Florida Kidnapping Law
<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Jeromee Safford </h2> </center>
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with seven crimes: five counts of armed sexual battery, one count of kidnapping with intent to facilitate a felony, and one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - FL)<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Nelson Nunez and Jusiah Jones </h2> </center>
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with rape. Nelson Nunez, 13, and Jusiah Jones, 12, accused of raping a 12-year-old girl. Nunez, Jones and Xavier Tyson, 15, were charged with sexual battery, kidnapping and false imprisonment. Nunez, Jones and Xavier Tyson, 15, were charged with sexual battery, kidnapping and false imprisonment. The Defendant w... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - FL)<H2> State of Florida v. Natalie Fonseca and Nafis Reynolds
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with attempted first-degree murder, kidnapping, carjacking, robbery, arson, and tampering with evidence. The Defendant beat and robbed a man, cut his throat, and threw him off a bridge, but he survived.... More...
$ (01-11-2026 - FL)State of Florida v. Alfred Facundo
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> United States of America v. Wayne Andrew Miller </h1>
<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)State of Florida v. Darien A. Hauter </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)United States of America v. Scott Marshall
<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)State of Florida v. Zephen Allen Xaver
<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> United States of America v. Dillon Renee Polanco, Anthony William Lamar, Rahsaan Rolando Robinson </h1>
<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> United States of America v. Hamilton Alexander Merilus, aka Salahudin Sabah Alexander Amhadulla-Merilus </h1>
<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> United States of America v. Oscar Freemond Fowler III </h1>
<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)State of Florida v. Tiffany Ann Cole
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)State of Florida v. Traquail Lamont Fort
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)Crosley Alexander Green v. State of Florida
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)State of Florida v. Crosley Alexander Green
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)Crosley Alexander Green v. Secretary, Department of Corrections, Attorney General, State of Florida
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)United States of America v. Kejuan Brandon Campbell, Antonio Charles James Jr., and Dionte Alexander-Wilcox
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)United States of America v. Ralph Haywood Jones, Jr.
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)State of Florida v. Trevor Steve Summers
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)United States of America v. Roy Lashley and Robert Lashley
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)State of Florida v. Allen Barry Buford and Alayna Marie Hesler
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)Patrick Berrane vs State of Florida
<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)United States of America v. Douglas Edward Bennett
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 Bennett of s... More...
$0 (02-08-2022 - FL)State of Florida v. William Olsen, Jr.
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 charged that... More...
$0 (02-04-2022 - FL)United States of America v. Serge Nkorina
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)DONALD JAMES SMITH v. STATE OF FLORIDA
<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)State of Florida v. Bessman Okafor
<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)State of Florida v. Michael James Jackson
<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)Gerhard Hojan v. State of Florida
<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, Hojan an... More...
$0 (01-24-2021 - FL)Jonathan Huey Lawrence v. State of Florida
<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 Jackson's pe... More...
$0 (01-23-2021 - FL)DONTRELL POSEY vs THE STATE OF FLORIDA
<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)JOSEPH COLEMAN vs STATE OF FLORIDA
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)ANGEL SANTIAGO-GONZALEZ vs. STATE OF FLORIDA
<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)Raymond Bright v. State of Florida
<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)United States of America v. Brandon Michael Fleury
<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)United States of America v. Justin Boccio
<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)State of Florida v. Scott Edward Nelson
<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)The State of Florida vs. Stanford Ellis
<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)United States of America v. Jerome Simmons, Adrian Hardy, Christopher Brinson, and Emmory Moore
<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)Margaret A. Allen v. State of Florida
<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...
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