Missouri Assault Law
<h2> <center> State of Missouri v. Angela Kay Furtado </h2> </center>
Ozark, Missouri, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary in the first degree, assault in the third degree, and resisting arrest. On October 31, 2023, K.S. and Victim were at Victim’s home where K.S. was doing some chores for Victim because K.S. owed Victim money. The two had drank alcohol and Victim did not want to take K.S. home, so K.S. stayed the night in ... More...
$ (03-07-2026 - MO)<h2> <center> State of Missouri v. Stephen Andrew Eagleton </h2> </center>
St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree assault. After a verbal altercation with the victim (Victim) at a restaurant and bar, Eagleton struck him in the face, resulting in serious injuries. Eagleton was subsequently charged with second-degree assault * * * In point one on appeal, Eagleton alleges the trial court erred in denying h... More...
$ (03-07-2026 - MO)State of Missouri v. Lambus A. McGhee, IV
Arnold, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer Steve Lednick represents the Defendant charged with Aggravated Fleeing A Stop Or Detention and Assault- 4th Degree. Lambus A. McGhee IV, 20, has been charged with aggravated fleeing a stop or detention and fourth-degree assault.... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - MO)United States of America v. Leonard Davie
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal Defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon. Leonard Davie, 67, accused of shooting two women in north St. Louis County. The victims were both family members of Davie; a 37-year-old pregnant woman who was taken to the hospital in "critical and unstable" condition, and a 61-year-old-woman who was taken to the ... More...
$ (02-08-2026 - MO)State of Missouri v. David K. Duncan
Farmington, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with hree counts of first-degree statutory rape and six counts of second-degree child molestation. The evidence, in the light most favorable to the verdicts, is as follows:1 Before 2013, Victim and her younger brother (Brother) lived in Texas with their parents. Due to parental neglect and substance abuse Victim ... More...
$ (01-27-2026 - MO)State of Missouri v. Dale Lawrence Williamson
Columbia, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fourth-degree domestic assault, fourth-degree assault, first-degree property damage, first-degree stalking, unlawful use of a weapon, and armed criminal actio... More...
$ (01-27-2026 - MO)<H2> United States of America v. Graham S. Gattis, aka "Dro"
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed assault against a member of rival motorcycle club. Graham S. Gattis, also known as “Dro,” 41, of East Ridge, Tennesse. was charged with one count of assault with a dangerous weapon in aid of racketeering, and one count of possession of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. On Se... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - MO)<H2> State of Missouri v. Misael Covarrubias
Columbia, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of first-degree assault, three counts of armed criminal action, and one count of unlawful use of a weapon causing death or injury in the killing of Aiyanna Williams.... More...
$ (09-29-2025 - MO)State of Missouri v. Keith R. Clausen
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of 2nd Degree Assault, one count of 4th Degree Assault, and one count of Operating a Vehicle in a Careless and Imprudent Manner Involving an Accident. Independence, Missouri, police were dispatched to a residence on Oct. 28 regarding a crash. During the investigation, it was revealed that the defenda... More...
$ (12-08-2025 - MO)State of Missouri v. Shayne Russ
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented by the Defendant charged with 2 counts of Assault 1st Degree and 2 counts of Possession of a Controlled Substance. Shayne Russ, age 43, was accused of stabbing a women in the back, puncturing a lung, then when she fled he attempted to run her over in her own car, breaking multiple ribs.... More...
$ (12-08-2025 - MO)State of Missouri v. Keith R. Clausen
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense officer presents the Defendant charged with one count of 2nd Degree Assault, one count of 4th Degree Assault, and one count of Operating a Vehicle in a Careless and Imprudent Manner Involving an Accident. <br> <br> Independence police were dispatched to a residence on Oct. 28 regarding a crash. During the investigation, it was revealed that the defendant was... More...
$0 (10-30-2025 - MO)State of Missouri v. Greg Hallgrimson
Liberty, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with irst-degree domestic assault in violation of section 565.072.<br> <br> Hallgrimson and S.H. ("Victim") married in 2010 and divorced in 2017. By 2020, they had reunited and started living together again.<br> <br> On June 13, 2020, the couple had an argument about why Victim did not want to remarry Hallgrimson. Victim... More...
$0 (11-12-2025 - MO)State of Missouri v. Brenden Brown
Troy, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer will represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon.<br> <br> Brendan Brown, age 26, wa accused of shooting and killing a 17-year-old boy during a drug deal.... More...
$0 (11-17-2025 - MO)State of Missouri v. Maxwelll. Warren
Columbia, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple counts of domestic assault, including first-degree leading to serious physical injury, as well as first-degree burglary. <br> <br> Maxwell Warren is accused of showing up uninvited to a University of Missouri dorm on Sept. 26 after being blocked on Snapchat by the victim. He forced his way into the dorm room... More...
$0 (11-07-2025 - MO)State of Missouri v. Misael Covarrubias
Columbia, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with with three counts of first-degree assault, three counts of armed criminal action and unlawful use of a weapon causing death or injury.<br> <br> Misael Covarrubias is accused of shooting and killing Stephens College student Aiyanna Williams died at University Hospital after being shot on East Broadway in downtown Colu... More...
$0 (11-07-2025 - MO)State of Missouri v. Lonny Watts
Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of first-degree assault, three counts of armed criminal action and one count of unlawful use of a weapon. <br> <br> Court documents say that the two adult victims had just wrapped up some food deliveries with a 14-year-old and 2-year-old in the car when the group of ATVs and dirt bikes surrounded them ... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - MO)State of Missouri v. Samuel Bailey
ST. LOUIS, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree murder, first-degree burglary, Assault 1st Degree Or Attempt - Serious Physical Injury Or Special<br> <br> Samuel Bailey, 74, broke into into Gail Keys' house and opening fire while she stood on her front porch with police officers at around 11:30 p.m. July 4, 2021.<br> <br> Earlier that night, Keys, ... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - MO)United States of America v. Tre Joseph Connor
Jefferson City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery by force or violence, felony possession of a firearm, and felony transportation of a firearm.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> Federal bank robbery, as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 2113, involves the taking or attempted taking of property from a bank by force, violence, or intimidation. This includes scenarios... More...
$0 (06-27-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Latrell Dashon Batts </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Jefferson City criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jefferson City Man Indicted for Unlawful Firearm Possession</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Jefferson City, Mo. man has been indicted by a ... More...
$0 (04-08-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Scott Alan Barker </h1></h1></
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Kansas City, MO criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ashland Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Sexual Exploitation of a Child</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Ashland, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal cou... More...
$0 (02-26-2025 - MO)State of Missouri v. Andrew Lester
Liberty, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 2nd Degree Assault.<br> <br> Andrew Lester, age 85, shot 16-year-old Ralph Yarl in 2023 when Yarl mistakenly rang Lester's doorbell.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (02-14-2025 - MO)State of Missouri v. Tiffany Anne Lukasiewicz
Joplin, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder.<br> <br> Defendant resided with her stepmother (Stepmother) and father (Father). On December 3, 2020, after seeing Father with a cut on his face, Defendant accused Stepmother of beating Father. Defendant then called the police, who spoke with all three individuals and subsequently left without m... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - MO)State of Missouri v. Jeffery Gilmore Durbin
Columbia, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault in the firts degree and kidnapping in the third degree.<br> <br> Durbin was accused of assaulting a female coworker and refusing to let her leave a hotel room after a law enforcement training session in Columbia on March 23, 2023. ... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Lance M. Berry </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Lawson Sex Offender Sentenced to 17 Years for Child Pornography </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> A Lawson, Mo., man who is a registered sex offender was charged w... More...
$0 (12-20-2024 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Lance M. Berry </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of distributing child pornography over the internet. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Lawson Sex Offender Sentenced to 17 Years for Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Lawson, Mo., man who i... More...
$0 (12-20-2024 - MO)Shannon Dugan v. Hyatt Corporation d/b/a/ Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch
<h2><br> St. Louis, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence thoery.<br> </h2><br> On April 19, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown St. Louis, Hyatt security guard D.W, used his master key to sneak into respondent Shannon Dugan's hotel room while she slept to sexually assault her. In her petition against Hyatt, Dugan brought claims for negligent h... More...
$0 (12-03-2024 - MO)State of Missouri v. Mark Saleutogi Keleise
Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping.<br> <br> Defendant and Victim had an "off and on" relationship, and this case involves two separate incidents between them. On July 10, 2021, Defendant assaulted Victim. Victim called 911 and the responding officer took photographs of Victim's injuries, which included bruising and swelling on her forea... More...
$0 (11-12-2024 - MO)State of Missouri v. Isaiah Gholson
St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant on a manslaughter charge.<br> <br> <br> The State charged Defendant with murder in the first degree, first-degree assault, and two counts of armed criminal action, for events taking place on June 9, 2019. The trial court conducted a trial in January of 2023, which ended in a mistrial. A second trial took place in July of 2023, a... More...
$0 (11-19-2024 - MO)State of Missouri v. Cortez Caves
St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> <br> Cortez Caves ("Caves") appeals his convictions of two counts of first-degree murder, three counts of armed criminal action, two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, and one count of first-degree assault. Caves' sole point on appeal contends the trial court plainly erred in allowing a detective (... More...
$0 (11-19-2024 - MO)State of Missouri ex rel. Andrew Bailey v. Hon. Drew F. David, Circuit Judge of DeKalb County
Maysville, Missouri lawyers represented the defendant.<br> <br> The Attorney General seeks a permanent writ of prohibition or mandamus preventing the Honorable Drew F. Davis ("Respondent") from ordering Victor Vickers ("Vickers") released from custody following the issuance of a preliminary writ of habeas corpus. Because Respondent acted in excess of its authority and abused its discretion when it... More...
$0 (11-19-2024 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Norman Kennedy </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Transporting Minor Across State Lines for Sexual Assault </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Richland Man Sentenced to 40 Years for Transporting Minor Across State Lines for Sexual Assault </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br>... More...
$0 (11-05-2024 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Marion Nevels </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Nevels admitted that he was in possession of 200.2 grams of methamphetamine and a handgun </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Carthage Man Sentenced to 20 Years for Meth Trafficki... More...
$0 (10-04-2024 - MO)State of Missouri v. Steven A. Benford
<h2><br> Springfield, Missouri second-degree assault criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> Steven A. Benford ("Benford") was convicted of assault in the second degree, unlawful possession of a firearm, tampering in the first degree, resisting arrest, and trespassing in the second degree. See sections 565.052, 571.070, 569.080, 575.150, and 569.150, respectively.[1] ... More...
$0 (09-12-2024 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Jonathan Good </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Firearm </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> KC Man Sentenced for Illegal Firearm</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court today for illegally possessing a firearm... More...
$0 (09-25-2024 - MO)State of Missouri v. Dustin E. Homan
<h2><br> Ste. Genevieve, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with domestic assault.<br> </h2><br> <br> Dustin Homan pleaded guilty, pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25 (1970),[1] to two counts of felony domestic assault arising from an incident in which he violently attacked his ex-wife and his father. The trial court sentenced Homan to consecutive pris... More...
$0 (09-24-2024 - MO)State of Missouri v. Joshua Rainey
<h2><br> Ozark, Missouri second-degree domestic assault, armed criminal action, and first-degree burglary criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> <h2><br> Joshua Rainey ("Defendant") pled guilty to first-degree domestic assault under §565.072, second-degree domestic assault under §565.073, armed criminal action under §571.015, and first-degree burglary under §569.160.[1]... More...
$0 (09-13-2024 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Eugene Winters </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with One Fatal, One Nonfatal Shooting </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Southeast Missouri Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for One Fatal, One Nonfatal Shooting</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Eugene Winters, 44, of Hay... More...
$0 (09-13-2024 - MO)A.L.O. V. G.L.N.
<h2><br> St. Louis, Missouri protective order lawyers represented the parties.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Respondent filed a petition for an order of protection against Appellant on August 25, 2023. The same day, the trial court entered a temporary ex parte order of protection. On September 11, 2023, the trial court held a hearing in which Respondent testified Appellant stole her gun, sent her threat... More...
$0 (09-10-2024 - MO)State of Missouri v. Joshua Rainey
<h2><br> Ozark, Missouri first-degree domestic assault criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> On August 15, 2018, Defendant broke into the home of his ex-girlfriend ("Victim") with a crowbar, threatening to kill her. Victim's neighbor ("Neighbor") witnessed Defendant strike Victim with the crowbar. Defendant then handed Neighbor the crowbar and said, "You go ahe... More...
$0 (09-13-2024 - MO)State of Missouri v. Willie D. Clark
<h2><br> Springfield, Missouri first-degree murder criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> A Greene County jury found Appellant Willie Clark guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree assault, and three counts of armed criminal action.[1] On February 26, 2018, the trial judge sentenced Clark to life imprisonment on each count of first-... More...
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