Minnesota Cocaine Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Derrick John Thompson </h2> </center>
St. Paul, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent do distribute fentanyl and being a felon in possession of a firearm. On June 16, 2023, a trooper with the Minnesota State Patrol observed a black Cadillac Escalade speeding north on I-35W, traveling at 95 miles per hour in a 55 miles per hour speed zone. The trooper observed the driver, la... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Otis Dair Burks </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal possession of a firearm as a felon, and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Coon Rapids Felon Indicted on Drug Trafficking, Firearm Charges</h2></ce... More...
$0 (04-09-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Diaunte Jevon Shields </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Narcotics Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Duluth Felon Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Narcotics Trafficking Case </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On February 19, 2024, law enforcement executed a search... More...
$0 (03-14-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Diaunte Jevon Shields </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Duluth Felon Sentenced to Over 13 Years in Narcotics Trafficking Case</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On February 19, 2024, law enfor... More...
$0 (03-14-2025 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. John R. Tunheim </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Fentanyl in the Brainerd Lakes Area<br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Brainerd Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Distributing Fentanyl in the Brainerd Lakes Area</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <b... More...
$0 (02-12-2025 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Breanna Rae Enno
<H2><br> Minneapolis, Minnesota, first-degree drug possession criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> Breanna Rae Enno is charged with a first-degree drug-possession crime based on evidence that she possessed several hundred fentanyl pills. She moved to suppress the evidence on the ground that a warrant authorizing a search of her home was not supported by probable cause. ... More...
$0 (09-16-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Keith Haywood </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Repeat Felon Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On September 27, 2022, law enforcement received a tip that Kei... More...
$0 (08-14-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Andre Garner </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Minneapolis Felon Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl </h2></center><br> <br> A Minneapolis man was s... More...
$0 (04-30-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Ladale Jajaum Solomon; Leila Darsel Ivery </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Conspiracy.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Husband and Wife Sentenced to Prison for Roles in Drug Trafficking Conspiracy </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Two individuals from Detroit, Michigan, have been... More...
$0 (03-28-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Cortez Ananias Williams; Savontray Orlando Dwayne Collins </h1>
<b><h2><center><i><font color="red"> St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Trafficking Narcotics.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><br> <center><i></b> Two Minneapolis Men Sentenced for Trafficking Narcotics Between California and Minnesota </h2></center></i><br> <br> Two men were sentenced to prison for possession of fentanyl and co... More...
$0 (03-15-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Cortez Ananias Williams; Savontray Orlando Dwayne Collins </h1>
<b><h2><center><i><font color="red"> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Narcotics .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><br> <center><i></b> Two Minneapolis Men Sentenced for Trafficking Narcotics Between California and Minnesota </h2></center></i><br> <br> Two men have been sentenced to prison for possession of fentan... More...
$0 (03-15-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Luis Fernando Cervantes </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> <br> A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with... More...
$0 (02-08-2024 - MN)<h1> United States of America v. Luis Fernando Cervantes </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Cocaine Distribution.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> A Minneapolis man has been sentenced to 120 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for possession with intent to distribute cocai... More...
$0 (02-08-2024 - MN)United States of America v. Vatthana Andy Sengsouriya
St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm with an attached "switch,†making it a fully automatic weapon.<br> <br> On October 14, 2022, law enforcement attempted to arrest Vatthana Andy Sengsouriya, 28, on an outstanding warrant. When officers tried to take Sengsouriya into custody in the parking lot of the Eden Prairie Hom... More...
$0 (05-31-2023 - MN)United States of America v. Jesse William Peterson
Duluth, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm by a felon.<br> <br> Jesse William Peterson, 40, possessed a .38-caliber Smith and Wesson revolver with an obliterated serial number. On October 25, 2020, officers with the Duluth Police Department attempted to arrest Peterson at a residence on an outstanding warrant. Peterson refused to ex... More...
$0 (05-26-2022 - MN)United States of America v. John Sheldon Pickens, Jr.
St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE COCAINE<br> (1) <br> <br> A St. Paul man was sentenced to 138 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for drug possession with intent to distribute, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats.<br> <br> According to court documents, during the early m... More...
$0 (01-20-2022 - MN)United States of America v. Alkwan Kwame Lawson-Holiday, Le'Leith Ali Du'Juan Rayford, Kenneth Lamont Thompson, Maurice Jerry Johnson and Lenardo Alexzander Woodward
Minneapolis, MN - The United States of America v. Alkwan Kwame Lawson-Holiday, Le'Leith Ali Du'Juan Rayford, Kenneth Lamont Thompson, Maurice Jerry Johnson and Lenardo Alexzander Woodward drug trafficking and felony possession of firearms.<br> <br> ALKWAN KWAME LAWSON-HOLIDAY, 30, LE’KEITH ALI DU’JUAN RAYFORD, 28, KENNETH LAMONT THOMPSON, 34, MAURICE JERRY JOHNSON, 29, and LENARDO ALEXZANDER ... More...
$0 (02-25-2020 - MN)United States of America v. Michael Matthews
Minneapolis, MN - The United States of America charged Michael Matthews with being a felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> MICHAEL MATTHEWS, 58, was sentenced to 180 months in prison for illegally possessing a firearm. MATTHEWS, who was charged on January 4, 2019, was sentenced yesterday before Judge Eric C. Tostrud in U.S. District Court in St. Paul, Minnesota.<br> <br> According to the def... More...
$0 (02-08-2020 - MN)United States of America v. Michael John Walker
This case returns to us after resentencing. In the previous appeal, we vacatedand remanded for reconsideration of whether Michael Walker, who was convicted ofbeing a felon in possession of a firearm, qualified as an armed career criminal. SeeUnited States v. Walker, 840 F.3d 477, 490–91 (8th Cir. 2016). On remand, thegovernment conceded that Walker is not an armed career criminal, but sought a 4... More...
$0 (08-17-2018 - MN)United States of America v. Alejandro Llamas-Delgado
Minneapolis, MN - Major Twin Cities Drug Trafficker Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison<br> <br> Alejandro Llamas-Delgado was one of the state’s biggest methamphetamine traffickers<br> <br> United States Attorney Gregory G. Brooker today announced the sentencing of ALEJANDRO LLAMAS-DELGADO, 24, to 25 years in prison for methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking-related offenses. On December 20, 2017, ... More...
$0 (05-18-2018 - MN)United States of America v. Alejandro Llamas-Delgado, Gregorio Ramirez-Maldonaldo and Erick Parra-Salazar
Minneapolis, MN - Federal Jury Convicts Three Twin Cities Drug Traffickers<br> <br> Alejandro Llamas-Delgado was one of the state’s biggest methamphetamine traffickers<br> <br> ALEJANDRO LLAMAS-DELGADO, 24, GREGORIO RAMIREZ-MALDONADO, 28, and ERICK PARRA-SALAZAR, 24, for drug trafficking-related offenses. Following a three-day trial before U.S. District Judge Joan N. Ericksen in Minneapolis, Min... More...
$0 (12-26-2017 - MN)United States of America v. Leroy Tchod Cameron Ravenell
Las Cruces, NM - Federal Jury in New Mexico Convicts Colorado Man on Cocaine Trafficking Charge<br> <br> A federal jury sitting in Las Cruces, N.M., returned a verdict August 3, 2017 finding Colorado Springs, Colo., resident Leroy Tchod Cameron Ravenell, 28, guilty on a cocaine trafficking charge after a three-day trial. <br> <br> U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested Ravenell on Nov. 11, 2016, after... More...
$0 (08-04-2017 - MN)<b>Reginald Lee Gail vs. State of Minnesota</b> <table> <td>
This case involves an appeal from a postconviction court’s summary denial of <br> Reginald Lee Gail’s second petition for postconviction relief. Because Minn. Stat. <br> § 590.04, subd. 3 (2016), bars Gail’s claims, we affirm the postconviction court’s decision. <br> <br> In 2004, Gail shot and killed Yvain Braziel during a drug deal.1 Following a trial, <br> a jury found Gail guilty of... More...
$0 (12-31-2016 - MN)United States of America v. Daniel Alfred Adams, a/k/a "Funk" and Percy Minifer Lacey, Jr., a/k/a "P3"
Minneapolis, MN - Seven Defendants Plead Guilty To Roles In Violent South Minneapolis Gang<br> <br> Two defendants played role in August 2014 shooting at Hennepin Co. Medical Center 10z and 20z gangs engaged in multi-year war with Bloods and Bogus Boys<br> <br> Two defendants from an August 2015 indictment charging seven members of the 10z and 20z street gangs with crimes related to a multi-year g... More...
$0 (02-23-2016 - MN)United States of America v. Carnel Lavel Harrison a/b/a "Boo Man"
Minneapolis, MN - Member Of Minneapolis-Based Gang Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Crack Cocaine<br> <br> CARNEL LAVEL HARRISON, a/k/a “Boo Man,” 27, with conspiring to distribute crack cocaine in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota. HARRISON pleaded guilty on April 30, 2015. He was sentenced on January 21, 2016 before U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz in U.... More...
$0 (01-22-2016 - MN)United States of America v. James Robert Carlson
Carlson was the owner and operator of the Last Place on Earth (Last Place), a head shop in Duluth, Minnesota which sold synthetic drugs from 2010 until 2012. Both Haugen, Carlson's domestic partner, and Carlson's son Gellerman worked at the shop. As store clerks, Gellerman and Haugen received shipments of misbranded synthetic drugs from Last Place suppliers and sold such products to customers. H... More...
$0 (01-14-2016 - MN)State of Minnesota vs. Carl Raba
On November 13, 2013, Investigator Tony Cyr of the Cass County Sheriff’s <br> Office received a report that a woman with an outstanding felony drug warrant was <br> staying on property in Wilderness Park that was T.S.’s residence. Investigator Cyr <br> dispatched Sergeant Jason Brogle and Deputy Charles Ratz to the location. The two <br> officers arrived at the property in separate vehicles ... More...
$0 (01-12-2016 - MN)State of Minnesota vs. Richard Ellis Hill
This case presents the question of whether we should adopt a rebuttable <br> presumption of contamination for controlled substances that the St. Paul Police Crime <br> Lab (“Crime Lab”) handled and that the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension <br> (“BCA”) later tested. The State charged appellant Richard Ellis Hill with aiding and <br> abetting first-degree sale of a mixture of a co... More...
$0 (12-09-2015 - MN)United States of America v. Andrew Terrell Davis, Jr.
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - A 27-year-old Mounds View man pleaded guilty to one count of Distribution of Heroin. Andrew Terrell Davis, Jr., who was indicted on May 12, 2014, entered his guilty plea in Minneapolis before United States District Court Chief Judge Michael J. Davis.<br> <br> According to the plea agreement, the defendant conducted a drug transaction with an undercover police officer in south Min... More...
$0 (07-17-2014 - MN)Christopher R. Coker v. Lucinda E. Jesson, Commissioner of Human Services
In this appeal, appellant Christopher R. Coker challenges the denial of his petition for provisional discharge from civil commitment. Coker was indeterminately committed in 2000 as a Sexually Dangerous Person as a result of a series of sex offenses involving 15 to 17-year-old girls. Coker petitioned for provisional discharge from civil commitment. After weighing the evidence presented by Coker and... More...
$0 (05-01-2013 - MN)Wallace Beaulieu v. Cal Ludeman
Wallace James Beaulieu ("Beaulieu"), Lionel Tohannie Yazzie, Larry DeLaney Sr., Emergy Eugene Bush, John Louis Beaulieu III ("Beaulieu III"), and Michael J. Gimmestad (collectively, "Patients") are patients civilly committed to the Minnesota Sex Offender Program (MSOP). The Patients brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Minnesota Department of Human Services officials ("DHS officials")1 a... More...
$0 (08-29-2012 - MN)Caleb R. Sturge v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Caleb Sturge was terminated for cause from his employment with Northwest Airlines, Inc., shortly after he was arrested for possession of marijuana. At the same time, Sturge had pending with Northwest a request for disability retirement benefits. Northwest later granted Sturge's request, but he was ineligible for certain retirement benefits as a result of the termination. Sturge sued Northwest, cla... More...
$0 (10-07-2011 - MN)Jeanne Dovenmuehler v. St. Cloud Hospital
<P> Jeanne Dovenmuehler sued St. Cloud Hospital ("St. Cloud"), alleging that St. Cloud violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Minnesota's Human Rights Act (MHRA). Dovenmuehler contends that St. Cloud improperly terminated her based on her chemical-dependency disability. The district court1 granted St. Cloud's motion for summary judgment, concluding that: (1) Dovenmuehler did n... More...
$0 (12-18-2007 - MN)<a href="http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/07/03/061983P.pdf" target="_new">United States of America v. Minnesota Church of the Angels</a>
<P>The United States seeks civil forfeiture of real property in Minneapolis that has served as the clubhouse for the Minnesota chapter of the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club (the "Club") since 1995. As relevant here, the government alleges that the property is subject to forfeiture because it has been "used . . . to commit, or to facilitate the commission of, a [federal drug offense] punishable ... More...
$0 (03-25-2007 - MN)<a href="http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/02/07/013074P.pdf" target="_new">United States of America Plaintiff v. Premises know as 7725 Unity Avenue North, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota; Tonya Howell; Anthony Tyrone Howell; et al.</a>
<P>** After Anthony Tyrone Howell pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, cocaine base, and marijuana, the Government filed this action seeking civil forfeiture of Howell's house at 7725 Unity Avenue North, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, under 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6) (2000). Howell and his wife, Tonya Howell, refinanced an existing GMAC mortgage through GMAC Mortgage Corporation (GMAC) i... More...
$0 (07-01-2002 - MN)State of Minnesota v. Dameion Robinson
First-degree murder of Derangle Riley, 25, during an aggravated robbery on August 24, 1997 in the parking lot of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in St. Paul. The State claimed that Riley was a drug dealer and user and that Robinson became angry and killed Riley because he was unhappy about the price being demanded by Riley for crack cocaine. Defendant's attorney claimed that there was no evidence li... More...
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