United States of America v. Julius Darnell Dixon

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense attorney represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Richard I. Buchli II was accused of beating Richard Armitage to death in their law partnership office on May 5, 2000, in downtown Kansas city.

A legal assistant in the law office, Shannon Miller, apparently was the first to find Armitage after he was b... More...    $0 (09-28-2004 - MO)

Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawful transport of firearms.


While executing a search warrant on Roy L. Norey’s residence, law
enforcement officers found a handgun and other contraband. Norey was charged
with felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§
922 and 923. He filed a motion ... More...    $0 (04-14-2022 - MO)

St. Louis, MO - Felon in Prison Pleads Guilty to Possessing Heroin

Lywayne Marquis Scott, 35, of St. Louis, pled guilty to two counts – one count of felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession with intent to distribute heroin. He appeared in federal court on Wednesday afternoon before U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey.

According to court documents, prior to Octo... More...    $0 (08-18-2018 - MO)

St. Louis Police Department (SLPD) Officers Nicholas Martorano and John
Moton appeal from the district court’s judgment, 1 entered upon a jury verdict, finding
that they used excessive force in their apprehension and arrest of Calvin Fletcher and
awarding damages to Fletcher totaling $600,000. They raise three issues on appeal:
(1) the district court erred in allowing Fletcher to r... More...    $0 (07-18-2018 - MO)

St. Louis, MO - Final Defendant Sentenced on Federal Conspiracy Charges

For Trafficking in Contraband Cigarettes and Money Laundering

Yakov Pisman, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for conspiring to traffic in contraband cigarettes and money laundering.

According to court documents, Pisman and others conspired for more than four years to buy contraband cigarettes in ... More...    $0 (06-25-2018 - MO)

St. Louis, MO - New Jersey Man Sentenced on Federal Conspiracy Charges for Trafficking in Contraband Cigarettes

Mohammed Kayed, aka Mohammed Fayez, was sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiring to traffic in contraband cigarettes.

According to court documents, Kayed and others conspired for more than two years to buy contraband cigarettes in St. Louis, Missouri, a low tax m... More...    $0 (06-05-2018 - MO)

The state appeals from the circuit court’s order sustaining the defendants’ motions
to suppress all evidence seized pursuant to a warrant authorizing search of a residence for
stolen items. The state admits an officer submitted a prepared search warrant form, which
was then executed by a circuit judge, authorizing a search for any deceased human fetus
or corpse despite the fact the... More...    $0 (02-16-2018 - MO)

Vicki Gilmore appeals her conviction of the class C felony of possession of a
controlled substance, arguing insufficient evidence supports her conviction. Following a
jury trial, Gilmore was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in prison. The circuit
court suspended the execution of the sentence and placed her on probation for five years.
Because there was insufficient evidenc... More...    $0 (02-08-2018 - MO)

A detective assigned to the St. Charles County Drug Task Force was reviewing the
National Precursor Log Exchange ("NPLEX") for suspicious pseudoephedrine purchases
when he noticed that Debra Galebach had purchased an unusually large amount of
pseudoephedrine: four purchases within 38 days, including a purchase made earlier that
day. Three task force detectives went to Galebach... More...    $0 (01-20-2017 - MO)

Officer Jodi Huber, of the Chillicothe Police Department, was out on patrol. She
purposefully drove past Perry's house on more than one occasion during her patrol because
Officer Huber believed Perry was selling methamphetamine out of his house. On one such
occasion, Officer Huber saw Perry backing a truck out of the driveway. Officer Huber
checked the vehicle's registration... More...    $0 (10-19-2016 - MO)

On June 13, 2013, at 7:17 a.m., Kansas City police officer Richard Burnett received a
“check the welfare” dispatch call to Osborn’s residence in Clay County. Burnett arrived with a
sergeant and two other officers. They knocked on the front door several times with no response.
At one point, they heard movement in the garage, which—along with information from a neighbor
indicat... More...    $0 (10-13-2016 - MO)

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the following evidence was adduced at
trial: In August 2011, Defendant was hired by the Division of Youth Services to work as a
special education teacher at the Montgomery City Youth Center (the Center). The Center is
run by the Department of Social Services and is a secure residential facility for youth who have been convicted of... More...    $0 (09-15-2016 - MO)

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the following evidence was presented
by the State at Defendant’s trial. After conducting an investigation into information obtained
from a confidential informant, City of St. Louis (“City”) police officers determined a man named
Charles Henderson was selling narcotics from 5115 Terry Avenue (“the residence”). Officers
obtaine... More...    $0 (06-28-2016 - MO)

On February 6, 2013, Officer Jeffrey Ford responded to a 911 hang-up call from a
residence in Marshfield. The call had been reported as an assault in progress. Upon his
arrival at the residence, Officer Ford made contact with A.D., who appeared to have been
assaulted. When Officer Ford asked her if anyone else was present in the residence, A.D.
motioned with her head toward ... More...    $0 (06-28-2016 - MO)

Mr. Markus Michael A. Patterson appeals his conviction for the class D felony
of tampering with physical evidence, for which he was sentenced as a prior and
persistent offender to six years in the Department of Corrections. We affirm.
Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the conviction, Marshall,
Missouri, Police Officer Joey Valiquette1 stopped Mr. Patterson o... More...    $0 (05-12-2016 - MO)

On May 2, 2014, Lee was traveling on I-70 when he was stopped by Missouri
State Highway Patrol Trooper Duvall for driving without a front license plate. When
Trooper Duvall approached Lee's vehicle, he observed the license plate on the dashboard
of the vehicle instead of properly affixed to the front of the vehicle. Trooper Duvall also
smelled a "very strong" order of raw mar... More...    $0 (05-04-2016 - MO)

The material facts are not disputed. Following a search pursuant to a warrant for
Douglass and Gaulter’s home in Jackson County, Missouri, Respondents were charged with one
count of second-degree burglary under § 569.170,2 and one count of stealing of property valued
between $500 and $25,000, under § 570.030.3(1). Douglass’s and Gaulter’s charges stem from
allegations that t... More...    $0 (03-29-2016 - MO)

In April 2012, four City of St. Louis police officers went to investigate complaints
of increased gang activity in a particular neighborhood. While the officers were speaking
with several neighborhood residents outside an apartment building, Officer Curtis
Burgdorf noticed a vehicle pull up nearby with the driver (Carrawell) staring at the
officers for about 30 seconds before ... More...    $0 (01-13-2016 - MO)

Danelle Hollingsworth was detained for booking at the police station in St.
Ann, Missouri, after an arrest for stealing wine coolers from a convenience store at
a gas station. When she refused a directive from police and corrections officers to
change from her street clothes into an orange jumpsuit, a police officer stunned her
with a Taser device to encourage compliance.
Holli... More...    $0 (09-03-2015 - MO)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced today that a Wichita, Kan., attorney is among five defendants who have pleaded guilty in federal court this week to their roles in a multi-million dollar scheme to transport hundreds of thousands of cartons of contraband cigarettes from the Kansas City, Mo., area to the state of New York, w... More...    $0 (02-20-2015 - MO)

SMITH, Circuit Judge. Ronnie Walters brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against the City of Hazelwood, Missouri, ("the City") and Hazelwood Chief of Police Carl Wolf, alleging that they (1) deprived him of his property, namely a handgun and its ammunition, without due process of law, in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution; and (2) through the same ... More...    $0 (11-04-2011 - MO)

Dirt Cheap Cigarettes and Beer (DC) filed this § 1983 suit after Missouri revenue agents seized a large quantity of cigarettes from its retail stores. The district court1 granted summary judgment to the state defendants on each of DC’s federal constitutional claims and denied DC’s request for attorney’s fees. DC appeals only the denial of attorney’s fees. We affirm.

I.

On Fe... More...    $0 (12-07-2010 - MO)

An intoxicated driver struck Michael Dodd, who had been lying injured on Route M in Lawrence County, Missouri, after his own apparent alcohol-related accident. Dodd brought an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Missouri State Highway Patrolman Steven Jones and Lawrence County Deputy Sheriff Mike Thorn in their individual and official capacities. He alleged that Jones and Thorn, both of whom re... More...    $0 (10-18-2010 - MO)

Timothy Nelson brought a lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging thirteen officials at the Missouri Sexual Offender Treatment Center violated his constitutional rights. The defendants moved for summary judgment based on qualified immunity and the district court2 dismissed Nelson's claims against six of the thirteen defendants. The remaining seven defendants appeal the district court's order denyi... More...    $0 (05-13-2010 - MO)

Jami Neco Schmidt filed this claim for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Missouri’s strip search law, Mo. Rev. Stat. § 544.193. She brought claims against the City of Bella Villa, Missouri, and Chief of Police Edward Locke, Jr. in connection with the alleged post-arrest photographing of her tattoo. She appeals from the district court’s1 entry of summary judgment on each of her claims and fr... More...    $0 (03-02-2009 - MO)

The World Agricultural Forum (WAF) planned a conference in St. Louis in late May 2003. The St. Louis Police Department learned that prior WAF conferences in Boston, Washington, and other cities had attracted violent protests instigated by small anarchist groups that infiltrated peaceful protesters, and that Internet sites were exhorting out-of-town activists to travel to St. Louis to participate i... More...    $0 (11-14-2008 - MO)

At 10:00 p.m. on the evening of August 11, 1998, Kansas City police executed a warrant to search the home of David Doran for drugs and other contraband, using a tactic called "dynamic entry." Officer Ty Grant, serving as "ram officer," yelled "Police, search warrant," and immediately hit the front door with his ram, breaking in on the third hit. Officer Mark Sumpter as point man entered t... More...    $0 (06-06-2005 - MO)