Kansas Intentional Law
 

State of Kansas v. Charles D. Thomas


Lawrence, Kansas attempted second-degree intentional murder criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.




Charles Thomas and his longtime girlfriend and mother of their three children, L.E., were in their trailer home in Lawrence, Kansas, with their children and a family friend, Andrew Sommer. Thomas had a disability, leaving him unable to get around without t... More...    $0 (09-06-2024 - KS)

Dana Breth v. Identity Group Holdings Corp.


Wichita, Kansas civil rights Americans With Disabilities lawyer represented the Plaintiff.



"At Identity Group, we've been creating and manufacturing interior signs for over 67 years. Founded in the 1950s, we spent decades perfecting our process and forming partnerships with some of the biggest brands in the industry; cementing ourselves as the largest interior sign manuf... More...    $1 (08-09-2024 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CRISTA G. HINOSTROZA


Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conceal and carry contraband into a correctional facility



Officers from the Lyon County Sheriff's department and the Emporia Police
Department r... More...    $0 (08-03-2024 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS, v. HUMBERTO L. PALACIO JR.

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...    $0 (05-17-2024 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES RICHARD BOLINGER

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...    $0 (04-12-2024 - KS)

MARQUISE JOHNSON v. BASS PRO OUTDOOR WORLD, LLC, FABBRICA D'ARMI PIETRO BERETTA, S.P.A., and BERETTA U.S.A. CORP.

Topeka Kansas civil defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with product defect lawsuit against a gun seller



Shortly after turning 21, Andre Lewis went to the Bass Pro Outdoor World in
Olathe, Kansas, and bought a Be... More...    $0 (05-03-2024 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. MALIK D. BEASLEY

Topeka Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with criminal use of weapons



Malik D. Beasley appeals his convictions of two counts of criminal
use of weapons following a jury trial. Beasley claims: (1) The State ... More...    $0 (06-10-2024 - KS)

Ana Galvan-Gomez v. Signature Landscape, LLC


Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.



This case was filed in the District Court of Wyandotte County, Kansas, 23-CV-30042, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.

42 U.S.C. 12101 provides:

The Congress ... More...    $1 (06-10-2024 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. TRAVIS D. SMITH

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with disputing the evidence of bodily harm supporting the aggravated kidnapping conviction.

The appellate lawyer further argues that the district court failed to adequately
consider Smith's financial circums... More...    $0 (05-17-2024 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. MATTHEW D. ZAITZ

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
clearly erroneous More...    $0 (05-03-2024 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. MALIK D. BEASLEY

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing his convictions of two counts of criminal use of weapons




In April 2020, Wichita police officer Jared Henry saw photographs of Beasley on social media with what
appeared ... More...    $0 (05-05-2024 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES RICHARD BOLINGER

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...    $0 (04-27-2024 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CHARLES RICHARD BOLINGER

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...    $0 (04-12-2024 - KS)

State of Kansas v. Cardell Turner

On August 14, 2018, Alberto Alfaro and Enrique Umana Somoza were
outside a home in Wichita trying to jump start Alfaro's truck. Cardell Turner pulled up
beside them in his car, pointed a gun in the direction of Somoza and Alfaro, and pulled
the trigger. The gun did not fire. Turner drove away, and no one was harmed. The State
charged Turner with two counts of attempted first-d... More...    $0 (02-02-2024 - KS)

State of Kansas v. KYLE TREVOR FLACK

Ottawa, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer presented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder and felony possession of a firearm.

In 2013, Andrew Stout and two friends, including Steven White, lived at Stout's
house in rural Franklin County. Flack, another friend of Stout's, occasionally spent time
there. Flack brought a shotgun with him everywhere, usua... More...    $0 (01-19-2024 - KS)

State of Kansas v. Floyd Scott Bledsoe

This is primarily a sufficiency of the evidence case. Defendant Floyd S. Bledsoe appeals his convictions for first-degree premeditated murder, aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated indecent liberties. K.S.A. 21-3401(a); K.S.A. 21-3421; K.S.A. 21-3504. Our jurisdiction is under K.S.A. 22-3601(b)(1) (an appeal of a conviction for an off-grid crime receives review by this court).

Bledsoe cla... More...    $0 (02-01-2023 - KS)

GREAT PLAINS ROOFING AND SHEET METAL, INC. v. K BUILDING SPECIALTIES, INC., et al.,

Topeka, KS - Personal Injury lawyer represented defendant with fil0ing an indemnification suit against K Building Specialties, Inc.



In July 2014, Great Plains and K Building were subcontractors working on a
construction project at the John Deere Regional Facility in Olathe, Kansas. Great Plai... More...    $0 (05-26-2022 - KS)

State of Kansas v. Willie Deonta Powell, Jr.

Junction County, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with intentional second-degree murder.

Willie Powell, Jr, of Grandview Plaza, was charged with shooting and killing LaVincent Perdue, age 34, on June 11, 2021,... More...    $0 (04-21-2022 - KS)

State of Kansas v. Kristoffer Lee Klesath

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Kristoffer Lee Klesath was charged for killing Darton Fields on February 18, 2018.

Officers were sent to 235 SW Huntoon, in Topeka after a report of shoots fired. They found Fields in a parking lot with multiple bullet wounds. He died at a local hospital.


Charges:
... More...    $0 (02-18-2022 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CARLOS ANTONIO GALLEGOS

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Carlos Antonio Gallegos with challenging his conviction for first-degree premeditated murder charge



In July 2016, M.C. was staying with her boyfriend, Andr'a Jones, and his cousin,
Lakieva Rowe, at the Oak Tree Inn in Kansas City, Kansas. On July 5, Jones and Rowe
left ... More...    $0 (04-24-2021 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. LUIS ANTONIO AGUIRRE

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Luis Antonio Aguirre with a voluntary
manslaughter and a first-degree premeditated murder charge



In September 2007, T.M. and her one-year-old son, J.M., left a homeless shelter in
Chicago. A month later, their bodies were discovered in a shallow grave near Ogden,
K... More...    $0 (04-23-2021 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CAESAR K. LOUIS

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Caesar K. Louis with appealing the district court's summary denial of his second motion to withdraw plea..



As part of a plea deal with the State, Louis pled guilty to a reduced charge of
second-degree murder, aggravated burglary, and aggravated robbery. In his
ack... More...    $0 (03-11-2021 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. JOHN PATRICK STEVENSON

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...    $0 (03-11-2021 - KS)

KEVIN SKAGGS v. STATE OF KANSAS

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...    $0 (03-11-2021 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. STEPHEN WAYNE BIRD

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented with an aggravated indecent liberties with a child under 14 years old charge.



In October 2017, a grand jury indicted Stephen Wayne Bird on charges of
aggravated indecent liberties with a child under 14 years old, in violation of K.S.A. 2017
Supp. 21-5506(b) (Count ... More...    $0 (03-10-2021 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. GREGORY LYNN GALES

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Gregory Lynn Gales with challenging the district court's denial of his motion to correct an illegal sentence..


Gregory Lynn Gales challenges the district court's denial of his motion
to correct an illegal sentence. He argues his prior 1976 California juvenile adjudicationMore...    $0 (01-10-2021 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. ZACHARY BUCK-SCHRAG

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...    $0 (01-10-2021 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. DONNELL STAFFORD

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...    $0 (01-10-2021 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. PHILLIP JERMAINE STANLEY

Topeka, KS - Criminal defense attorney represented Phillip Jermaine Stanley with directly appealing a first-degree murder charge.



Phillip Jermaine Stanley directly appeals his first-degree murder
conviction. Stanley alleges the district court erred when it refused to grant a mistrial after
a witness claimed to have ... More...    $0 (01-10-2021 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CAESAR K. LOUIS

Clearwater, KS - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Caesar K. Louis with appealing the district court's summary denial of his second motion to withdraw plea.



Caesar K. Louis appeals the district court's summary denial of his
second motion to withdraw plea. He claims the district court erred by not conducting... More...    $0 (10-30-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. JOSEPH J. CRAIG















Craig, Gabrielle Williams, Robyn Brown, and a fourth... More...    $0 (09-04-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. AARON ROBERT BROWN
















The State charged Brown with attempted second-deg... More...    $0 (09-03-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. BROOKE DANIELLE DINKEL














Dinkel was a middle school counselor. In 2014, the State ch... More...    $0 (09-03-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. ANDREW LYNN GIBSON















S.N.R., a three-month-old baby girl, died in 2016, fro... More...    $0 (09-01-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CORTEZ TYRELL TIMLEY






On the afternoon of June 13, 2014, law enforcement responded to a 911 call and
found a man—later identified as Robbins—lying in the front yard of a house. Robbins
had suffered gunshot wounds to his leg and his back, from which he soon died.
3
Sever... More...    $0 (08-31-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. QUINTON MOORE














This case is characterized by multiple evolving stories f... More...    $0 (08-31-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. CHRISTOPHER SHAWN PATTILLO















Hostilities between rival gangs underlie this case. Th... More...    $0 (08-31-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. THAD CHRISTOPHER GREEN















In the early morning hours of December 23, 2015, Ma... More...    $0 (08-31-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. KENT D. LINDEMUTH







Kansas Supreme Court






Roberto Rendon, a driver for an Oklahoma trucking company, stopped in Topeka
on his way to Nebraska. He pa... More...    $0 (08-31-2020 - KS)

STATE OF KANSAS v. SONY UK










First-degree premeditated
murder






On the evening of... More...    $0 (06-23-2020 - KS)

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