Kansas Armed Robbery Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jarred G. Gilliam </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession of destructive devices. Jarred G. Gilliam, 31, of Kansas City, Kansas, allegedly had three destructive devices commonly known as Molotov Cocktails. Gilliam is a suspected member of Red Legs, a group which promotes committing violent attacks on government agencies and the military. Gilliam is accused o... More...
$ (06-10-2026 - KS)United States of America v. Maurice Franklin, Jr.
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery and possession of a firearm in relationship to a crime of violence. ... More...
$0 (10-02-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Brian A. Richard
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank-robbery.<br> <br> Mr. Richards passed a note to a bank teller claiming to have a gun and demanding $227.64. After obtaining the requested money, he left the bank and went to a nearby restaurant. When police arrived, he admitted to robbing the bank. Police found the demand note and cash in his pockets but no gun... More...
$0 (08-18-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Brian A. Richards
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery.<br> <br> He appealed the district court's order authorizing forced administration of antipsychotic drugs to restore his competency to stand trial.<br> ... More...
$0 (08-18-2025 - KS)State of Kansas v. Sharrone Dontrez Steele-Ponds </cnter>
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated robbery to increase his criminal history score from D to B.<br> <br> At Steel-Ponds' sentencing hearing, his attorney informed the district court that she had reviewed his amended PSI report and did not object to his criminal history score of B. Steele-Ponds also confirmed to the district court that his pri... More...
$0 (07-18-2025 - KS)State of Kansas v. Casinroyial Donje Caszarone Collins
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated robbery, kidnapping, and aggravated battery.<br> <br> Legal issue Can an untimely appeal be excused based on exceptions for insufficient advisement of appellate rights or ineffective counsel?<br> Headnote<br> <br> CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. APPELLATE JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURAL DUE PROCESS. The case addresses whet... More...
$0 (03-03-2025 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. PATRICIO SABAS GOMEZ </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with claiming a jury instruction contained an alternative-means error </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> If a defendant claims a jury instruction contained an alternative-means error, the <br> reviewing c... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - KS)<h1> ; Emily Wise </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with robbing Kansas banks </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two people from Wichita charged with robbing Kansas banks</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> A man and woman from Kansas have been charged through crim... More...
$0 (01-03-2025 - KS)<h1> United States of America v. Zane Tilcock; Emily Wise </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with a series of bank robberies involving a firearm. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two people from Wichita charged with robbing Kansas banks </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> A man and woman from Kansas h... More...
$0 (01-03-2025 - KS)State of Kansas v. Stan P. Mills, Jr.
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant accused of being a violent offender.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> In two separate cases, Sedgwick County District Court case Nos. 2021 CR 2220 (Case 1) and 2021 CR 2236 (Case 2), the State charged Mills with two counts of aggravated battery and attempted robbery. The State also charged Mills with arson in Sedgwick County Distri... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - KS)State of Kansas v. D.H.
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated robbery.<br> <br> Sixteen-year-old D.H. was charged as a juvenile with aggravated robbery. After the district court granted the State's motion to prosecute him as an adult, a jury convicted him of the lesser included offense of robbery.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> On a fall evening in October 2020, Tasha Poort and... More...
$0 (10-25-2024 - KS)State of Kansas v. Larry D. Huggins, III
>h2><br> Topeka, Kansas felony murder criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> <k2><br> <br> <br> Larry D. Huggins III appeals from his convictions of felony murder, attempted aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery. Finding no errors in his trial, we affirm the convictions, but we vacate the imposition of fees and remand the case for reco... More...
$0 (08-20-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL JACOBSON </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing the denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Jacobson pled guilty to one count of robbery, a severity level five, person felony, <br> for his cond... More...
$0 (07-26-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. WILLIAM LOGGINS JR. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing the district court's dismissal of his motion to withdraw a plea from a 1981 conviction for aggravated burglary </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Loggins pleaded guilty in 1981 to aggra... More...
$0 (06-07-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> <br> (1) aggravated battery <br> <br> (2) misdemeanor domestic battery <br> <br> (3) misdemeanor battery <br> </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The Ellis County District Court rul... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h1> MARQUISE JOHNSON v. BASS PRO OUTDOOR WORLD, LLC, FABBRICA D'ARMI PIETRO BERETTA, S.P.A., and BERETTA U.S.A. CORP. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka Kansas civil defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with product defect lawsuit against a gun seller </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Shortly after turning 21, Andre Lewis went to the Bass Pro Outdoor World in <br> Olathe, Kansas, and bought a Be... More...
$0 (05-03-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with perjury </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> </h2></center><br> <br> We now turn to the district court's decision permitting Lang to assert her privilege <br> against self-incrimination and explain why the ruling properly serves the cons... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with perjury </font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> In the circumstances of this case, the district court properly permitted a witness to assert her constitutional privilege against self-incrimination to avoid testifying at the defendant's criminal trial ... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented a witness with perjury based on his or her preliminary hearing testimony in a criminal case .</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> Given the issue on appeal, we may quickly sketch the underlying criminal charges <br> against Defendant Christopher Shawn ... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h1> State of Kansas v. Jerome Edward </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with shooting of a marijuana dealer in a robbery attempt .</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> <br> </h2></center><br> <br> <br> <br> The facts underlying Edwards convictions, which arise from the shooting of a <br> marijuana dealer in a rob... More...
$0 (03-15-2024 - KS)<h1> JASON TODD ROSS v. STATE OF KANSAS </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of aggravated kidnapping, three counts of aggravated robbery, one count of aggravated burglary, and <br> two counts of aggravated battery. </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> <br> </h2></center><br> <br> <br> A jury convict... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: <br> (1) aggravated battery; (2) misdemeanor domestic battery of Lang; and (3) misdemeanor battery of the man who stepped into their altercation.</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> <br> </h2></center><br> <br> Given the issue on appeal,... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h1> United States of America v. Richard Ruston </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b>Missouri man sentenced for bank robbery in Kansas </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> A Missouri man was sentenced to 100 months in prison for bank robbery. <br> <br> A federal jury had con... More...
$0 (04-02-2024 - KS)<h1><cecnter> United States of America v. Demond M. Johnson; Ryan D. Smith </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"> Two Texas men indicted for bank robbery in Kansas </i><b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> A federal grand jury in Wichita returned an indictment charging two men in connection with a bank robbery. <br> <br> Acco... More...
$0 (03-13-2024 - KS)<h1> State of Kansas v .TERRANCE W. PONDER </h1>
<br> On October 28, 2014, the State charged Ponder with violation of the Kansas <br> Offender Registration Act (KORA) for actions on or about September 1, 2014. Ponder <br> was not arrested until June 2018 for this offense.<br> Ponder ultimately entered into a plea agreement with the State, under which he <br> pleaded guilty to the KORA noncompliance charge. In his presentencing dispositional <br... More...
$0 (01-24-2024 - KS)State of Kansas v. John K. Ewing
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first degree murder.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Topeka_KS_State.jpg" alt="Shawnee County Courthouse - Topeka"><br> <P><br> Shawnee County Courthouse - Topeka, Kansas<br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/kansas/news... More...
$0 (02-23-2023 - KS)United States of America v. Jakel Webster
Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with attempted robbery of a Kansas City, Kansas convenience store in which a clerk was shot in the face. <br> <br> <br> Jakel Webster, 26, of Kansas City Jakel Webster, 26, of Kansas City was sentenced to 212 months in prison.<br> <br> On April 28, 2020, Webster and Jorden Brownlee, 22, of Lenexa entered a Quick Shop on Metr... More...
$0 (06-10-2022 - KS)STATE OF KANSAS v. ALEXANDER CHRI STOPHER HUNT
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Topeka, KS - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with appealing two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child charges. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> In late November or early December 2018, Hunt, a homeless man, was invited to <br> stay at a house shared by several people including C.W. and her eight-year... More...
$0 (05-27-2022 - KS)STATE OF KANSAS v. MATTHEW D. HASBROUCK
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Topeka, KS - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a possession of methamphetamine charge. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> : This appeal raises two questions about an offender's criminal history <br> score: whether an out-of-state conviction is a person crime and whether some <br> misdemeanor convictions should have... More...
$0 (05-26-2022 - KS)State of Kansas v. Larry Huggins, III
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyers represent Defendant charged with first-degree murder, attempted aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary and conspiracy to commit aggravated robbery.<br> <br> Larry Huggins, III was accused of killing Owen Merek Hughes and Reginald Leory McKinney, Jr. in 2019.<br> <br> The State claimed that Defendant and McKinney tried to break into Hughes' home. All three ... More...
$0 (05-13-2022 - KS)United States of America v. Cody Deichen
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with bank robbery and use of a firearm during a crime of violence.<br> <br> Cody Deichen, a/k/a Cody Brian Deichen, 26, of Hastings, Nebraska, admitted to aiding and abetting in the brandishing and use of a home built .223 caliber AR-15 style rifle during a bank robbery at Guaranty State Bank on South Main Street in Burr Oak, Ka... More...
$0 (05-03-2022 - KS)State of Kansas v. Francisco Mendez
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and aggravated armed robbery.<br> <br> Francisco Mendez was accused of killing Dwane Simmons in April 2019 outside a house where Simmons was celebrating his teammate Corey Ballentine's drafting by the NFL.... More...
$0 (03-25-2022 - KS)State of Kansas v. Kristoffer Lee Klesath
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Kristoffer Lee Klesath was charged for killing Darton Fields on February 18, 2018.<br> <br> Officers were sent to 235 SW Huntoon, in Topeka after a report of shoots fired. They found Fields in a parking lot with multiple bullet wounds. He died at a local hospital.<br> <br> <br> Charges:<br> ... More...
$0 (02-18-2022 - KS)State of Kansas v. Isain Lopez
Manhattan, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with 10 felony accounts including aggravate kidnapping, robbery, aggravated batter, aggravated domest battery and criminal threat.<br> <br> <br> Isain Lopez, age 24, was charged with multiple felonies.... More...
$0 (02-17-2022 - KS)United States of America v. Mario Lambert, Sir Love, Domonique Walker, Sharod Pitts and Terry Curtis
Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with armed robbery of a cell phone store.<br> <br> Five people were sentenced to prison terms in connection with an armed robbery at a Kansas City, Kansas cell phone store in which victims were bound. <br> <br> <br> In September 2016, Lambert, Love, Walker, and Pitts entered a Verizon store on Village West Parkway. They pu... More...
$0 (02-11-2022 - KS)United States of America v. Jeremiah Urias
Wichita, Kansas armed robbery getaway driver represented by criminal defense lawyer.<br> <br> Jeremiah Urias, 19, was charged with one count of Robbery.<br> <br> Urias was charged in connection with the robbery of an EZ Trip gas station in Newton, Kansas, in February of 2020. Urias waited in the vehicle while two accomplices entered the business and demanded money from the clerk at gunpoint. After... More...
$0 (06-30-2021 - KS)United States of America v. Dallas Srivisay
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with a firearm felony and drug distribution.<br> <br> Dallas Srivisay, 21, of Kansas City, Missouri, was sentenced on April 20, 2021 to 96 months in federal prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release. Srivisay entered a guilty plea on October 6, 2020. According to court records, this investigation involved an incident whe... More...
$0 (04-21-2021 - KS)STATE OF KANSAS v. MARK HOLLEY III
<center><h2><font color="red"> - Criminal defense attorney represented Mark Holley III with challenging his first-degree felony murder and child endangerment convictions on direct appeal.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Although Holley's convictions stem from four separate events, for today's <br> purposes we need only discuss the robbery of Timothy Albin and the murder of D'Shaun <br> Smit... More...
$0 (04-24-2021 - KS)STATE OF KANSAS v. CARLOS ANTONIO GALLEGOS
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Carlos Antonio Gallegos with challenging his conviction for first-degree premeditated murder charge</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In July 2016, M.C. was staying with her boyfriend, Andr'a Jones, and his cousin, <br> Lakieva Rowe, at the Oak Tree Inn in Kansas City, Kansas. On July 5, Jones and Rowe <br> left ... More...
$0 (04-24-2021 - KS)STATE OF KANSAS v. CAESAR K. LOUIS
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Caesar K. Louis with <i> appealing the district court's summary denial of his second motion to withdraw plea..</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> As part of a plea deal with the State, Louis pled guilty to a reduced charge of <br> second-degree murder, aggravated burglary, and aggravated robbery. In his <br> ack... More...
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