Mississippi Indian Law Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jarvis Ficklin
Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with a dangerous weapon and use of a firearm during a crime of violence on the Choctaw Indian Reservation. Jarvis Ficklin, 37, of Lena, used a shotgun to shoot a tribal member on the Choctaw Indian Reservation which resulted in serious bodily injury to the victim. In March of 2022, a federal grand ju... More...
$ (04-03-2026 - MS)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Gary "Rooster" Ransom, Daniel Baker, Madeline Tonos, Patrick Smith, Valerie Ingram, Oshua Fulton, Londyn Todd, Merrick Smith </h2> </center>
Oxford, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with distributing drugs and felony possession of firearms. the following individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in the Northern District of Mississippi: Gary “Rooster” Ransom, 49, of Clarksdale, Mississippi, indicted for drug distribution and felon in possession of firearms Daniel Baker, ... More...
$ (04-03-2026 - MS)United States of America v. Patrick D. Daniels
Gulfport, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a person who “is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance." In April 2022, law-enforcement officers stopped respondent Patrick Daniels for driving without a license plate. App., infra, 2a. An officer approached the car and recognized the smell of marijuana. Ibid. A search of the ca... More...
$ (08-09-2023 - 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. 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. 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. 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)<H2> United States of America v. Favian David Aparicio-Linares
Gulfport, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to steal funds from multiple Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) in Jackson County, Mississippi. Favian David Aparicio-Linares, 19, was arrested in Jackson County, Mississippi on November 9, 2025, after concerned citizens alerted the Pascagoula Police to two suspicious individuals near a Bank on Marke... More...
$ (12-15-2025 - 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)<H2> United States of America v. Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell
Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.<br> <br> his case is about whether the Second Amendment protects a habitual marijuana user from being permanently dispossessed of a firearm based on our Nation's historical tradition of firearm regulation. On November 28, 2023, Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell was charged with possession of ... More...
$0 (11-21-2025 - 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. Jimmy Hodges </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Meridian Man Pleads Guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i... More...
$0 (09-15-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Jimmy Hodges </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Meridian Man Pleads Guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine</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. Jimmy Hodges </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Meridian Man Pleads Guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i... More...
$0 (09-15-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Anthony Marsh, Jr. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Trafficking and Gun Possession Case </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Lowndes County Woman Sentenced in Methamphetamine and Fentanyl Trafficking and Gun Possession Case</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/c... More...
$0 (09-09-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Domique Desha Mathews </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Jackson Man Sentenced to 30 Months in Prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center>... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Steven Wright </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Meridian Man Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i>... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - 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> United States of America v. Pedro Aranda-Zaragoza </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Gulfport, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Unlawful Return to the United States by an Alien After Deportation or Removal </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mexican Man Pleads Guilty to Unlawful Return to the United States by an Alien After Deportation or Removal</h2></center></b></b><... More...
$0 (07-21-2025 - 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. Romelo Walker </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> JACKSON MAN SENTENCED TO 103 MONTHS FOR BEING A FELON IN POSSESSION OF A FIREARM</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> A Jackson, Mississippi man was sentenced on June 23rd to 103 months in prison f... More...
$0 (07-02-2025 - MS)Caleb Crabtree, et al. v. Allstate Property and Casualty Insurance Company, et al.
Jackson, Mississippi insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of contract theory.<br> <br> We explained in Crabtree I that "Court Properties did not have a 'real and legitimate interest' in the bad-faith claim because it was a 'disinterested stranger[]' that had no stake in Cotton's bad-faith claim or the bankruptcy proceeding.†Id. at *4 (alteration in ... More...
$0 (06-12-2025 - 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> United States of America v. Gabriel Waters </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing wire fraud and money laundering </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ohio Man Sentenced for Large-Scale Multi-National Business Email Compromise Scams</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> An Ohio man was sentenced to over fou... More...
$0 (06-11-2025 - 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> 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> 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> United States of America v. Scotty James Conley </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Hattiesburg, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hattiesburg Man Sentenced to Nearly Three Years in Prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Ha... More...
$0 (04-23-2025 - 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. Bryson Latavion Walker </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Greenville, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Burglary of a Local Firearms Store </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Calhoun County Man Sentenced to 52 Months for Role in the Burglary of a Local Firearms Store</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Bryson Latavion... More...
$0 (03-19-2025 - 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. Nooruddin Bhai Nasruddin </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Large-Scale Phone Scams </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Illegal Alien Sentenced for Large-Scale Phone Scams</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Nooruddin Bhai Nasruddin, 52, was involved in a wire fraud conspiracy where ... More...
$0 (03-10-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Joe Santakeye Jones </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, Miss criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Canton Man Pleads Guilty to Possession With Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Cant... More...
$0 (02-03-2025 - MS)<h1> United States of America v. Telinah Kowi Tek Farve </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jackson, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stabbing on the Choctaw Indian Reservation </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Philadelphia Woman Sentenced to over Three Years in Prison for Stabbing on the Choctaw Indian Reservation </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Philade... More...
$0 (01-27-2025 - 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...
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