments and an eating disorder that resulted in surgery to remove her gallbladder and a diagnosis
of bulimia. K.I. also had been placed on probation and in a juvenile detention center for poss... More...   $0 (03-05-2020 - TX)

Ceder Rapids, IA - The United States of America charged Rossi Lorathio Adams, II with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by force, threats, and violence.

A man who enlisted his cousin to break into a Cedar Rapids man’s home and order him at gunpoint to transfer an Internet domain was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison.

Rossi Lorathio Adams II, age 27, from Cedar Rap... More...   $0 (12-10-2019 - IA)