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Kansas Assault Law
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State of Kansas v. Juan Guzman, II
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Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault.
In November 2023, Guzman pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in exchange for the dismissal of a criminal threat charge. Under the plea agreement, the State also agreed to recommend that Guzman be sentenced using the midrange term in the appropriate Kansas Sentencing Guidelines grid box, t... More...
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(03-22-2025 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Christopher Shawn Adams
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Hays, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant on assault and battery charges.
This case arises from the State's interlocutory appeal in Christopher Adams' criminal case. Adams faces multiple counts of battery based on allegations that he punched two men and pushed his girlfriend, Stephanie Lang, outside a bar. When questioned at the scene, Lang identified Adams as the att... More...
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(02-15-2025 - KS)
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United States of America v. Diego Almaguer
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Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault on federal officer
Kansas man sentenced for assault on federal officer
A Kansas man was sentenced to 72 months in prison for deliberately rammi... More...
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(01-28-2025 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. ROBERT E. MCINTOSH
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Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing his convictions for disorderly conduct
and interference with law enforcement.
McIntosh was charged with criminal threat, disorderly conduct, and interf... More...
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(01-17-2025 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. MARVIN WILLARD POULSON
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Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing his jury conviction of one count of rape and one count of criminal restraint
After an incident in July 2019, the State charged Poulson with two counts of rape
under K.S.A. 2019 Su... More...
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(01-17-2025 - KS)
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In the Interest of A.B.
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Wichita, Kansas family law lawyer represented the father in a termination of parental rights action.
A.B. was born in July 2022 and placed in the NICU. A few days later, the State filed a child in need of care petition. The petition alleged that Mother's parental rights to her other seven children and Father's parental rights to his two other children had been recently ... More...
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(11-15-2024 - KS)
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Maria Varnas v. Conner Thompson
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Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.
Maria Varnas sued Conner Thompson claiming he used excessive force when he shot and killed Brandon Lynch, age 27, in 2022.
Following the tragic death of her son, Plaintiff Maria Varnas filed this lawsuit, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as Special Administr... More...
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(11-05-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Timothy James Eugene Kittle
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McPherson, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually molesting a child.
Kittle and his wife Jayne have two children-their daughter Emma and her older brother Sam. (The names are pseudonyms we have substituted to protect the children's privacy.) Kittle and Jayne separated without divorcing, and she moved to Massachusetts with the children. Jayne encount... More...
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(10-25-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Reynoldo Contreras-Avila
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McPherson, Kansas aggravated assault criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
On January 27, 2020, the State charged Contreras-Avila with one count of aggravated assault in violation of K.S.A. 21-5412(b)(1), a level 7 person felony. The charges stemmed from an incident at a local business on January 10, 2020, when Contreras-Avila allegedly stopped and pointed ... More...
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(08-10-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas Wilburn Fred Vaught III
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Abilene, Kansas aggravated witness intimidation criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
In the summer of 2021, Vaught was charged with numerous offenses in Dickinson County, including three counts of aggravated intimidation of a witness. He was granted a diversion and agreed to refrain from violating the law. In June 2023, however, the State filed a comp... More...
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(08-30-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Larry D. Huggins, III
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Topeka, Kansas felony murder criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
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...
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(08-20-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Tony M. Payne
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Wichita, Kansas aggravated assult criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.
Tony M. Payne appeals the revocation of his probation and imposition of his underlying sentence. We granted Payne's motion for summary disposition under Kansas Supreme Court Rule 7.041A (2024 Kan. S.Ct. R. at 48). Finding no error, we affirm.
In 2018, Payne pleade... More...
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(09-06-2024 - KS)
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Tiffany Espinosa v. Todd W. Allen, et al.
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Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff.
"Civil rights violations by government officials can occur in many situations, but police misconduct may be the most familiar. Concerns over excessive force by police have mounted in recent years. Excessive force violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which forbids unreasonable searches and... More...
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(08-09-2024 - KS)
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Hollis Ann Whitson v. The Board of County Commissioners of Sedgwick County, et al.
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Wichita, Kansas civil litigation lawyers represents the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.
heriff Thomas Hanna of Sedgwick County, Colorado, sexually assaulted an
intellectually disabled prisoner while transporting her between county jails. The
victim, Peatinna Biggs, filed this civil-rights suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by and
through her... More...
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(07-03-2024 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS, v. HUMBERTO L. PALACIO JR.
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of indecent liberties with a child, two counts of aggravated assault, and one count criminal possession
of a firearm
Palacio now appeals the indecent liberties with a child conviction, raisin... More...
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(05-17-2024 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES RICHARD BOLINGER
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two sex crime charges
A district court dismissed two sex crime charges against Charles
Bolinger based on the statute of limitations. The State appe... More...
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(04-12-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. Donnell L. Hall
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Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer Robert Nicholas Calbi represented the Defendant charged with forccible assault of a federal officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. 111.
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(06-05-2024 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. MATTHEW D. ZAITZ
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving under the influence and aggravated battery while driving under the influence. Zaitz now timely appeals his convictions, arguing the trial court's failure to instruct the jury on the lesser included offense of battery was
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(05-03-2024 - KS)
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United States of America v. G’Ante Butler; Zarion Butler
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Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with opening fire on law enforcement officers
Brothers sentenced to prison for shooting at law enforcement officers
A pair of Kansas brothers will serve time in prison for... More...
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(04-30-2024 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES RICHARD BOLINGER
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with d two sex crime charges
The State appeals their dismissal
A district court dismissed two sex crime charges against Charles
Bolinger based on the statute of limitations. The Sta... More...
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(04-27-2024 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES RICHARD BOLINGER
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Topeka, KS State Attorneys represented the State with a statute of limitations claim,.
A district court dismissed two sex crime charges against Charles
Bolinger based on the statute of limitations. The State appeals their dismissal. In 2022,
the State charged Bo... More...
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(04-12-2024 - KS)
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EDDIE L. CADDELL v. STATE OF KANSAS
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child .
Caddell was charged with rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child in
one case and aggravated criminal ... More...
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(04-19-2024 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. EFE CLINTON OSAGHAE
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of aggravated sexual battery.
Efe Osaghae timely appeals, seeking relief from his 68-month term
of imprisonment.
In January 2020, the State charged Osaghae wi... More...
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(04-18-2024 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Laroy West
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Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.
Laroy West, age 44, was accused of killing William Robison, age 39, a former Wichita police officer who was shot by West after escorting him off of the property of the QuikTrip at the i... More...
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(10-20-2023 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. John K. Ewing
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first degree murder.
Shawnee County Courthouse - Topeka, Kansas
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(02-23-2023 - KS)
United States of America v. Chase Neill
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Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with threatening a federal official.
Charles Neill, age 32, of Lawrence, Kansas was accused of making death ... More...
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(01-20-2023 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. CASS WAYNE MCDONALD
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Topeka, KS - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with
sexual assault allegations.
In September 2011, four-year-old P.S.E. and her father (Father) went to the
Topeka Police Department and reported that sometime during the previous few months
Cass Wayne McDonald had inserted... More...
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(05-26-2022 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Victor Cardona-Rivera
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Emporia, Kansas criminal defense attorney represented Defendant charged with rape, aggravated criminal sodomy, aggravated assault, aggravated battery, aggravated witness intimidation and criminal threat.
Victor Cardona-Rivera was accused on raping a woman in September 2021.... More...
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(04-22-2022 - KS)
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State of Kansas v. Shawn Phillip Rosenberg
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Hutchinson, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a child.
Shawn Rosenberg was accused of sexually molesting a teen over three years.
Under sexual assault law, indecent liberties with a child is defined in Kansas as the lewd fondling or touching of a child who is over the age of 14 but less than 16 when the fondling o... More...
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(04-05-2022 - KS)
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United States of America v. Nicholas Newman
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Kansas City, KS: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with forcible assault of a federal officer using a dangerous weapon and carrying a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence.
Nicholas Newman, 20, of Kansas City was charged with one count of forcible assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon and guilty to one count of using, carrying, possessing, and b... More...
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(09-29-2021 - KS)
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United States of America v. Nicholas Newman
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Kansas City, KS: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with with attacking a federal law enforcement agent during an undercover operations.
Nicholas Newman, 20, of Kansas City was charged with one count of forcible assault on a federal officer using a dangerous weapon and one count of using, carrying, possessing, and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime... More...
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(09-29-2021 - KS)
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United States of America v. Michael Eckerman
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Wichita, KS: Kansas Man Arrested for Assault on a Federal Officer During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach
Defendant Pushed Through Crowds Toward Lines of Police Officers, Yelled at Them and Caused One Officer to Fall Down Flight of Stairs
A Kansas man was arrested yesterday for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress t... More...
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(09-21-2021 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. JOHN PATRICK STEVENSON
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Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented John Patrick Stevenson with a arguing his speedy trial rights were violated, his conviction is both unconstitutional and unsupported by the evidence, and a lesser included instruction of disorderly conduct should have been given..
During the evening of July 27, 2015, Ellis P... More...
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(03-11-2021 - KS)
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KEVIN SKAGGS v. STATE OF KANSAS
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Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Kevin Skaggs with filing successive motions for postconviction relief under K.S.A. 60-1507.
On June 25, 2007, following a six-day jury trial, Skaggs was convicted of three
counts of rape, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, two counts of sexual
exploitation of... More...
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(03-11-2021 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. ALVA BRYANT MCKINNEY
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Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Alva B. McKinney with a appealing his convictions of reckless aggravated battery and criminal use of a weapon.
In 2009 and 2010, McKinney had been found to be mentally ill in civil
proceedings and was committed to the Osawatomie State Hospital for care and treatment. <... More...
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(03-11-2021 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. LEON A. DUKES JR
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Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented LEON A. DUKES JR with a voluntary manslaughter charge.
Leon "Tony" Dukes Jr. owned a barbershop in Wichita. Because Dukes' customers
often paid for his services with cash, Dukes carried a concealed handgun for protection.
On June 19, 2018, Dukes finished at the bar... More...
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(03-11-2021 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER LEE HERRING
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Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Christopher Herring with an aggravated robbery charge.
In November 2016, the State charged Herring with aggravated robbery at a Family
Dollar store. The district court appointed Brandon Hottman to represent him. Before trial,
Herring filed three pro se motions ... More...
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(01-11-2021 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. ALEX DEE DAVIS
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Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Alex Davis with first-degree felony murder, leaving the scene of an accident, felony fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, felony and misdemeanor theft, and driving with a suspended license charges. He claims several trial errors and one sentencing error in this direct appeal.More...
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(01-11-2021 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. ZACHARY BUCK-SCHRAG
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Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Zachary Buck-Schrag with first-degree felony murder, criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle, aggravated assault, and criminal
possession of a firearm charges.
On January 13, 2018, Buck-Schrag, Carissa Williams, and Michael Raines stopped
at a s... More...
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(01-10-2021 - KS)
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STATE OF KANSAS v. DONNELL STAFFORD
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Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented with a d directly appealing a premeditated first-degree murder and two cruelty to animals convictions.
Leuh Moore's body was found on April 8, 2018, in a dumpster behind two Wichita
businesses. The dumpster also contained a bloody McDonald's employee polo shirt an... More...
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(01-10-2021 - KS)
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 Kent Morlan, Esq.
Editor & Publisher
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