Florida Kidnapping Law
<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Alfred Facundo </h2> </center>
Bradenton, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnappin.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> "To establish a claim of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, a petitioner must show that appellate counsel performed deficiently and that 'the deficiency of that performance compromised the appellate process to such a degree as to undermine confidence in the fairness and co... More...
$0 (06-10-2025 - FL)<h1><center> United States of America v. Wayne Andrew Miller </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Threatening A Judge and Assault On A Federal Employee </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ohio Man Sentenced To 30 Years in Federal Prison For Threatening A Judge and Assault On A Federal Employee</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b>... More...
$0 (12-11-2024 - FL)<h2><center> State of Florida v. Darien A. Hauter </h2></center
<h2><br> Inverness, Florida burglary, Kidnapping, eluding, and child abuse criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> <br> Hauter was charged via information with nine crimes: burglary of a dwelling with battery; three counts of kidnapping; intimidating a witness; felony fleeing or attempting to elude; two counts of child abuse without great bodily harm; and violati... More...
$0 (08-19-2024 - FL)<h2><center> United States of America v. Scott Marshall </h2></center>
<h2><br> Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder and kidnapping.<br> </h2> <br> <br> RACKETEERING ACTIVITY, MURDER/KIDNAPPING<br> <br> Assault... More...
$0 (07-11-2024 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Zephen Allen Xaver </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Sebring, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with five counts of first-degree murder.<br> </h2><br> <br> Zephen Xaver, age 27, was accused to killing five women inside a Florida ban in 2019.<br> <br> The victims included customer Cynthia Watson, 65; bank teller coordinator Marisol Lopez, 55; banker trainee Ana Pinon-Williams, age 38, bank teller Debra Cook, ... More...
$0 (06-28-2024 - FL)<h1><center> United States of America v. Dillon Renee Polanco, Anthony William Lamar, Rahsaan Rolando Robinson </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Michael&l=Smith&i=103970&z=33301" target="_new">Michael Gary Smith</a> represented the Defendant charged with robbery, kidnapping, and interstate transportation of stolen drug proceed scheme </font></color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><b> Three men sen... More...
$0 (05-16-2024 - FL)<h1><center> United States of America v. Hamilton Alexander Merilus, aka Salahudin Sabah Alexander Amhadulla-Merilus </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international parental kidnapping </font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> Man sentenced to prison for international parental kidnapping of two small children </h2></center><br> <br> A man was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for the internatio... More...
$0 (04-25-2024 - FL)<h1><center> United States of America v. Oscar Freemond Fowler III </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon and for possessing cocaine with the intent to distribute it. .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> St. Petersburg Felon Sentenced To More Than 12 Years For Possessing Firearm And Cocaine </h2></cen... More...
$0 (04-09-2024 - Fl)<h2><center> State of Florida v. Tiffany Ann Cole </h2></center>
Jacksonville, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping and murder.<br> with two counts of first-degree murder.<br> <br> Tiffany Ann Cole, age 41, was accused of participating in the murders of Reggie and Carol Summers in July 2005.<br> <br> The case was prosecuted by Jay Plotkin and Alan Seth Mizrhi... More...
$0 (08-25-2023 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Traquail Lamont Fort </h2> </center>
Ocala, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with robbery with a firearm and kidnapping with a firearm.<br> <br> Traquail Lamont Fort was accused of robbing a Dollar Store in Ocklawaha, Florida on November 2, 2016.... More...
$0 (04-27-2023 - FL)<h2> <center> Crosley Alexander Green v. State of Florida </h2> </center>
Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense appellate lawyers represented convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, and armed robbery.<br> <br> Crosley Green appeals an order of the circuit court granting in part and<br> denying in part his motion to vacate his first-degree murder conviction and<br> sentence of death. He also petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus.1 The<... More...
$0 (01-31-2008 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Crosley Alexander Green </h2> </center>
Titusville, Florida criminal defense appellate lawyers represented Plaintiff who claimed to be actually innocent of murder, armed robbery, and kidnapping with bodily injury.... More...
$0 (08-24-2010 - Fl)<h2> <center> Crosley Alexander Green v. Secretary, Department of Corrections, Attorney General, State of Florida </h2> </center>
Tampa, Florida criminal defense appellate lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued the State of Florida seeking a writ of habeas corpus setting aside his conviction for murder, armed robbery and kidnapping with bodily injury.<br> <br> <br> The power of the federal courts to grant a writ of habeas corpus setting aside a state prisoner's conviction on a claim that his conviction was obtained in violat... More...
$0 (03-14-2022 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kejuan Brandon Campbell, Antonio Charles James Jr., and Dionte Alexander-Wilcox </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to kidnap, two counts of kidnapping, three counts of bank robbery, and three counts of carrying a firearm during a crime of violence.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Miami_FL_Fed-2.gif" alt="Federal Courthouse - Miami, Florida"... More...
$0 (02-23-2023 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ralph Haywood Jones, Jr. </h2> </center>
Gainesville, Georgia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping, felony possession of a firearm and drugs.<br> <br> On June 10, 2019, Ralph Haywood Jones, Jr., shot two women, including his ex-girlfriend – the mother of his children – whom he shot, kidnapped, and drove to South Carolina where he abandoned her in a parking lot without seeking medical attention. ... More...
$0 (09-19-2022 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Trevor Steve Summers </h2> </center>
Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping, raping and attempting to kill his former wife.<br> <br> Trevor Summers was charged with eleven felonies as a result of kiddnapping, raping and attempting to murder his ex-wife in 2017.<br> <br> Defendant got into the victim's house, tied her to a bed and repeatedly raped her and tried to suffocate her with a pill... More...
$0 (08-26-2022 - FL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Roy Lashley and Robert Lashley </h2> </center>
Ocala, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with committing a hat crime.<br> <br> On or about Nov. 17, 2021, the Roy Lashley, 55, and Robert Lashley, 52, were indicted for aiding and abetting one another, willfully caused bodily injury to the victim, a Black man, because of his actual and perceived race. According to the indictment, the defendants repeatedly called the vi... More...
$0 (06-17-2022 - FL)<h2><center> State of Florida v. Allen Barry Buford and Alayna Marie Hesler </h2> </center>
Ocala, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with attempted sexual battery upon a childless than 12.<br> <br> 1 794.011.2A ATTEMPTED SEXUAL BATTERY UPON CHILD LESS THAN 12 01/19/2022 Court:Adjudicated Guilty<br> 2 794.011.2A ATTEMPTED SEXUAL BATTERY UPON CHILD LESS THAN 12 01/19/2022 Court:Adjudicated Guilty<br> 3 800.04.5AB LEWD LASC MOLEST OF CHILD DEF 18 VICTIM UNDER 12 ... More...
$0 (01-20-2022 - FL)<h2><center> Patrick Berrane vs State of Florida</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Tallahassee, FL - Divorce lawyer represented defendant with third-degree murder, two counts of false imprisonment, and grand theft of a motor vehicle. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> On the day of the fatal shooting, a friend of Appellant, Mr. <br> Briggs, discovered Facebook messages in which the murder victim <br> discussed robbi... More...
$0 (02-18-2022 - FL)<h2><center> United States of America v. Douglas Edward Bennett </h2></center>
Tampa, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with identity theft and felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Douglas Edward Bennett (77, Clearwater) was indicted for assuming another’s identity, applying for a passport in that identity, and possessing firearms as a convicted felon. <br> <br> According to court documents, in 1975, a Connecticut jury convicted Benne... More...
$0 (02-08-2022 - FL)<h2><center> State of Florida v. William Olsen, Jr. </h2></center>
Inverness, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with Defendant charged with breaking into an Inverness man’s home and violently beating him during a 2019 robbery.<br> <br> William Olsen, Jr., age 31, was charged with armed kidnapping, robbery with a firearm, a principal to a residential burglary involving a battery, and witness tampering. <br> <br> The state charg... More...
$0 (02-04-2022 - FL)<h2><center> United States of America v. Serge Nkorina </h2></center>
Miami, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping and a firearm felony.<br> <br> Serge Nkorian, age 60, kidnapped a man at gunpoint and tortured him inside a storage container with a blow torch.<br> <br> At trial, Assistant U.S. Attorneys Robert F. Moore and Marc Chattah presented evidence that from late 2018 to early 2019, Serge Nkorina an... More...
$0 (12-11-2021 - FL)<center> <h2> DONALD JAMES SMITH v. STATE OF FLORIDA </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Donald James Smith with appealing his judgment of conviction and sentence of death<h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On June 21, 2013, Smith met eight-year-old Cherish <br> Perrywinkle, her sisters, and her mother, Rayne, at a Dollar General <br> store in Jacksonville. Smith overheard Rayne explain to an<br> ... More...
$0 (04-26-2021 - FL)<center> <h2> State of Florida v. Bessman Okafor </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Bessman Okafor with a <i> first-degree premeditated murder charge.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> In 2015, a jury found Bessman Okafor guilty of first-degree premeditated<br> murder for the killing of Alex Zaldivar. The jury also found Okafor guilty of<br> attempted first-degree murder and armed b... More...
$0 (01-24-2021 - FL)<center> <h2> State of Florida v. Michael James Jackson </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Michael James Jackson with <i> robbery, kidnapping and murder charges.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> Hurst and Poole<br> In Hurst, this Court on remand from Hurst v. Florida, 577 U.S. 92 (2016),<br> held<br> that before the trial judge may consider imposing a sentence of death,<br> the jury in a c... More...
$0 (01-24-2021 - FL)<center> <h2> Gerhard Hojan v. State of Florida</h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Gerhard Hojan with <i> appealing two sentences of death imposed during a resentencing that this Court ordered as a result of Hurst1 error. .</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The evidence presented at Hojan’s 2003 trial established that, at<br> approximately 4 a.m. on the morning of March 11, 2002, H... More...
$0 (01-24-2021 - FL)<center> <h2> Jonathan Huey Lawrence v. State of Florida </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Carlos Lorenzo Jackson with a <i> writ of mandamus.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> This case is before the Court on the petition of Carlos Lorenzo Jackson for a<br> writ of mandamus. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(8), Fla. Const. By<br> order dated September 22, 2020, we denied Jacksonâ€... More...
$0 (01-23-2021 - FL)<center> <h2> DONTRELL POSEY vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Miami, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Dontrell Posey with a <i> second-degree murder and kidnapping, both involving the discharge of a firearm, and the trial court sentenced Posey to a term of life in prison..</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On November 29, 2015, Posey allegedly abducted Omarr Wallace from the<br> front of a Miami convenience st... More...
$0 (01-13-2021 - FL)<center> <h2> JOSEPH COLEMAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA</center>
Richey, FL - Criminal Defense Attorney, attempted first degree murder and kidnapping<br> <br> On May 18, 2006, Coleman was charged with the attempted first-degree<br> murder and kidnapping of his estranged wife. The offenses had allegedly occurred on<br> May 2, 2006. A jury found Coleman guilty of the lesser-included offense of attempted<br> second-degree murder and guilty of kidnapping as charge... More...
$0 (10-05-2020 - FL)<center> <h2> ANGEL SANTIAGO-GONZALEZ vs. STATE OF FLORIDA </h2> </center>
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" http://www.dc.state.fl.us/inmatephotos/1/167421.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red"> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> The Incident and Response<br> Around 9:40 p.m. on the night of January 9, 2014, corrections officers<br> responded to a disturbance in the K dormitory at the RMC. Captain William<br> Ha... More...
$0 (06-29-2020 - FL)<center> <h2> Raymond Bright v. State of Florida </h2> </center>
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> This Court previously set forth the relevant facts in Bright I:<br> On February 18, 2008, Michael M... More...
$0 (04-03-2020 - FL)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Brandon Michael Fleury </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/sites/flsd/files/2015WebCourthouse15.gif"><br> </center><br> Miami, FL - South Florida Jury Convicts Man Who Cybserstalked and Threatened Families of Parkland Victims <br> <br> A federal jury in South Florida convicted Brandon Michael Fleury, 22, of Santa Ana, California, of cybserstalking and sending a kidnapping threat to families o... More...
$0 (10-10-2019 - FL)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Justin Boccio </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/sites/flsd/files/2015WebCourthouse15.gif"><br> </center><br> Miami, FL - South Florida Man Pleads Guilty in Connection with Torture and Kidnapping Plot<br> <br> Today, a South Florida man pled guilty to charges arising from his participation in kidnapping a victim at gunpoint and, along with his co-conspirators, facilitating his tortu... More...
$0 (09-26-2019 - FL)<center> <h2> State of Florida v. Scott Edward Nelson </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.ninthcircuit.org/sites/default/files/styles/courthouse_full/public/courthouse-orange.jpg?itok=h35YJelk"><br> </center><br> <br> The State of Florida charged Scott Nelson with first-degree murder for killing Winter Park caretake, Jennifer Fulford.<br> <P><br> 9/27/2017 1. FIRST DEGREE MURDER (WITH A WEAPON) Statute: 782.04(1) Capital Offense 2/27/201... More...
$0 (07-12-2019 - FL)<center> <h2> The State of Florida vs. Stanford Ellis </h2> </center>
<center><a href="https://www.morelaw.com/add/attorney/" target="_new"><img width="600" src="https://www.morelaw.com/images/banners/subscription.gif" target="_new"></a></center><br> <center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.dc.state.fl.us/inmatephotos/1/194622.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> The State of Florida appeals an order granting postconvictio... More...
$0 (05-19-2019 - FL)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Jerome Simmons, Adrian Hardy, Christopher Brinson, and Emmory Moore </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.flsd.uscourts.gov/sites/flsd/files/2015WebCourthouse15.gif"><br> </center><br> Miami, FL - Four Broward County Residents Convicted at Trial for Their Roles in a String of Armed Robberies – Using Firearms<br> <br> One Defendant Kidnapped Four Victims<br> <br> Four Broward County, Florida residents were convicted by a federal jury for their participati... More...
$0 (03-21-2019 - FL)<center> <h2> Margaret A. Allen v. State of Florida </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.dc.state.fl.us/inmatephotos/6/699575.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> In 2010, Allen was convicted of the kidnapping and first-degree murder of <br> Wenda Wright. Allen v. State, 137 So. 3d 946, 953 (Fla. 2013). On direct appeal, <br> - 2 - <br> we affirmed her convictions and sentences, including a sentence ... More...
$0 (01-17-2019 - FL)<center> <h2> WILLIE PERRY vs STATE OF FLORIDA </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.dc.state.fl.us/inmatephotos/L/L37135.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> In 2013, the circuit court ordered a third sentencing hearing pursuant to Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48 (2010).1 After a non-evidentiary hearing, <br> <br> 1 We issued written opinions regarding Perry’s conviction on two prior occasions. ... More...
$0 (01-10-2019 - FL)<center> <h2> Margaret A. Allen v. State of Florida </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.dc.state.fl.us/inmatephotos/6/699575.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> In 2010, Allen was convicted of the kidnapping and first-degree murder of <br> Wenda Wright. Allen v. State, 137 So. 3d 946, 953 (Fla. 2013). On direct appeal, <br> - 2 - <br> we affirmed her convictions and sentences, including a sentence ... More...
$0 (01-09-2019 - FL)<center> <h2> JERMAINE FOSTER vs. STATE OF FLORIDA </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.dc.state.fl.us/inmatephotos/3/310094.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> Foster was convicted of the first-degree murders of Anthony Clifton and <br> Anthony Faiella and sentenced to death for each of the murders. Foster v. State, <br> 679 So. 2d 747, 750-51 (Fla. 1996) (Foster I).1 These convictions arose out of... More...
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