Michigan Cocaine Law
United States of America v. Michael Osborn Thomas
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute<br> methamphetamine. <br> <br> In 2017, Thomas pled guilty to several state charges, including the delivery of cocaine<br> and methamphetamine, and was sentenced to prison. In late 2019, he was released on parole.<br> Within a few weeks of his release, he had returned to drug trafficking... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MI)United States of America v. Edward Dale, et al.
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants with conspiracies<br> involving both powder and crack cocaine and several homicides.<br> <br> The Defendant had their sentences reduced as a result of the First Step Act of 2018.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MI)United States of America v. Edward Dale, et al.
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants seeking reductions in sentences.<br> <br> Defendants were initially sentenced for a conspiracy involving both powder and crack cocaine and several homicides. The government argues that the First Step Act did not authorize the district court to reduce Defendants' sentences for the homicide convictions because the homicide convict... More...
$0 (10-15-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Kevin Delgado </h1></h1>
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Threating Public Official <br> <br> U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Timothy VerHey today announced that Keith Smith, 46, from Kalamazoo, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.<br> <br> VerHey said, "A thirty-year sentence is a long time, bu... More...
$0 (09-22-2025 - MI)United States of America v. Michael Hinds
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing cocaine base with intent to distribute, see 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, see 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), and being a felon in possession of a firearm, see id. § 922(g)(1). Hinds moved to suppress the evidence from the car, arguing that the office... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - MI)United States of America v. Prince Irell Seuell
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> In November 2023, police stopped Seuell in Van Buren County, Michigan, and arrested him upon discovering an outstanding warrant. After officers impounded the vehicle, they searched a backpack recovered from the front passenger seat and found cocaine, fentanyl, clear sandwi... More...
$0 (04-27-2025 - MI)United States of America v. Prince Irell Seuell
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> In November 2023, police stopped Seuell in Van Buren County, Michigan, and arrested him upon discovering an outstanding warrant. After officers impounded the vehicle, they searched a backpack recovered from the front passenger seat and found cocaine, fentanyl, clear sandwi... More...
$0 (04-25-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Rene Arnold Ruiz, Thomas Charles Davis, Lonnie Laronn Morrow, Dyland Edward Hughes </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Drug Trafficking </font/color="red"><Grand Rapids/b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Drug Traffickers from Kalamazoo County and Kent County Sentenced to Decades in Federal Prison<br> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The following defend... More...
$0 (04-16-2025 - MI)George Edward Clark and Kevin Harrington v. Anthony Abdallah and Kevin Smith
Justice Went To Hell in Detroit, Michigan George Edward Clark and Kevin Harrington were wrongfully convicted of a murder that they did not commit.<br> <br> This § 1983 case concerns alleged constitutional violations in the investigation and prosecution of George Clark and Kevin Harrington. Clark and Harrington spent nearly two decades in prison before the Wayne County Prosecution Integrity Unit... More...
$0 (03-14-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Melvin Lamar Triplett </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Fentanyl Causing Multiple Overdoses </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Detroit Man Convicted of Distributing Fentanyl Causing Multiple Overdoses; Sentenced to 23 years in Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b>... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - MI)Glorianna Moore v. Oakland County, Michigan, Eric Hix, Daniel Hedrick
Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories un 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> When Glorianna Moore refused to show her license to Officer Brian Wilson at a traffic stop, he opened her car door and grabbed her arm. Because Moore started screaming and twisting her body away, Officer Wilson restrained her by holding her arm a... More...
$0 (01-23-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Erik Miller </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Kalamazoo MI criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances, including methamphetamine, MDMA, and Xanax® </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Sturgis Man Sentenced To 70 Months For Selling Drugs On Dark Web</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></... More...
$0 (01-08-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Erik Miller </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids MI criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute controlled substances </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Sturgis Man Sentenced To 70 Months For Selling Drugs On Dark Web </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <... More...
$0 (01-08-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Antonio D.J. Mitchell </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Massive Drug Distribution Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> A State of Washington Man Involved in a Massive Drug Distribution Scheme Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Federal Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2... More...
$0 (12-20-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Joseph Michael McNoriell </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine and heroin and possession with intent to distribute cocaine </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Detroit-Based Cocaine And Heroin Trafficker Sentenced To 110 Months In Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (11-26-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Antonio D.J. Mitchell </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Distribution </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> A State of Washington Man Involved in a Massive Drug Distribution Scheme Sentenced to Over 12 Years in Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Antonio D.J. Mitc... More...
$0 (11-20-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Ricardo Delgado, II </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Leader Of Large Scale Drug Trafficking Operation Sentenced To 60 Years In Federal Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Detroit man was sentenced to 60 year... More...
$0 (11-13-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. George William Henry </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> being a felon in possession of firearms and for possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Habitual Firearms Offender, Prosecuted Under Safe Summer Program, Sentenced To 106 Months... More...
$0 (11-01-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Terry Pruitt </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Final Victory Inn Defendant Sentenced to Over 15 Years in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Terry Pruitt, a conspirator in the sex and drug trafficking organization that operated ... More...
$0 (10-01-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Craig E. Hunnicutt Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Felon In Possession Of Ammunition </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Grand Rapids Man Who Shot Multiple Victims Sentenced To 130 Months In Federal Prison For Being Felon In Possession Of Ammunition</h2></center></b></b> <br> <br> Cra... More...
$0 (09-18-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Bradley Scott Heard </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Interstate Drug-Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Interstate Drug-Trafficker Sentenced To 180 Months In Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Bradley Scott Heard, 46, of Havre, Montana, and Chicago, Il... More...
$0 (09-09-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Quiyemabi Summerlin </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Sex Trafficker Sentenced to 17.5 years in prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> For years, Quiyemabi Summerlin, age 45, preyed on drug addicted women and lured them in... More...
$0 (08-27-2024 - MI)United States of America v. James Allen Hall </center
<h2><br> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine.<br> </h2><br> ... More...
$0 (08-05-2014 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Terry Douglas; Schuyler Belew, Jr; Davun Baskerville </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with a RICO conspiracy.</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> Three Members of a Violent National Gang Convicted of RICO in Detroit </h2></center><br> <br> After a seven-week trial in federal court, a jury convicted three members of the Almighty Vice ... More...
$0 (04-24-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Carlos Watts </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> </h2></center></i><br> <br> U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Carlos Watts, 38, of Kalamazoo, was sentenced to ... More...
$0 (01-29-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Carlos Watts </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder, Sentenced for Escaping Halfway House.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> </h2></center><br> <br> — U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Michigan Mark Totten today announced that Carlos Watts, 38, of Kalamazoo, was sen... More...
$0 (01-12-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Carlos Watts </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Grand Rapids, Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant Charged with Murder, Sentenced for Escaping Halfway House</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> Carlos Watts, 38, of Kalamazoo, was sentenced to 14 months' incarceration for escaping from a halfway house, where he was living in accordance with a court order for a previous ... More...
$0 (01-12-2024 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Branden Smith </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Detroit, Michigan Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant for Distributing Carfentanil, Heroin, and Cocaine</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i> </h2></center></i></b><br> <br> <b><h2><center><i> Eastern District of Michigan </h2></center></i></b><br> <br> An armed drug trafficker selling a fentanyl analogue advertise... More...
$0 (06-29-2023 - MI)United States of America v. Subeg Singh
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing with the intent to distribute over 50 kilograms of cocaine,<br> <br> Subeg Singh, age 30, tried to drive more than 50 kilograms of cocaine across the US-Canadian border in September 2021 in a commercial truck. But, he was stopped at the Ambassador Bridge by Customs and Border Protection Officers, who disco... More...
$0 (09-26-2023 - MI)Marcus Mandelle Kelley v. Dewayne Burton
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant seeking a writ of habeas corpus.<br> <br> Marcus Kelley was convicted by a Michigan state court jury of multiple drug offenses related to the trafficking of crack cocaine. <br> <br> He claimed that he was prejudiced by the withholding of impeachment evidence by the State.... More...
$0 (08-21-2023 - MI)United States of America v. Mariano Garcia
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine.<br> <br> Mariano Garcia, age 53, of Brownsville, Texas, pleaded guilty before United States District Judge Terrence G. Berg. Co-defendant Michael Griffin, age 40, of Birmingham, Alabama, pleaded guilty before Judge Berg on April 28, 2023. Both men pleaded guilty to (1) conspiracy to posse... More...
$0 (05-05-2023 - MI)Danny Lamont Chambers; Dontell Rayvon-Eddie Smith v. Ronald Sanders; City of Detroit, Michigan
Danny Lamont Chambers and Dontell Rayvon-Eddie Smith allege that Detective Ronald Sanders and his employer, the City of Detroit, violated their Fourteenth Amendment right to familial integrity by procuring the wrongful <br> conviction and incarceration of their father, Danny Burton. Even assuming that the plaintiffs <br> have identified a substantive right protected by the Due Process Clause, thei... More...
$0 (04-03-2023 - MI)United States of America v. William Savonta Henderson, Jr.
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Grand_RapidsFED.gif" alt="Federal Courthouse - Grand Rapids, Michigan"><br> <P><br> Fed... More...
$0 (02-10-2023 - MI)United States of America v. Roque Carranza-Alvarado
Detroit, Michigan criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession and transportation of 286 pounds of methamphetamine, 60 pounds of Fentanyl, and 60 pounds of cocaine hidden in a truck carrying a load of wine.<br> <br> Roque Carranza-Alvarado, age 28, from Dallas pleaded guilty in March 2022 to three counts of possession with intent to distribute controlled substances. Court re... More...
$0 (09-28-2022 - MI)United States of America v. Adrian Romero Antunez
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine.<br> <br> Adrian Romero Antunez (35), a Mexican national in the United States on a tourist visa, to 46 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to distribute five (5) kilograms or more of cocaine. Romero Antunez was the final defendant to be sentenced in a transnational and interstate ... More...
$0 (09-13-2022 - MI)People of the State of Michigan v. Donnevan Lee Coppernoll
Detroit, Michigan criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug possession.<br> <br> <br> The testimony at the preliminary examination established the following facts. On July 29, 2020, Police Officer Anthony Williams, who had been employed with the Detroit Police Department for about four years at the time, observed a vehicle apparently speeding on a residential street near Joy and Long... More...
$0 (08-25-2022 - MI)United States of America v. Saul Douglas Briggs, a/k/a “76 Chain,†a/k/a “Chainâ€
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with multiple drug trafficking charges, including conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, as well as possession of controlled substances with the intent to distribute them. Briggs is also charged with illegal firearms possession and maintaining a drug house.<br> <br> The charges stem fro... More...
$0 (07-13-2022 - MI)United States of America v. Eugene Jonas Hicks
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possessing with the intent to distribute controlled substances and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. <br> <br> On May 12, 2021, law enforcement officers in Lansing attempted a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Eugene Jonas Hicks, age 38, in Lansing. A high-speed vehicle pursuit followed. Du... More...
$0 (06-30-2022 - MI)United States of America v. Eligah Goodmon and Erskin Bernard Perryman
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking charge lawyer.<br> <br> Two Detroit men were sentenced after having pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking using force and coercion, as well as firearm and controlled substance offenses.<br> <br> <br> Eligah Goodmon, 68, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Laurie Michelson to 11... More...
$0 (01-27-2022 - MI)United States of America v. Darek Lathan
Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Darek Lathan, 52, of Toledo, Ohio, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition.<br> <br> In the spring of 2017, the FBI began an investigation into a drug trafficking organization importing kilograms of cocaine and other narcotics to be sold in Tol... More...
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