Kansas Illegal Reentry Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Mana Elena Reyes </h2> </center>
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. Mana Elena Reyes, 51, of Wichita had multiple discussions about purchasing and selling methamphetamine and fentanyl with an individual she was unaware was an undercover officer with the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office (SGSO). Deputies then followed her as she drove f... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - KS)United States of America v. Sergio Bustillo-Bustillo
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful reentry after deportation in violation of 8:1326(a) and (b)(1). ... More...
$0 (09-08-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Antonio Ramirez-Lopez
Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reetry of a previously removed alien convicted of an aggravated felony.<br> <br> The government charged Antonio Ramirez-Lopez with reentry of a previously removed alien convicted of an aggravated felony, in violation of 8 U.S.C. §§ 1326(a) and (b)(2), and moved for him to be detained pretrial based on flight ... More...
$0 (08-12-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Steven E. Spradley
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct/<br> <br> When the incident took place, Mr. Spradley was 56 years old and living in Kansas City, Missouri. He expressed loneliness, testifying that he used the internet to "mee... More...
$0 (07-19-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Omar Villa Carranza, Tiburcio Ayala Rangel, Troy Wagaman, Jesus Cruz Rodriguez, Moises Cervantes Sanchez, Elizabeth Benitez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with multi-national drug smuggling </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Six people arrested in drug smuggling operation</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> Six people have been charged by criminal complaint in connection with an alle... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - 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> STATE OF KANSAS v. OTHON MIGUEL LARA-LOPEZ </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with moving for a new trial </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In May 2021, Lara-Lopez was charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a <br> child after a 12 year old (referred to here under the pseudonym, ... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - KS)In the Interest of A.B.
<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)Michael Anthony Allen v. Facebook, et la.
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant claiming to have been injured and/pr damaged by Facebook's operation.<br> <br> Michael Allen filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights lawsuit<br> against Facebook and other social media entities alleging that, while incarcerated, he<br> is the target of some sort of "illegal A.I.†emitter technology... More...
$0 (11-04-2024 - KS)State of Kansas v. Michael Wayne Still
<h2><br> Dodge City, Kansas drug possession criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Charged with various drug-related crimes, Michael Wayne Still entered into a plea agreement with the State, part of which would result in the State recommending a departure from a prison sentence to probation-if Still complied with his bond conditions. Still agreed to plead no con... More...
$0 (09-06-2024 - KS)State of Kansas v. Anthony McKimmy
<h2<<br> Wichita, Kansas possession of heroin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Anthony McKimmy contends he is serving an illegal sentence because a prior out-of-state conviction was improperly scored as a person felony crime. He is correct. We thus vacate McKimmy's sentence and remand for resentencing.<br> <br> McKimmy pled guilty to possession of... More...
$0 (09-06-2024 - KS)<h1> United States of America v. Shan Hanes </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of embezzlement by a bank officer. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former CEO of failed bank sentenced to prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Shan Hanes, 53, of Elkhart pleaded guilty to one count of embezz... More...
$0 (08-19-2024 - KS)<h1> United States of America v. Shan Hanes </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzle tens of millions of dollars in a cryptocurrency scheme. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former CEO of failed bank sentenced to prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> While the CEO of Heartland Tri-State Bank (... More...
$0 (08-19-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. CRISTA G. HINOSTROZA </h1>
<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> 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. BECKY ANNE WILSON </h1>
<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)<h1> United States of America v. Christian Michael Woodruff </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Kansas man sentenced for drug trafficking </h2></center></b></... More...
$0 (07-16-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. ERIK NAHSHON DIXON </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act charges </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> Erik Nahshon Dixon began committing crimes with his street gang, <br> the Ins... More...
$0 (06-11-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES RICHARD BOLINGER </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two sex crime charges </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A district court dismissed two sex crime charges against Charles <br> Bolinger based on the statute of limitations. The State appe... More...
$0 (04-12-2024 - KS)<h1> United States of America v. Theresa Hight </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Thomas&l=Haney&i=108190&z=66604" target="_new">Thomas D. Haney</a> represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, one count of maintaining a drug-involved premises, and two counts of d... More...
$0 (05-16-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES RICHARD BOLINGER </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with d two sex crime charges </font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> <br> The State appeals their dismissal </h2></center><br> <br> A district court dismissed two sex crime charges against Charles <br> Bolinger based on the statute of limitations. The Sta... More...
$0 (04-27-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. BERNARD L. SMITH </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with correcting an illegal sentence.</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> <br> In June 2014, Smith filed a pro se motion to correct illegal sentence, arguing his <br> 1988 and 1990 Kansas burglary convictions—convictions for crimes committed... More...
$0 (04-19-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES RICHARD BOLINGER </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS State Attorneys represented the State with a statute of limitations claim,.</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> A district court dismissed two sex crime charges against Charles <br> Bolinger based on the statute of limitations. The State appeals their dismissal. In 2022, <br> the State charged Bo... More...
$0 (04-12-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. RANDY ALLEN BALLANTYNE </h1>
<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> STATE OF KANSAS v. TYLER BRANDON MCDONALD </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with filing a motion to suppress evidence obtained .</font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> After dark on a late summer evening in Geary County, a sheriff's <br> deputy initiated a public welfare stop of Tyler Brandon McDonald. The depu... More...
$0 (03-08-2024 - KS)<h1> STATE OF KANSAS v. MILES LOREN MARTIN </h1>
<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> State of Kansas v. Randy Allen Ballantine </h1>
<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> 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)<h1> State of Kansas v. RANDY ALLEN BALLANTYNE </h1>
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> United States of America v. Edwar Jose Salazar-Belleda </h1></center
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Kansas City, Kansas Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> Edwar Salazar-Belleda, 34, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. <br> <br> Salazar-Belleda was part of an internat... More...
$0 (01-19-2024 - KS)<h1> United States of America v. Alexander Schultz </h1>
<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)United States of America v. Alexander Schultz
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 from his ... More...
$0 (12-12-2023 - KS)United States of America v. Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing LLC
Topeka, Kansas: The Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing LLC and its affiliated companies (CRRM) for violations of the Clean Air Act and a previous consent decree related to operation of its petroleum refinery in Coffeyville, Kansas. These violations resulted in illegal emissions of various po... More...
$0 (11-20-2023 - KS)Jean-Louis Bruyere v. Pet-Ag, Inc.
Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a job discrimination theory.<br> <br> Job discrimination based on age is illegal in the United States. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) of 1967 prohibits employers from discriminating against individuals who are 40 years of age or older in any aspect of employment, including hiring, firing, promoti... More...
$0 (07-10-2023 - KS)CATHERINE ROLL, et al. v. LAURA HOWARD, et al.
<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)United States of America v. Aron Rodriguez- Posada
Kansas City, Kansas criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with<br> participating in an nternational drug ring that distributed large quantities of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana from Mexico in the Kansas City area.<br> <br> In January 2021, Aron Rodriguez- Posada, 48, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of met... More...
$0 (08-09-2022 - KS)United States of America v. Jovanny Medina
Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with international drug trafficking ring. <br> <br> Back in April 2022, Jovanny Medina, 24, of Kansas City, Kansas, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Medina took part in a conspiracy to traffic illegal narcotics s... More...
$0 (07-11-2022 - KS)GREAT PLAINS ROOFING AND SHEET METAL, INC. v. K BUILDING SPECIALTIES, INC., et al.,
<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)United States of America v. Juan Ceniceros, Ryan Goodall, Julio Rodriguez and Donald Brown
Kansas City, KS: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug trafficking.<br> <br> The Jackson County Drug Task Force began an undercover operation in 2016 surrounding a drug trafficking ring. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) later partnered in the investigation which included controlled purchases of confirmed methamphetamine and surveillance. In 2019, law enforcement ... More...
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