Mississippi Child Custody Law
Stephen Lewis v. Whitney Walley
Greenville, Mississippi, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory. Stephen Lewis sued Detective Whitney Walley under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged violations of his Fourth Amendment rights. The district court denied defendant’s motion for judgment on the pleadings for the Fourth Amendment search claim, thus denying Walley’s defense of qualified ... More...
$ (02-25-2026 - MS)United States of America v. Ali Ahmad
Greenville, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child porn.... More...
$ (02-14-2026 - MS)<H2> United States of America v. Terry Dewayne Macon
Greenville, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of transporting a minor across state lines to engage in sex. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Terry Dewayne Macon met a Mississippi teen online in July of 2024. Over the next month, Macon drove from Tennessee to Mississippi on three occasions where he picked up the m... More...
$ (12-20-2025 - MS)<H2> United States of America v. Keith Blake Clifton
Greenville, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing images of a child during his sexual assault of the victim and distributing child sexual abuse material through a mobile messaging application. The investigation began after the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children alerted law enforcement authorities that a mobile messaging application ... More...
$ (12-04-2025 - MS)<H2> United States of America v. Keith Blake Clifton
Greenville, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing images of a child during his sexual assault of the victim and distributing child sexual abuse material through a mobile messaging application. The investigation of Keith Blake Clifton, 31, began after the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children alerted law enforcement authorities that a ... More...
$ (12-15-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Sean Carson </h1></h1>
Oxford, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Coercing over 46 Minor Victims to Send Child Pornography.<br> <br> <br> A Tupelo, Mississippi man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for using an online application to coerce minor females to send him sexually explicit images and videos.<br> <br> According to court documents, Sean Carson, 24 years old, was getting gir... More...
$0 (10-09-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Steven Gaston Colburn </h1></h1>
Greenville, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking of Minors<br> <br> An Amory, Mississippi man was sentenced today to 15 years in prison for sex trafficking of minors.<br> <br> According to court documents, Steven Gaston Colburn, 70 years old, was convicted of recruiting, enticing, maintaining, providing, and soliciting minors under the age of 14 years o... More...
$0 (10-06-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Brian Keith Bell </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder in the Second Degree and the Use of a Firearm in a Crime of Violence. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Neshoba County Man Found Guilty of Second-Degree Murder</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i><... More...
$0 (09-15-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Brian Keith Bell </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second-Degree Murder </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Neshoba County Man Found Guilty of Second-Degree Murder</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i"></b></center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> On Sept... More...
$0 (09-15-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Austin Thompson </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Local Man Gets Federal Sentence for Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i... More...
$0 (08-11-2025 - MS)<h1> James Emmitt Poole a/k/a James Poole v. State of Mississippi </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of more than two but less than ten grams of methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> On October 19, 2020, Investigator Andy ... More...
$0 (07-12-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Adreoinna Latoria Hickman </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Kemper County woman pleads guilty to Production of child pornography</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> </center><br> </h2><br> On June 27, 2025, a Kemper County woman pl... More...
$0 (07-01-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Joe Lewis </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, sta criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Production of Child Pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jackson Man Pleads Guilty to Two Counts of Attempted Production of Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> On June 26, 2025, a Hinds County man plead... More...
$0 (07-01-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Parker M. Triplett </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Engaging in a Sexual Act with a Federal Prisoner </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Federal Correctional Officer Pleads Guilty to Engaging in a Sexual Act with a Federal Prisoner </h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> A former ... More...
$0 (07-01-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Mohammad Hussam Amro, a/k/a Mohammad HG Amro </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Machine Gun </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Tate County Man Sentenced to 71 Months for Possession of a Machine Gun</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> A Tate County man was sentenced today to 71 months in prison f... More...
$0 (06-10-2025 - MS)<h1> Tiffany Michelle Tilley v. John Michael Gibbs </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi civil lawyer represented the Appellant with appealing from the Lowndes County Chancery Court's judgment awarding her ex-husband John Gibbs physical custody of their daughter </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> ¶2. John and Tiffany were mar... More...
$0 (05-21-2025 - MS)<h1> TIFFANY MICHELLE TILLEY v. JOHN MICHAEL GIBBS </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi Domestic Relations lawyer represented the APPELLANT with appealing awarding her ex-husband John Gibbs physical custody of their daughter </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> John and Tiffany were married on April 6, 2019, in Lowndes County, Missi... More...
$0 (05-25-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Sean Patrick Curtis </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Orchestrating Out-of-State Home Invasion </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Man Will Serve 12 Years for Orchestrating Out-of-State Home Invasion from Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Sean Patrick Curtis, 29, was... More...
$0 (05-19-2025 - MS)<h1> State Mississippi v. Alfonzo Lashawn McDonald </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> The trial court sentenced McDonald as a violent habitual offender to life imprisonment in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (05-22-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Sean Patrick Curtis </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Orchestrating Out-of-State Home Invasion </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Man Will Serve 12 Years for Man Will Serve 12 Years for Orchestrating Out-of-State Home Invasion from Prison from Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> ... More...
$0 (05-22-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Frederick Williams </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greenville, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Greenville Man Sentenced for Distributing Fentanyl </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Greenville man was sentenced to 33 months in prison for distribution of fentanyl... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - MS)<h1> Lydia Martinez v. State of Mississippi </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Lydia was initially indicted by a Lowndes County grand jury on one count of<br> accessory after the fact to murder. She was originally ind... More...
$0 (04-13-2025 - MS)<h1> Mark Hand a/k/a Mark Eugene Hand v. State of Mississippi </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of kidnapping and one count of child<br> exploitation </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Fifty-one-year-old Mark Hand was family friends with "Kate†and her ten-year-old<br> daug... More...
$0 (04-13-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Antonio Johnson </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greenville, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Violating Federal Firearms Laws </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Starkville Man Sentenced to Ten Years for Violating Federal Firearms Laws </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Starkville man was sentenced to 10 years in pr... More...
$0 (03-26-2025 - MS)<h1> Recardo Frazier a/k/a Recardo Randell Frazier a/k/a Ricardo Frazier v. State of Mississippi </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> State of Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder with a firearm enhancement. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Frazier owned and operated a construction company. Sometime between 2012 and<br> 2014, Ellis Pittman ... More...
$0 (03-26-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Bryant Antonio Hester </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking and Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Cleveland Man Sentenced for Drug Trafficking and Possessing a Firearm as a Convicted Felon </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Cl... More...
$0 (03-21-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Tyrone Lewis </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Gulfport, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distribution of Child Pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Pascagoula Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Distribution of Child Pornography </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> A Pascagoula man indicte... More...
$0 (02-25-2025 - MS)State of Mississippi v. Alexander Blackwelder
Tupelo, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual battery of a child.<br> <br> Alexander Blackwelder, a youth minister in Tupelo was charged with various sex crimes in 2023.... More...
$0 (02-14-2025 - MS)<h1> State of Mississippi v. Mancel L. Rencher a/k/a Mancel Logan Rencher </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Hernando, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with two counts of gratification of lust for fondling his minor daughter. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Boone and his former wife, Penny, have two daughters, Marcia and Sasha.2 The<... More...
$0 (01-07-2025 - MS)<h1> James Emmitt Poole a/k/a James Poole v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of more than two but less than ten grams of methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On October 19, 2020, Investigator Andy Davis and another investigator were<br> dispat... More...
$0 (01-07-2025 - MS)State of Mississippi v. Demarcus Clemons
Greenville, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual battery.<br> <br> Demarcus Clemons was charged with the crime in 2021 following a report made to the Greenville Police Department by a Children's Advocacy Center in south Mississippi. The center relayed that the victim made the initial disclosure to her teacher while in class. The teacher informed the lo... More...
$0 (01-23-2025 - MS)State of Mississippi v. Zenas Tillis
Greenville, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a weapon by a felon.<br> <br> Around 03:50 a.m. on September 18, 2022, the Greenville Police Department and Greenville Fire Department were dispatched to the local hospital. Upon arrival, they found a black male later identified as Zenas Tillis standing in a tree refusing to come down. More than a... More...
$0 (01-23-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Joaquin Lineares-Rodriguez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Aberdeen, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Passport Fraud and Illegal Reentry </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mexican National Sentenced for Passport Fraud and Illegal Reentry</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Joaquin Lineares-Rodriguez, a Mexican national, pleaded gu... More...
$0 (01-29-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Fleming </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Winona Man Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Winona man was sentenced today to seven years in prison for drug trafficking.<br>... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Brett Keith Thomas </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Abuse of a Minor on the Choctaw Indian Reservation </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Conehatta Man Sentenced for Sexual Abuse of a Minor on the Choctaw Indian Reservation</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Conehatta man wa... More...
$0 (01-14-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Damien Brown </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling illegal drugs </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Greenville man sentenced to prison for drug trafficking</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Greenville man was sentenced today to more than five years in prison for... More...
$0 (01-15-2025 - MS)State of Mississippi v. Gregory Davis
Starkville, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault with a weapon.<br> <br> Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to serve twenty years for aggravated assault and ten years for the felon-in-possession conviction in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, with the sentences set to run consecutively. The trial court deni... More...
$0 (01-14-2025 - MS)<h1> Jeremiah Patton v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with filing a motion for post-conviction collateral relief </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> During the July 1994 term, a Wayne County grand jury returned an indictment<br> charging Pa... More...
$0 (01-05-2025 - MS)State of Mississippi v. David Patrick Boone a/k/a David P. Boone, a/k/a A David Boone
Hernando, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with gratification of lust by fondling his minor daughter.<br> <br> A DeSoto County Circuit Court jury found David Boone guilty of two counts of gratification of lust for fondling his minor daughter. The court sentenced Boone to serve fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) for... More...
$0 (01-07-2025 - MS)<h1> Demarion Jones a/k/a Damarion Jones v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing arguing that the jury verdict was against the weight of the evidence. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> <br> ¶1. On October 21, 2022, a Tunica County Circuit Co... More...
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