Kansas False Arrest Law
<H2> <center> United States of America v. Venkateswara Reddy Chagamreddy and Sai Praveen Kommana </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding a victim while posing as federal law enforcement officials.. 18:1349 Wire Fraud Conspiracy (Indictment filed 12/22/2025) (1) 18:1951(a) Interference with Commerce by Threat (Indictment filed 12/22/2025) (2) Venkateswara Reddy Chagamreddy, 27, of San Antonio, Texas, and Sai Praveen Kommana, 29... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - KS)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Joseph Campbell and John Duncan </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding the Small Business Administration (SBA) by submitting false information on applications for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. Joseph Campbell, 61, of Olathe and John Duncan, 65, of Topeka are both charged with one count of wire fraud conspirac... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - KS)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Quintin Flanagin </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged one count of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, one count of false statements, and one count of money laundering. Quintin Flanagin, 45, of Colby, Kansas, was accused for defrauding clients of his accounting firm, who were also his relatives, of more than $400,000. As a certified public accountant (CPA), Flanagin us... More...
$ (12-10-2025 - KS)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Montressa Cunningham </h2> </center>
Topeka, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Wire Fraud and Money Laundering.<br> <br> A jury convicted Defendant Montressa Cunningham (“Cunninghamâ€) of sixteen offenses stemming from a fourteen-month fraudulent scheme. Cunningham and his wife Felicia purchased seven higher-end used cars, financing those purchases<br... More...
$0 (11-19-2025 - KS)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Barry Cummings </h1></center></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of mail fraud. abusing incentive rewards program </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Overland Park man sentenced for abusing incentive rewards program</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Kansas man was sentenced ... More...
$0 (04-11-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> Cathy L. Stroud v. Ozark National Life Insurance Co. and Stephen I. Guinn </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <br> Cathy L. Stroud sued Ozark National Life Insurance Company and its agent and manager Stephen Guinn for negligent misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty after her husband, Alan Stroud, converted his term life insurance policy to a whole life policy that reduced the death benefit provided to her as the sole beneficiary<... More...
$0 (03-01-2025 - KS)<H2> <CENTER> State of Kansas v. Patrick Nolan Schwartz </h2> </center>
Kingman, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with DUI.<br> <br> After a bench trial on stipulated facts, the Kingman County District Court found Patrick Nolan Schwartz guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol. Before trial, Schwartz moved to suppress evidence from the stop, arguing that the officers lacked reasonable suspicion to stop him. The district court de... More...
$0 (02-15-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> Aaron Conard and Nicole Conard v. Neosho Drilling and Norman Houston </h2> <center>
Columbus, Kansas, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a dispute between homeowners Aaron and Nichole Conard and Norman Houston. The Conards hired Houston to drill two water wells. After he was unable to complete the work, the Conards prevailed in a lawsuit they filed against Houston asserting claims for quiet title, breach of contract, negligence, and fraudulent misrepresentation.... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - KS)<h1><center> United States of America v. Diego Almaguer </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault on federal officer </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Kansas man sentenced for assault on federal officer</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Kansas man was sentenced to 72 months in prison for deliberately rammi... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. ROBERT E. MCINTOSH </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing his convictions for disorderly conduct <br> and interference with law enforcement. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> McIntosh was charged with criminal threat, disorderly conduct, and interf... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> Kolette Smith v. Brian Williams, Labetter County Medical Center, d/b/a Labette Health </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <br> This case stems from the termination of the independent contractor<br> relationship between Plaintiff-Appellant, Dr. Kolette Smith, and Defendants-<br> Appellees, Brian Williams and Labette County Medical Center (“Labette Healthâ€)<br> (collectively “Defendantsâ€). Dr. Smith appeals from the district co... More...
$0 (12-18-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> In the Interest of A.B. </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas family law lawyer represented the father in a termination of parental rights action.<br> </h2><br> <br> 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...
$0 (11-15-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> In the Matter of the Wrongful Conviction of Jason Mashaney </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking damages from the State of Kansas as a result of being wrongfully convicted.<br> <br> <br> In 2004, a jury convicted Mashaney of aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated indecent liberties with a child for his alleged conduct in 2003 with his then-five-year-old daughter, A.A. He was sentenced to 442 months in prison. A Court ... More...
$0 (10-25-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Hophine Bwosinde </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas preparation and filing of false tax returns criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> Hophine Bwosinde, of Lenexa, operated Ambroseli Professional Services, a tax preparation business. From 2018 through 2022, Bwosinde prepared and filed false tax returns on behalf of his clients by either inflating legitimate business expenses or by claiming losses ... More...
$0 (10-22-2024 - KS)<h2><center> State of Kansas v. Reynoldo Contreras-Avila </h2></center>
<h2><br> McPherson, Kansas aggravated assault criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> 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...
$0 (08-10-2024 - KS)<h2> <center> State of Kansas v. Tony M. Payne </h2> </center<
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas aggravated assult criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> 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.<br> <br> In 2018, Payne pleade... More...
$0 (09-06-2024 - KS)<h2><center> Tiffany Espinosa v. Todd W. Allen, et al. </h2></center
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> "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...
$0 (08-09-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. BLAKE WAYNE FEIKERT </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Blake Feikert was charged in July 2022 with criminal threat against a law <br> enforcement officer. He was arrested on July 27, 2022, and was held in jail... More...
$0 (07-12-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CRISTA G. HINOSTROZA </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conceal and carry contraband into a correctional facility </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Officers from the Lyon County Sheriff's department and the Emporia Police <br> Department r... More...
$0 (08-03-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER D. KEMMERLY </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> cty, st criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant the right to self-representation </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On the evening of February 17, 2019, Justin Gaston got out of a white Cadillac in <br> the parking lot of a motel in Wichita. One of the ... More...
$0 (07-26-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. BECKY ANNE WILSON </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing, arguing the probations for the two lower-level felonies could not be revoked because she had completed their shorter statutory terms. She also challenged the order to pay interest </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2... More...
$0 (07-26-2024 - KS)<h2><center> United States of America v. Feng Tao </h2></center>
<h2><br> Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with making a materially false statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the executive branch, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a)(2).<br> </h2><br> <br> This case began as an espionage investigation. A visiting scholar at KU was angry with Tao over an authorship dispute and threatened to report him a... More...
$0 (07-16-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. BETH MERRILL </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing, contending that the State of Kansas does not have territorial jurisdiction to prosecute this case. In addition, she contended that the district court erred in admitting certain evidence at trial relating to the issue of territorial jurisdiction. She also contended that the district c... More...
$0 (06-22-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS </h1></center>
<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><center> United States of America v. Steven R. Henson </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyers <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Beau&l=Brindley&i=104264&z=60604" target="_new">Beau B. Brindley</a>; <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Blair&l=Westover&i=128595&z=60604" target="_new">Blair T. Westover</a>, <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Edward&l=McDavid&i=146816&z=60... More...
$0 (05-24-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS </h1></center>
<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><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS </h1></center>
<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><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS</h1></center>
<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><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. RANDY ALLEN BALLANTYNE </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 25 counts of sexual exploitation of a child .</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> The State charged Ballantyne with 25 counts of sexual exploitation of a child <br> under K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-5510(a)(2), which prohibits "p... More...
$0 (02-02-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. MILES LOREN MARTIN </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of methamphetamine and failing to affix a drug-tax stamp.</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> <br> </h2></center><br> <br> <br> The Double Jeopardy Clauses of the Fifth Amendment to the United States <br> Constitution and sect... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h1><center> JASON TODD ROSS v. STATE OF KANSAS </h1></center>
<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><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN ADAMS </h1></center>
<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><center> State of Kansas v. Randy Allen Ballantine </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> <br> The State charged Ballantyne with 25 counts of sexual exploitation of a child <br> under K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-5510(a)(2), which prohibits "possessing... More...
$0 (12-01-2021 - KS)<h1><center> State of Kansas v. RANDY ALLEN BALLANTYNE </h1></center>
The State charged Ballantyne with 25 counts of sexual exploitation of a child <br> under K.S.A. 2018 Supp. 21-5510(a)(2), which prohibits "possessing any visual depiction <br> of a child under 18 years of age shown or heard engaging in sexually explicit conduct <br> with intent to arouse or satisfy the sexual desires or appeal to the prurient interest of the <br> offender or any other person." T... More...
$0 (02-02-2024 - KS)<h1><center> State of Kansas v. KYLE TREVOR FLACK </h1></center>
Ottawa, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer presented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> In 2013, Andrew Stout and two friends, including Steven White, lived at Stout's <br> house in rural Franklin County. Flack, another friend of Stout's, occasionally spent time <br> there. Flack brought a shotgun with him everywhere, usua... More...
$0 (01-19-2024 - KS)<h1><center> United States of America v. Alexander Schultz </h1></center>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Wichita, Kansas Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant who was charged for dealing narcotics out of hotel</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> A Kansas man was sentenced to five years in prison for having firearms while dealing illegal narcotics. <br> <br> Alexander Schultz, 36, of Wichita pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a f... More...
$0 (12-05-2023 - KS)<h2><center> United States of America v. Alexander Schultz </h2></center>
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm while dealing illegal narcotics.<br> <br> In February 2023, the Sedgwick County Sherriff’s Office (SCSO) learned that Alexander Schultz, 36, of Wichita, was selling narcotics at a hotel in Wichita. Through surveillance, SCSO detectives observed Schultz dealing out of his hotel room and fr... More...
$0 (12-12-2023 - KS)<h2><center> United States of America v. Christina Marie Messerschmidt </h2></center>
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with escaping from custody in violation of 18 J.S.C. 751(a), which provides: <br> <br> (a) Whoever escapes or attempts to escape from the custody of the Attorney General or his authorized representative, or from any institution or facility in which he is confined by direction of the Attorney General, or from any custody unde... More...
$0 (10-27-2023 - KS)<h2> <center> Brave Law Firm, LLC v. Truck Accident Lawyers Group, Inc. </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas intellectual property lawyer represented Plaintiff which sued defendant on a trademark infringement (Lanham Act) violation theory.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/wichita_ks_fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Wichita, Kansas"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Wichita, Kansas</a><br> <P><br> <a f... More...
$0 (03-21-2023 - KS)<h2><center> State of Kansas v. Lori Mayfield </h2></center>
Ellsworth, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with mistreatment of a dependent adult.<br> <br> <br> A jury sitting in Ellsworth County District Court convicted Defendant Lori Mayfield of one count of mistreatment of a dependent adult for using money belonging to her daughter Jessica for her own benefit by means of "false pretenses." Although the evidence showed that Mayfi... More...
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