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United States of America v. James Graham a/k/a “Little Cuz”

New Haven, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Obstructing Justice

Gang Member Sentenced for Obstructing Justice



JAMES GRAHAM, also known as “Little Cuz,” 25, formerly of New Haven, was sentenced ... More...
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United States of America v. Quinn Mooring

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Gun Trafficking

New Haven Man Sentenced to Prison for Role in Gun Trafficking Scheme



Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the Distric... More...
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United States of America v. Lonny Cross

Bridgeport, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Violent Robbery Spree

Bristol Man Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Federal Prison for Violent Robbery Spree in 2022



Marc H. Silverman, Acting Unit... More...
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United States of America v. Andy Marte aka “AD”

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Robbery

Bridgeport Man Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Drug Robbery Attempt



Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the Distri... More...
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United States of America v. Francesco Pensiero a/k/a Frank Pensiero

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbing 3 Banks

Stamford Man Sentenced to More Than 6 Years in Federal Prison for Robbing 3 Banks in 2020



Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States A... More...
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United States of America v. Osiris Muhammad

Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Gun Possession

Hartford Man Sentenced to 46 Months in Federal Prison for Illegal Gun Possession



OSIRIS MUHAMMAD, 24, of Hartford, was indicted... More...
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United States of America v. Shaquil Gary

New Haven, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Gun While on Supervised Release

New Haven Man Sentenced to More Than 5 Years in Federal Prison for Possessing Gun While on Supervised Release



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United States of America v. Jalen Lasalle

Hartford, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with for committing a series of gunpoint robberies targeting individual sellers of luxury goods over online marketplaces.

Hartford Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Robbing Victims Who Advertised Goods o... More...
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United States of America v. John Villegas a/k/a “Kirby”

Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbing Victims Who Advertised Goods on Internet Marketplaces

Hartford Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison for Robbing Victims Who Advertised Goods on Internet Marketplaces

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United States of America v. Shacquille Jackson

New Haven criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing firearms.

Bridgeport Felon Sentenced to 70 Months in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms



SHACQUILLE JACKSON, 31, of Bridgeport, was charged with illega... More...
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United States of America v. Shayquan Gray a/k/a “Scooby”

New Haven, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Gun and Drug Offenses

New Haven Man Sentenced to 6 Years in Federal Prison for Gun and Drug Offenses



HAYQUAN GRAY, also known as “Scooby,” 24, of New Have... More...
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State of Connecticut v. Kenyal Vickers


Bridgeport, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault in the fourth degree and attempted robbery.



The defendant, Kenyal Vickers, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of two counts of sexual assault in the fourth degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-73a (a) (2), two counts of breac... More...
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United States of America v. Zan Hairston Jr.

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing Firearms

Bridgeport Felon Sentenced to 57 Months in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms



Vanessa Roberts Avery, U... More...
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United States of America v. Timothy Turman aka “Murder”

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal possession of a firearm.

Felon Caught with Gun in Bloomfield Sentenced to 54 Months in Federal Prison



Vanessa Roberts Avery, United State... More...
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State of Connecticut v. Timothy Brelsford


New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping in the second-degree wiht a firearm, attempted murder, criminal used of a firearm during the commission of a felony, carjacking, robbery in the first degree and two counts of risk of injury to a child.

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United States of America v. Kevin Rivera

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Dealing

Armed Waterbury Drug Dealer Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison


Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Conne... More...
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United States of America v. Christopher Gaskin


New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Loaded Handgun

Hartford Felon Sentenced to Prison for Possessing Loaded Handgun



Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for ... More...
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United States of America v. Elliott Otero

Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing a Loaded Gun


Fugitive Felon Who Possessed Loaded Gun Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison



Elliott Otero, 34, of Manchester, was sentenced to 48 months of imp... More...
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United States of America v. Elliott Otero

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing a Loaded Gun


Fugitive Felon Who Possessed Loaded Gun Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison



Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of ... More...
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United States of America v. Gino Rizzo

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbing 3 Supermarket Banks in 2022 .

Middletown Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Robbing 3 Supermarket Banks in 2022.



Gino Rizzo, 29, of Middletown, was sentenced today by U... More...
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United States of America v. Natasha Garcia

Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Role in Kidnapping and Murder .

Massachusetts Woman Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Kidnapping and Murder



Nataha Garcia, 29, formerly of Chicopee,... More...    $0 (04-05-2024 - CT)

United States of America v. Robert Smith

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in an armed robbery of a gas station in North New Haven.

The ATF and the New Haven Police Department investigators identified an individual who is alleged to have committed a series of gunpoint robberies and a carjacking that occurred in late June and early July 2022. The investigation rev... More...
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United States of America v. Shamari Smith, a/k/a "Dakota"

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping and murder.

On December 24, 2020, Calvin Roberson and another individual kidnapped Francisco Roman, Jr., 28, at gunpoint from his residence in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Roberson and his associate threatened to harm Roman if he did not comply with their orders, handcuffed him, and stole cash, marij... More...
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United States of America v. Joshua Bentz

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally traficking firearms from South Carolina to Connecticut.

In 2020, ATF and Hartford Police recovered multiple firearms that had been purchased in South Carolina. In July 2020, one of the firearms was found in the possession of a convicted felon. In September and October 2020, additional firearms we... More...
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United States of America v. Shameik Camara

New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm by a felon and theft of firearms from an interstate shipment.

In August 2021, a shipment of 50 Zigana, Model PX-9G2 pistols was stolen from R&L Carriers, a national freight shipping company with a warehouse located at 540 Sullivan Avenue in South Windsor. Even though R&L emp... More...
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United States of America v. William Tisdol

New Haven, CT: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

William Tisdol, age 22, was indicted for felony possession of a firearm.

Shortly after noon on September 9, 2020, members of the Hartford Police Department responded to reports of gunshots on Sterling Street in Hartford. At the scene, officers found a female companion of Tis... More...
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United States of America v. Cedric Goodwin

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New Haven, CT - The United States of America charged Cedric Goodwin with felony possession of... More...
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United States of America v. Antoine Snell and Treyquane Snell

Bridgeport, CT - The United States of America charged Antoine Snell and Treyquane Snell with committing violent robberies and car jacking.

ANTOINE SNELL and TREYQUANE SNELL, both 21 of Bridgeport, were sentenced to prison terms of 64 months and 72 months, respectively, for committing a violent robbery and carjacking of a food delivery driver in Ansonia.

According to court documen... More...
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United States of America v. Harold Cook

Bridgeport, CT - The United States of America charged Harold Cook with kidnapping, robbery and the execution-style murder of Charles Teasley.

Harold Cook, also known as Oink, 42, of Bloomfield, was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the kidnapping, robbery and the execution-style murder of Charles Teasley, 35, of West Hartford, in January 2009.

According to evidence p... More...
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United States of America v. Gerund Micken

New Haven, CT - The United States of America charged Gerund Micken with kidnapping.

Gerund Mickens, also known as Breeze, 44, of Bloomfield, was sentenced today to life in prison for his role in the kidnapping, robbery and the execution-style murder of Charles Teasley, 35, of West Hartford, in January 2009.

According to evidence presented during trial, on January 12, 2009, Har... More...
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United States of America v. Ron Christopher Spear-Zuleta, Aninha Spear-Zuleta and Maritz Torres




New Haven, CT - Three Individuals Plead Guilty to Participating in Drug-Related Robbery

RON CHRISTOPHER SPEAR-ZULETA, also known as Chris, 46, of Woodbridge; ANINHA SPEAR-ZULETA, 32, of Woodbridge, and MARITZA TORRES, also known as Lisy, 35, of New Haven, pleaded guilty ... More...
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United States of America v. Ismael Mangual




New Haven, CT - Armed Heroin Dealer Sentenced to More Than 11 Years in Federal Prison

ISMAEL MANGUAL, 43, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton in New Haven to 137 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, f... More...
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John Mara v. Stephen Rilling, Edward Nook, Frederick Hine




On interlocutory appeal from an order denying summary
judgment entered in the United States District Court for the District
of Connecticut (Chatigny, J.), defendants contend that they are
entitled to qualified immunity from plaintiffs suit charging them
with violatin... More...
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Donna L. Soto v. Bushmaster Firearms International, LLC, et al.




On December 14, 2012, twenty year old
Adam Lanza forced his way into Sandy Hook Elemen-
tary School in Newtown and, during the course of 264
seconds, fatally shot twenty first grade children and six
staff members, and wounded two other staff members.
Lanza carried... More...
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Al-Malik Fruitkwan Shabazz v. United States of America




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16 This is an appeal by the United States from a grant of habeas corpus
17 under 28 U.S.C. 2255 by the United States District Court for ... More...
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. ALRICK A. EVANS

Connecticut Supreme Court

The principal issue in this appeal is whether our decision in State v. Ray, 290 Conn. 602, 966 A.2d 148 (2009), which would require the defendant in the present case, Alrick A. Evans, to prove drug dependency as an affirmative defense to a charge under General Statutes (Rev. to 2011) 21a-278 (b),1 remains good law in light of (1) the subsequent decision of the United States Supreme Court in All... More...    $0 (08-16-2018 - CT)

STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. MARQUIS J. HARPER

Connecticut Judicial Branch

. The defendant, Marquis J. Harper, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered after a jury trial, of one count of attempt to commit robbery in the first degree as an accessory in violation of General Statutes 53a-8 (a), 53a-49 (a) (2) and 53a-134 (a) (2). On appeal, the defendant claims that (1) the evidence adduced at trial was insufficient to sustain his conviction and (2) the court i... More...    $0 (08-05-2018 - CT)

United States of America v. Matthew Petrovitch

District of Connecticut Federal Courthouse - New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven, CT - Stratford Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Illegally Possessing Firearms and Ammunition

MATTHEW PETROVITCH, 38, of Stratford, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jeffrey A. Meyer in New Haven to 30 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for illegally possessing firearms and ammunition

According to court documents and ... More...
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United States of America v. Floyd Rose

Southern District of New York - New York, New York

Defendant‐appellant Floyd Rose appeals the order of the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York (Oetken, J.) denying Roses
motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to one count of Hobbs Act robbery, 18
U.S.C. 1951(a). We now consider whether forcing someone to withdraw money
from an ATM and then stealing the money has a sufficient effect on intersta... More...
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STATE OF CONNECTICUT v. DONALD RAYNOR

The defendant, Donald Raynor, appeals from the judgment of conviction, rendered following a jury trial, of murder in violation of General Statutes 53a-54a (a). On appeal, the defendant claims that the trial court (1) improperly denied the defendants motion in limine to exclude or limit the scope of the testimony of the states expert witness on firearm and toolmark identification, and (2) abuse... More...    $0 (05-05-2018 - CT)

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