Kansas Good Will Law
<h2> <center> In the Matter of the Adoption of Baby Boy S. </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas family law lawyers represent man and wife in an adoption case.<br> <br> "1. On or about December 17, 2023[,] Baby Boy [S.] was born in Wichita, Sedgwick [C]ounty[,] Kansas. <br> <br> "2. [R.S.] . . . is the natural mother of Baby Boy [S.]. [R.S.] has filed a consent to allow Baby Boy [S.] to be adopted. <br> <br> "3. In connection with the adoption proceeding, [R.S.] f... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Clifton Ray Weatherspoon </h2> </center>
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant who entered into a plead agreement and appealed.<br> <br> The government moves to enforce Clifton Ray Weatherspoon’s appeal waiver. See United States v. Hahn, 359 F.3d 1315, 1328 (10th Cir. 2004) (en banc). <br> <br> Entering into plea agreements with the DOJ might not be a good idea in some instances.... More...
$0 (02-11-2025 - KS)<h2> <center> Matthew Byrnes, M.C. v. St. Catherine Hospital, et al. </h2> </center>
<h2><br> Kansas City, Kansas civil rights job discrimination lawyers represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> People get fired from their jobs for many reasons, or, sometimes, for no reason at all. And if the person's an at-will employee, that's just fine, the law says. Just fine, that is, as long as his employer didn't fire him for discriminatory or retaliatory reasons. Plaintiff Dr. Matthe... More...
$0 (09-06-2024 - KS)<h2><center> State of Kansas v. Zachary Christian Arnold </h2></center>
<h2><br> Kansas City, Kansas involuntary manslaughter criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> In October 2019, Kansas City police officers were dispatched to a house based on a report that Chris Arnold, the defendant's father, had been shot and killed during an argument between the two men. (This opinion uses Zachary's and Chris' first names for purposes of clarity.) ... More...
$0 (08-20-2024 - KS)<h2><center> State of Kansas v. Larry D. Huggins, III </h2></center>
>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><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. 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. WILLIAM LOGGINS JR. </h1></center>
<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><center> MARQUISE JOHNSON v. BASS PRO OUTDOOR WORLD, LLC, FABBRICA D'ARMI PIETRO BERETTA, S.P.A., and BERETTA U.S.A. CORP. </h1></center>
<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><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CODY MCFARLAND </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with challenging only his blackmail conviction and his sentence </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Because McFarland challenges only his blackmail conviction and his sentence, we <br> will briefly sum... More...
$0 (06-02-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. BERNARD L. SMITH </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree felony murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated battery, <br> and battery </font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> On July 2, 2020, Candi Morris arrived at the Wichita Police Department to report <br> a potential ... More...
$0 (04-26-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARITY BLACKMON </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with challenging the district court's denial of her presentence motion to withdraw her plea and her motion for a durational or dispositional <br> sentencing departure. .</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> The State charged Blackmon on March 30, 2... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - 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> EDDIE L. CADDELL v. STATE OF KANSAS </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child .</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> <br> </h2></center><br> <br> Caddell was charged with rape and aggravated indecent liberties with a child in <br> one case and aggravated criminal ... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h1><center> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARITY BLACKMON </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree, premeditated murder and criminal possession of a firearm by a felon</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> The State charged Blackmon on March 30, 2021, with first-degree, premeditated <br> murder and crimina... 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. 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)<h2> <center> Merardo Garza v. State of Kansas </h2> </center>
<br> Merardo Garza appeals the district court's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging his convictions for rape of a child under 14 years of age and aggravated indecent liberties with a child. After a nonevidentiary hearing, the district court rejected Garza's multiple claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.<br> <br> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â The facts of Garza's c... More...
$0 (08-13-2022 - KS)<h2> <center> Federal Trade Commission v. Superior Products International II, Inc. and Joseph E. Pritchett </h2> </center>
Kansas City, Kansas civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants accused of deceptive trade practices involving the marketing of Super Them and sunshield roof and wall coatings that wrongfully claimed to provide energy savings and claims of related R-values.<br> <br> Defendants claim that their Super Therm and Sunshield products provide significant energy savings for consumers when applied to a... More...
$0 (11-18-2022 - KS)<h2><center> CATHERINE ROLL, et al. v. LAURA HOWARD, et al. </h2></center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, Kansas – Disability lawyer represented Appellant with seeking to relocate to a community based treatment center. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> A case is moot when it is clearly and convincingly shown the actual controversy <br> has ended, the only judgment that could be entered would be ineffectual for any purpose, <br> and it would not... More...
$0 (09-09-2022 - KS)<h2><center> CATHERINE A. JORITZ v. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS</h2></center>
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Topeka, KS - Employment Law lawyer represented defendant with appealing her being wrongly terminated from her tenure track employment. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> The University hired Joritz as an assistant professor in the Film and Media Studies <br> (FMS) Department in 2012. Her job as an assistant professor was a tenure t... More...
$0 (05-27-2022 - KS)<h2><center> GREAT PLAINS ROOFING AND SHEET METAL, INC. v. K BUILDING SPECIALTIES, INC., et al.,</h2></center>
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Topeka, KS - Personal Injury lawyer represented defendant with fil0ing an indemnification suit against K Building Specialties, Inc. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> In July 2014, Great Plains and K Building were subcontractors working on a <br> construction project at the John Deere Regional Facility in Olathe, Kansas. Great Plai... More...
$0 (05-26-2022 - KS)<h2><center> YUDI HERNANDEZ (STEPHEN BRAVE) v. BRAD PISTOTNIK and BRIAN PISTOTNIK</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Topeka, Kansas - Personal Injury lawyer represented defendant with an appeal challenging a protective order. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Yudi Hernandez was 17 years old when she was in a car accident that left her <br> severely injured. While she was in a coma, her father, Ernesto Hernandez, hired the <br> Affiliated Attorneys... More...
$0 (03-29-2022 - KS)<h2><center> Herington v. City of Wichita</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS - Plaintiff personal injury wrongful death lawyer sued defendants on federal civil rights violation theories. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Wichita Police Officer Randy Williamson fatally shot Troy Lanning II following a <br> high-speed car chase and foot pursuit. Herington, Lanning's mother, sued the defendants <br> i... More...
$0 (02-02-2022 - KS)<center> <h2> STATE OF KANSAS v. LUIS ANTONIO AGUIRRE </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Luis Antonio Aguirre with a voluntary <br> manslaughter and a first-degree premeditated murder charge</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In September 2007, T.M. and her one-year-old son, J.M., left a homeless shelter in <br> Chicago. A month later, their bodies were discovered in a shallow grave near Ogden, <br> K... More...
$0 (04-23-2021 - KS)<center> <h2> STATE OF KANSAS v. GELDY GUTIERREZ-FUENTES </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Geldy Gutierrez-Fuentes with <i>one count of rape, one count of aggravated battery, one count of aggravated burglary, and one count of criminal threat charges.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On October 5, 2016, the Wichita Police Department received two 911 calls asking <br> for assistance at D.S.'s address a... More...
$0 (03-11-2021 - KS)<center> <h2> KEVIN SKAGGS v. STATE OF KANSAS </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Kevin Skaggs with<i> filing successive motions for postconviction relief under K.S.A. 60-1507.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On June 25, 2007, following a six-day jury trial, Skaggs was convicted of three <br> counts of rape, one count of aggravated criminal sodomy, two counts of sexual <br> exploitation of... More...
$0 (03-11-2021 - KS)<center> <h2> STATE OF KANSAS v. DANIEL EARL GENSON III </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Daniel Earl Genson III with <i>appealing his conviction for failing to register under the Kansas Offender Registration Act (KORA).</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The State charged Genson with failing to register under KORA after he did not <br> register in November 2017. In response, Genson notified the distr... More...
$0 (03-11-2021 - KS)<center> <h2> STATE OF KANSAS v. DAMEON V. BAUMGARNER </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Dameon V. Baumgarner with a <i> civil action in the district court to have Baumgarner adjudicated as a mentally ill person.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Given the comparatively narrow statutory issue on which we decide this case, the <br> salient facts are few.<br> In 2015, the State filed a civil action i... More...
$0 (03-11-2021 - KS)<center> <h2> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER LEE HERRING </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Christopher Herring with an <i> aggravated robbery charge.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> In November 2016, the State charged Herring with aggravated robbery at a Family<br> Dollar store. The district court appointed Brandon Hottman to represent him. Before trial,<br> Herring filed three pro se motions ... More...
$0 (01-11-2021 - KS)<center> <h2> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES D. BOWSER </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Charles D. Bowser with <i> directly appealing to this court, pursuant to K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 22-3601(b).</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> We previously considered King's appeal in State v. King, 308 Kan. 16, 417 P.3d<br> 1073 (2018). We laid out the key facts as follows:<br> "Don's Market and Liquors robbery<br> "... More...
$0 (01-11-2021 - KS)<center> <h2> STATE OF KANSAS v. ALEX DEE DAVIS </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Alex Davis with <i> 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.</h2></font></b></i></cen... More...
$0 (01-11-2021 - KS)<center> <h2> STATE OF KANSAS v. CECIL MEGGERSON </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Cecil Meggerson with <i> claiming his convictions are not supported by sufficient evidence..</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> We previously decided King's appeal in State v. King, 308 Kan. 16, 417 P.3d 1073<br> (2018). In that decision, we described the key events as follows:<br> <br> "Don's Market and Li... More...
$0 (01-11-2021 - KS)<center> <h2> STATE OF KANSAS v. TRENTON MICHAEL HEIM </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Trenton Michael Heim with <i> arguing a warrantless blood test obtained under the implied consent statute was unconstitutional.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In April 2015, a law enforcement officer investigating a vehicle crash involving<br> Heim arrested Heim for driving under the influence (DUI). The offi... More...
$0 (01-11-2021 - KS)<center> <h2> CITY OF KINGMAN v. RONALD S. ARY </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red">Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Ronald S. Ary with seeking to <i> reverse a Court of Appeals panel's holding that the good-faith exception applies.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> A law enforcement officer responded to a crash in May 2014 involving a vehicle<br> driven by Ary. The officer investigating the crash noticed that Ary showed sign... More...
$0 (01-11-2021 - KS)<center> <h2> STATE OF KANSAS v. SAMUEL VONACHEN </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Samuel Vonachen with <i> two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted first-degree murder, and one count of aggravated arson. After being certified to be tried as an adult, he was convicted as charged. In this direct appeal, he advances seven challenges to reverse those results.</h2></font></b></i></cen... More...
$0 (01-10-2021 - KS)<center> <h2> STATE OF KANSAS v. ZACHARY BUCK-SCHRAG </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Zachary Buck-Schrag with <i> first-degree felony murder, criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle, aggravated assault, and criminal<br> possession of a firearm charges.</h2></font></b></i></center> <br> <br> <br> On January 13, 2018, Buck-Schrag, Carissa Williams, and Michael Raines stopped<br> at a s... More...
$0 (01-10-2021 - KS)<center> <h2> STATE OF KANSAS v. DAVID PATRICK MCNABB </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented DAVID PATRICK MCNABB with a <i first-degree<br> premeditated murder, felony theft, and interference with law enforcement charges.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> David Patrick McNabb pled no contest to two counts of first-degree<br> premeditated murder, felony theft, and interference with law enforcemen... More...
$0 (01-10-2021 - KS)<center> <h2> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES D. BOWSER </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red">Topeka, KS - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant attempted capital murder.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> <br> We previously considered King's appeal in State v. King, 308 Kan. 16, 417 P.3d<br> 1073 (2018). We laid out the key facts as follows:<br> "Don's Market and Liquors robbery<br> "On the evening of February 27, 2015, three men wearing bla... More...
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