Mississippi False Claims Act Law
<h2> <center> Gabriel Oliver v. City of Brandon, Mississippi </h2> </center>
Jackson, Mississippi, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking to enjoin the enforcement of an ordinance prohibiting street preaching near a public amphitheater. Olivier is a street preacher in Mississippi—a Christian who believes that sharing his religious views with fellow citizens is an im- portant part of exercising his faith. His vocation sometimes took him to the sidewa... More...
$ (03-24-2026 - MS)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Duke Kimbrell Rodgers </h2> </center>
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with willful failure to collect or pay over taxes and filing false statements. Duke Kimbrell Rodgers, age 68, conducted a business under the name Rodgers Family Pharmacy. From 2013 to 2020, Rodgers withheld over $1,500,828.73 from his employees’ pay for trust fund taxes. However, he failed to remit those fun... More...
$ (03-15-2026 - MS)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)<H2> United States of America v. Jaivon Davon Taylor, Jadin Winfield, Dennis James Swint, and Nicolas Beltre
Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Jaivon Davon Taylor, Jadin Winfield, Dennis James Swint, and Nicolas Beltre, all residents of New York state, conspired with each other to use false passports in a scheme to fraudulently obtain money from banks in the Jackson, Mississippi area. Th... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - MS)<H2> United States of America v. Docterance Atkins
Oxford, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and money laundering. An investigation was begun after the IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) received a tip Docterance Atkins, age 32, had committed COVID-19 Fraud. IRS-CI conducted a thorough investigation unveiling Atkins’ scheme. In essence, Atkins recruited unsophisticated individuals in the commun... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - MS)<H2> United States of America v. Jaivon Davon Taylor, Jadin Winfield, Dennis James Swint, and Nicolas BeltreTaylor
Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with identity theft and bank fraud conspiracy scheme. Jaivon Davon Taylor, Jadin Winfield, Dennis James Swint, and Nicolas Beltre, all residents of New York state, conspired with each other to use false passports in a scheme to fraudulently obtain money from banks in the Jackson, Mississippi area. These defendants... More...
$ (12-25-2025 - MS)<H2> United States of America v. Docterance Atkins
Aberdeen, Mississippi, one count of Wire Fraud, and a separate count of Money Laundering. The investigation began after IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) received a tip Docterance Atkins, 32, had committed COVID-19 Fraud. IRS-CI conducted a thorough investigation unveiling Atkins’ scheme. In essence, Atkins recruited unsophisticated individuals in the community, and convinced them to fraud... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - 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> 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. Paul Anthony Robinson, Sarah Elizabeth Calderon, Joshanique Elouise Bailey, David L. Jones, Jr., Anna Waldei </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, aggravated identity theft </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Four Defendants Sentenced in Federal Court for Roles in Automobile Dealership Fraud Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b></center></></font/color="red"></b></cen... More...
$0 (07-11-2025 - 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> 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> Demetrius Omar Nabors a/k/a Demetrius Nabors v. State of Mississippi </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with arguing that the State presented insufficient evidence of his intent to commit aggravated assault, that the verdict is against the weight of the evidence, that the trial court plainly erred by giving a flight instruction to the jury, and that he received ineffective<br> assistance of couns... More...
$0 (04-22-2025 - 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> 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> 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)<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> 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...
$0 (01-05-2025 - MS)<h1> Charles Gandy a/k/a Charles Terrell Gandy a/k/a Charles T. Gandy v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant asserting that the verdict is contrary to the overwhelming 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> At trial, the State presented the testimony of Jane, her moth... More...
$0 (10-21-2024 - MS)<h1> James Scott Lewis a/k/a James S. Lewis v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with seven counts of sexual battery, four counts of statutory rape, and one count of touching a child for lustful<br> purposes. On June 28, 2004, Lewis pled guilty to statutory rape in Count 1, sexual battery in<br> Count 4, sexual battery in Count 6, and statutory rape </font/color="red">... More...
$0 (12-03-2024 - MS)Barney Lee Farrar v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
<h2><br> Oxford, Mississippi civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued challenging a decision of the NCAA.<br> </h2><br> <br> The NCAA conducted an investigation involving the University of Mississippi, a Division I and NCAA member institution. The NCAA's investigation included twenty-one allegations of violations that occurred over a five-year period. The violations included re... More...
$0 (12-12-2024 - MS)Nancy Gale v. Nathaniel Thomas and The City of Jackson
<h2><br> Jackson, Mississippi personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a Governmental Tort Claim.<br> </h2><br> <br> . Nancy Gale suffered injuries when her automobile collided at an intersection with a City of Jackson police patrol car driven by Officer Nathaniel Thomas. Officer Thomas allegedly ran a red traffic signal. The accident occurred on April 17, 1993. Gale brought suit in th... More...
$0 (12-09-2024 - MS)<h1> HENRY HYLAND, JR. A/K/A HENRY LEE HYLAND, JR. v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the APPELLANT charged with drive-by shooting and possession of a firearm by a felon. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> In 2008, Hyland was convicted in the Warren County Circuit Court of drive-by<br> shooting and ... More...
$0 (11-30-2024 - MS)<h1> CHARLES GANDY A/K/A CHARLES TERRELL GANDY A/K/A CHARLES T. GANDY v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of sexual battery and two counts of gratification of lust </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> A Lee County Circuit Court jury convicted Charles Gandy of two counts of sexual<br> battery and two counts of gratification of lust against his adolescent st... More...
$0 (11-28-2024 - MS)<h1> ALVIN LORENZO MAZIE, SR v. DEONKA BOOZIER-MAZIE </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Civil lawyer represented the Appellee with fiing a motion to enforce the judgment and hold Alvin in contempt </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> Alvin and Deonka Mazie were married on April 11, 2009. The couple separated on<br> November 30, 2020, "although they ... More...
$0 (10-08-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Tito Aldemar Ruano Yandun </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with International Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Colombian Drug Kingpin Known as "Don T†Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for International Cocaine Distribution Conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2><... More...
$0 (11-20-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Torrence Donnell Mayfield </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement to a firearms dealer in the acquisition of a firearm. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Jackson Police Department Officer Pleads Guilty to Making a False Statement in the Acquisition of a Firearm</h2></cen... More...
$0 (11-20-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Bernard Caston </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being an Armed Career Criminal </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jackson Man Sentenced to over 15 Years in Prison as Armed Career Criminal</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Bernard Caston, 54, and Fredrick Harper, also... More...
$0 (10-02-2024 - MS)Lexi Wilkerson, et al. v. Larry Allred
<h2><br> Jackson, Mississippi personal injury intentional infliction of emotional distress lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <h2><br> <br> <br> ¶1. Larry Allred shot and killed an eight-month-old puppy belonging to Lexi Wilkerson while the puppy was next to Lexi's younger sister Kaylee.[1] Lexi and Kaylee filed a complaint against Allred in the Hinds County Circuit Court alleging both intenti... More...
$0 (09-03-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Misty Burgess </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with submitting a fraudulent unemployment benefits application to the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> North Mississippi Woman Sentenced in Unemployment Benefits Fraud Case </h2></center>... More...
$0 (09-05-2024 - MS)<h1> CORR PROPERTIES, LLC v. EVA PROCTOR AND PAUL QUINN, AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT FOR EVA PROCTOR </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS civil defense lawyer represented the appellant with challenging the chancery court's rulings on the motions for attorney's fees </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> ¶2. On August 27, 2020, Corr Properties purchased a parcel of real property located ... More...
$0 (08-06-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Leon Deming, III </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Gulfport, Mississippighz criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a Schedule I controlled substance. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former Biloxi City Councilman Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Drug Conspiracy Involving Vape Shops</h2></center>... More...
$0 (08-13-2024 - MS)<h1> Keyshanwdra Davis a/k/a Keyshawndra Davis a/k/a KeKe a/k/a Keyshawandra Davis a/k/a Keyshawndra KeKe Davis v. State of Mississipp </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with moving for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or for a new<br> trial </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Davis and Tyangela Carlisle were in a romantic relationship and lived in an apartment<br... More...
$0 (07-16-2024 - MS)<h1> Tamala Herrera a/k/a Tamela Herrera v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing, arguing two jury instructions were improperly granted, and the evidence was insufficient to support<br> a conviction. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On July 6, 2021, the Miss... More...
$0 (06-04-2024 - MS)<h1> JORDAN COLLINS A/K/A JORDAN ALEXANDER COLLINS v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant claiming the trial court abused its discretion by (1) admitting evidence of crimes committed in Hinds County; (2) not admitting evidence of the assault on Collins by two witnesses in jail; and (3) refusing to instruct the jury on the lesser offenses of accessory after the fact to kidnapping and accesso... More...
$0 (06-04-2024 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Cameron Willis Cotrill </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Gulfport, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of over 83,000 Depictions of Child Pornography </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Vancleave Man Sentenced to 9 Years in Prison for Possession of over 83,000 Depictions of Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></cente... More...
$0 (07-26-2024 - MS)<h1> DAVID EARL BROWN, JR. A/K/A DAVID E. BROWN, JR. v. STATE OF MISSISSIPPI </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing. He claims he should have been allowed to present testimony about the victim's character, that the date ranges contained in the indictment were insufficient, and that the evidence in total was insufficient to support the convictions. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><ce... More...
$0 (06-23-2024 - MS)<h1> Shalia Malone a/k/a Shaila Malone v. State of Mississippi. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with filing a motion for post-conviction relief (PCR), arguing that her conviction should be set aside based on newly discovered evidence and because her attorney provided ineffective assistance </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2>... More...
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