Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with escaping from custody in violation of 18 J.S.C. 751(a), which provides:

(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)

Wichita, Kansas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count of possession of a false social security card/number.

According to court documents, Isabel Xorxe Tay, 35, is accused of using the name and security number of another person to apply for and obtain employment at a company in Dodge City, Kansas, under the guise of being a United States citizen.

The Bu... More...    $0 (07-15-2022 - KS)

The State charged Walker with one count of forgery in November 2016 for attempting to cash an altered check about six weeks earlier. See K.S.A. 2017 Supp. 215823 (defining forgery, a severity level 8 nonperson felony). Walker qualified for an accelerated disposition of the charge under a program the Sedgwick County District Attorney uses to promptly offer persons prosecuted for nonviolent felonies... More...    $0 (06-23-2018 - KS)

Wasse Zafer was the sole owner and operator of Zafer Chiropractic & Sports Injuries, Inc. Zafer originally filed suit against Farmers in February 2012 in Cole County, Missouri. Some of Zafer's patients were insured by Farmers' automobile insurance policies, which provided personal injury protection coverage and/or medical payments coverage. Zafer alleged that some of those insured patients execute... More...    $0 (06-06-2018 - KS)

Santiapillai, at age 22, entered the United States in early January 2014, apparently to carry out his illegal scheme. His problems began on the morning of January 28, 2014, when Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Ronald Kipp stopped at a Commerce Bank drive-through ATM so that his partner could withdraw cash for lunch. As he approached the ATM, Kipp saw Santiapillai standing in the drive-... More...    $0 (05-26-2017 - KS)

It is the combination of errors in this prosecution that leads us to conclude that Jasso-Mendoza did not receive a fair trial. The confusing jury instructions, the judge's failure to answer the jury's question, and the prosecutor's misstatement of the law, when combined, all create an error that we cannot label as harmless. We must reverse and remand for a new trial.

Reversed and rema... More...    $0 (05-17-2017 - KS)

On November 8, 1995, Tran pled no contest to one count of aggravated assault in 95 CR 541. On January 12, 1996, the trial court sentenced Tran to 24 months' probation with an underlying term of 16 months' imprisonment. The trial court ordered that his sentence in 95 CR 541 run consecutive to his sentence for a burglary committed in San Diego, California. Tammie Kurth represented Tran at both his p... More...    $0 (01-13-2017 - KS)

In April 2014, 12-year-old J.G.C. gave a note to her friend, Q.W., in the hallway at school. In the note, J.G.C. said she had been raped 3 days ago "on Friday." She wrote that the assault had occurred when a man came up in front of her house and dragged her into an abandoned house next door. Q.W. gave the note to a teacher who, in turn, directed the note to school administrators who called the Wic... More...    $0 (12-28-2016 - KS)

In August 2010, the State filed a criminal complaint against Tony Schaefer, charging him with one count of rape of a child under 14 by an adult, in violation of K.S.A. 21-3502(a)(2). The State alleged that Schaefer had digitally penetrated the vagina of a friend's 13-year-old daughter and that, in an interview with the Topeka Police Department, he had admitted doing so. Schaefer moved to suppress ... More...    $0 (12-28-2016 - KS)

Topeka, KS - Kansas Man Pleads Guilty to Exporting Firearms to Overseas Purchasers

A Kansas man pleaded guilty today to six counts of exporting and attempting to export firearms illegally from the United States to individuals located in other countries.

Michael Andrew Ryan, 35, of Manhattan, Kansas, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Daniel D. Crabtree of the District of ... More...    $0 (06-06-2016 - KS)

Kansas City, MO - Two Kansas City Area Men Sentenced In $93,000 Drug Deal

Two Kansas City area men who set up a $93,000 drug deal have been sentenced to federal prison.

Timothy Wilson, 51, Kansas City, Mo., and John Hernandez, 38, Kansas City, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Wilson was sentenced to 90 months in federal prison. Hernandez was ... More...    $0 (05-25-2016 - KS)

Guadalupe Ochoa-Lara was convicted of two counts of identity theft following a bench trial on stipulated facts. Ochoa-Lara argues on appeal that the charges should have been dismissed by the district court because the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) preempts state prosecution for identity theft based on the unlawful use of another person's Social Security number. Ochoa-Lara also argues ... More...    $0 (12-03-2015 - KS)

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A constitution-based claim for venue change can arise under a theory of presumed or actual prejudice. Presumed prejudice occurs when pretrial publicity is so pervasive and prejudicial that there can be no expectation of an unbiased jury pool in the community. In deciding whether to presume prejudice under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, an appellate court considers se... More...    $0 (11-27-2015 - KS)

A constitution-based claim for venue change can arise under a theory of presumed or actual prejudice. Presumed prejudice occurs when pretrial publicity is so pervasive and prejudicial that there can be no expectation of an unbiased jury pool in the community. In deciding whether to presume prejudice under the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, an appellate court considers seven fac... More...    $0 (11-09-2015 - KS)

Wichita, KS - Salina Man Sentenced to 10 Years For Possessing Child Pornography

A Salina man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.

Cory Dale McQuillan, 37, Salina, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography. He had a prior conviction for aggravated indecent liberties with a child in a 1999 case in Dickinson County, Kan.<... More...    $0 (07-30-2015 - KS)