Missouri Kidnapping Law
<h1> United States of America v. Emma M. Cunningham, Jervonz L. Williams </h1></h1>
St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged who attempted to kidnap and rob a St. Louis apartment property manager at gunpoint.<br> <br> Two people who attempted to kidnap and rob a St. Louis apartment property manager at gunpoint in 2024 have been sentenced to prison for that and other crimes.<br> <br> U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced ... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Mahamud Tooxoow Mahamed </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Joplin, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Kidnapping Resulting in Death </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Former Noel Man Pleads Guilty to Kidnapping Resulting in Death</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> Ma... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - 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. James C. Taylor </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of possession with intent to distribute fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> A convicted felon from St. Louis County has pleaded guilty to two gun charges and admitted possessing fentanyl.<... More...
$0 (03-11-2025 - 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)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. Dustin Curtis Winter
<h2><br> Springfield, Missouri first-degree murder criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> Dustin Curtis Winter was convicted of first-degee murder and kidnapping.<br> <br> In October of 2018, Victim moved back to Missouri from California; Victim was living with his mother in Springfield in the summer of 2019. Victim had one sister, who he was in continuous contact with, a... More...
$0 (09-19-2024 - MO)United States of America v. Raphael Raymond Nunn
<font color="red"><b><h2>St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Charles&l=Clippert&i=140508&z=55101" target="_new">Charles F. Clippert</a> represented the Defendant who was charged with kidnapping, carjacking, fraud, and aggravated identity theft.</h2></a></font></h2></center><br> <br> on September 13, 2022, at approximately 7:30 a.m., Raphae... More...
$0 (05-24-2024 - MO)<h1> United States of America v. Amy Kay Thomas </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Springfield , Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping and to being a felon in possession of a firearm..</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> Conspirators Tortured, Fatally Shot Kidnapping Victim </h2></center><br> <br> A Webb City, Mo., woman was sentenced in federal c... More...
$0 (04-18-2024 - MO)United States of America v. Wayne D. Lozier
Saint Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping.<br> <br> Wayne D. Lozier Jr., now 44, of the New Orleans area, was charged with two felony counts. <br> <br> Testimony and evidence presented at trial, including from Lozier's body camera, showed that the victim had an arrest warrant from the 22nd Judicial District Court in St. Tammany Parish for two ... More...
$0 (09-29-2023 - MO)United States of America v. Jeffrey David Marsh
Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with kidnapping a Webb City, Mo., woman and threatening to kill her and her family unless she recanted her testimony in his state criminal case.<br> <br> On July 7, 2022, Jeffrey Marsh, 35, of Oronogo, Mo. pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, one count of kidnapping, one count of being a felon i... More...
$0 (06-27-2023 - MO)United States of America v. Amy Kay Thomas and Lawrence William Vaughan
Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged for their roles in a kidnapping conspiracy that resulted in the death of the victim.<br> <br> Amy Kay Thomas, 39, of Webb City, Mo., and Lawrence William Vaughan, also known as "Scary Larry,†51, of Newton County, Mo., pleaded guilty today in separate appearances before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool. Thoma... More...
$0 (04-27-2023 - MO)United States of America v. Mosley Jumon Williams
St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and meth.<br> <br> Mosley Jumon Williams, now 32, was accused on March 28, 2019 of kidnapping an elderly man at gunpoint to learn the location of William's ex-wife, who had an order of protection naming Williams. St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers arrested Williams, but coul... More...
$0 (03-27-2023 - MO)State of Missouri v. Xavier B. Gee
Columbia, Missouri criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with seven felonies including rape, robbery and kidnapping.<br> <br> Xavier B. Gee, age 26, was accused of first-degree rape, attempted rape, two counts of first-degree robbery, tow counts of armed criminal action, first-degree sodomy or attempted sodomy and kidnapping.<br> <br> Description: Rape Or Attempted Rape - 1st Degree {... More...
$0 (09-15-2022 - MO)Crawford Jordan-A, Chief Justice ex rel. Jordan Alexander Crawford v. United States of America, et al.
Plaintiff Crawford: Jordan-A brings this action to declare that he is a member of the Yamassee Native Americans of the Creek Nation; that as a tribal member, he is not a citizen of the United States, of any State, or of any local municipality; that he is governed by divine law and not the man-made laws of any nation, State, or municipality; and that therefore any documents, contracts, or instrumen... More...
$0 (08-19-2022 - MO)United States of America v. Samuel M. David
Kansas City, Missouri criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with armed robbery of a pizza delivery driver, after a third suspect involved in the robbery was killed during a shootout with police officers.<br> <br> Samuel M. David, 20, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge W. Brian Gaddy today to one count of robbery and one count of using a firearm during a crime of violence.<br> ... More...
$0 (08-04-2022 - MO)United States of America v. Jeffrey Marsh and Zaqouri Traves Archer
Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with kidnapping and threatening to kill the victim and her family.<br> <br> Jeffrey Marsh, 34, of Oronogo, Mo., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, one count of kidnapping, one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and one count of stalking.<br> <br> Co-defendant Zaqouri Traves Arch... More...
$0 (07-07-2022 - MO)State of Missouri v. Shawn W. Yount
Cape Girardeau, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree burglary.<br> <br> Yount was charged with six counts of the class D felony of second-degree burglary following a string of burglaries in December 2018 and January 2019. Prior to a jury trial, the State filed a motion to amend the information, alleging Yount was a dangerous offender subject to an exten... More...
$0 (04-08-2022 - MO)United States of America v. STEVEN RAY PRIGAN
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> St. Louis, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a illegally possessing firearms charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> This case involves Steven Prigan's sixty-four-month <br> sentence of imprisonment for illegally possessing firearms <br> in 2018. To correctly calculate Prigan's Sentencing <br> Guidelines range for the 2018 firearm... More...
$0 (09-03-2021 - MO)State of Missouri v. Corliss F. Mack, Jr.
<center><h2><font color="red"> St. Louis, Missouri - Criminal defense attorney represented Corliss F. Mack, Jr. with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of armed criminal action charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The State of Missouri (State) charged Appellant and his co-defendant, Qiana Fletcher <br> (Co-Defendant), with two counts of the class A felony of first-degree... More...
$0 (05-26-2021 - MO)State of Missouri vs. Godfrey K. Kirui
<center><h2><font color="red"> Kansas City, MO - Criminal defense attorney represented Godfrey Kirui with a <i>appeals his convictions, after a bench trial, of Rape in the first degree, Kidnapping in the first degree, Assault in the third degree, and Tampering with a Motor Vehicle in the first degree charges.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Mr. Kirui was convicted, after a bench trial, of... More...
$0 (03-14-2021 - MO)STATE OF MISSOURI v. TYLER J. GATES
<center><h2><font color="red">Kansas City, MO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Tyler J. Gates with <i> appealing his convictions of felony murder in the second degree predicated on the forcible felony of robbery and armed criminal actions.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Gates does not challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions<br> of... More...
$0 (11-03-2020 - MO)STATE OF MISSOURI v. RONALD MCLEMORE
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$0 (05-18-2019 - MO)State of Missouri vs. Richard Lowell Bjorgo
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://web.mo.gov/doc/PhotoServer/viewPhoto?7065127158.jpg"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <center><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/add/attorney/" target="_new"><img width="600" src="https://www.morelaw.com/images/banners/subscription.gif" target="_new"></a><br> </center><br> Around six o’clock in the evening of May ... More...
$0 (04-05-2019 - MO)JOHN MARSHALL vs. STATE OF MISSOURI
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="200" src=" https://web.mo.gov/doc/PhotoServer/viewPhoto?17534312003.jpg"> <br> </td><br> <td><br> <img width="200" src=" https://web.mo.gov/doc/PhotoServer/viewPhoto?1753431350.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red"> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> Movant was charged with kidnapping, domestic assault in the second degree, and <br... More...
$0 (02-14-2019 - MO)Maleni Gutierrez Molina v. Matthew G. Whitaker
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/sites/ca8/files/slides/StLouis%20outside%20pillars.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Maleni Gutierrez Molina and three of her children, Eduardo Yoneli Guido<br> Gutierrez, Melina Elizabeth Guido Gutierrez, and Jorge Javier Guido<br> Pursuant to 1 Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 43(c)(2), Acting Attorney<br> General Matthew G. Whitaker ... More...
$0 (12-17-2018 - MO)JEFFREY LAURENCE TRETA v. STATE OF MISSOURI
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="200" src="https://web.mo.gov/doc/PhotoServer/viewPhoto?12946191049.jpg "> <br> </td><br> <td><br> <img width="200" src="https://web.mo.gov/doc/PhotoServer/viewPhoto?129461920788.jpg "> <br> </td><br> </table><br> </center><br> Treta was charged by indictment with sexual misconduct involving a child, <br> section 566.0833 (Count I);4 two counts o... More...
$0 (10-20-2018 - MO)United States of America v. Gerald L. Holmes, also known as “Jerry” or “Joker”
Kansas City, MO - KC, Independence Men Plead Guilty to Drug Trafficking That Led to Kidnapping, Torture<br> <br> A Kansas City, Mo., man and an Independence, Mo., man have pleaded guilty in federal court to their roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy that involved the kidnapping and torture of an Independence, Mo., man.<br> <br> Gerald L. Holmes, also known as “Jerry” or “Joker,” 26, of ... More...
$0 (08-18-2018 - MO)State of Missouri vs. James M. Scott, <table> <td>
On December 28, 2013, A.F. (“Victim #1”) and his girlfriend, E.M. (“Victim #2”), were <br> walking home in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis (the “CWE”) around 11:00 or <br> 11:30 p.m. when they passed two men on the opposite side of the street. Victims #1 and #2 <br> continued to walk about a half a block when a man behind them told them to stop. Victim #1 <br> turned a... More...
$0 (03-24-2018 - MO)State of Missouri v. Thomas Oates <table> <td>
Oates went to a gas station to sell marijuana to a prospective buyer, Darrah Lane, <br> who had arranged the meeting. Oates brought a gun with him. When Oates arrived, he <br> walked over to Lane’s vehicle. She was seated in the driver’s seat and accompanied by <br> Opinion issued February 13, 2018 Leon Davis, who sat in the passenger’s seat. With the driver’s side window down, Oates l... More...
$0 (03-24-2018 - MO)United States of America v. Todd Beckman
St. Louis, MO - Tan Co. Owner Sentenced on Federal Kidnapping Charges<br> <br> Todd Beckman was sentenced to 240 months in prison for his role in kidnapping a Maplewood man. <br> <br> According to court documents, on November 21, 2016, brothers Blake and Caleb Laubinger entered the victim�s residence and, when he arrived home, attacked and confined him with zip ties, threatening t... More...
$0 (02-13-2018 - MO)State of Missouri v. Jeffrey L. Bruner
Defendant Jeffrey L. Bruner appeals his convictions on charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action, alleging the circuit court erred by refusing to submit a self-defense instruction. This Court recently reaffirmed in State v. Smith, 456 S.W.3d 849, 852 (Mo. banc 2015), that if substantial evidence is presented of the elements of self-defense, then the issue is injected and self-defens... More...
$0 (02-08-2018 - MO)State of Missouri v. Jeffrey L. Bruner <table> <td>
Considering the evidence in the light most favorable to submission of a self-defense<br> instruction, the record shows Mr. Bruner and his wife, Michelle Hale, were estranged. <br> Mr. Bruner testified that to his knowledge she was not seeing anyone else, though he was <br> aware she had met a college football coach for a lunch date. He later learned the coach <br> was Derek Moore. <br> Mr. Bru... More...
$0 (01-17-2018 - MO)Steven Brent Petrovick vs. State of Missouri <table> <td>
In June 1991, Petrovick engaged in sexual intercourse with a fourteen-yearold girl. He was nineteen years old at the time. Petrovick was charged in the Circuit Court of Jackson County with sexual assault in the first degree, a class C felony, in violation of § 566.040, RSMo 1986. Petrovick pleaded guilty, and on November 4, 1991, the circuit court suspended the imposition of sentence and place... More...
$0 (01-09-2018 - MO)State of Missouri vs. Christopher D. Hendren <table> <td>
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$0 (03-24-2017 - MO)MICHAEL D. RICE vs. STATE OF MISSOURI <table> <td>
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$0 (03-12-2017 - MO)<b><h3>State of Missouri vs. Leland Hughes</b></h3>
Defendant was convicted after a two-day bench trial on July 22 and 23, 2014. Evidence <br> at trial demonstrated on November 21, 2012, Defendant and co-defendant, Shawn Borders, broke <br> into the home of Bryan Richardson and robbed him, forcing him, his guest Alfred Barton, and <br> Richardson’s fiancée, T.A., to the floor, while the two defendants demanded money. Defendant <br> took Richard... More...
$0 (09-02-2016 - MO)<b><h3>Isla Ballard vs. State of Missouri</b></h3>
On July 28, 2008, Movant entered a guilty plea to twelve counts, one count of class B <br> felony kidnapping, four counts of class C felony domestic assault in the second degree, and <br> seven counts of class A misdemeanor domestic assault in the third degree. At the plea hearing, <br> Movant waived a sentencing assessment report, and was sentenced by the motion court to 15 <br> years for each ... More...
$0 (09-02-2016 - MO)Eddie Greer vs. State of Missouri
Eddie Greer appeals the circuit court’s denial of his Motion for Reconsideration of Post<br> Conviction Motion for Forensic DNA Testing, and Motion for Court Ordered Evidentiary <br> Hearing. In Greer’s sole point on appeal he contends that the court clearly erred by denying his <br> motion for reconsideration without ordering the State to show cause why the motion should not <br> be granted,... More...
$0 (04-27-2016 - MO)Eddie Greer vs. State of Missouri
Greer was convicted in 1979 of rape, sodomy, kidnapping, and armed criminal action, for <br> which he received sentences totaling 620 years. We affirmed Greer’s convictions and sentences <br> on direct appeal for the rape, sodomy, and kidnapping charges, but reversed his convictions for <br> the armed criminal action charges. State v. Greer, 609 S.W.2d 423 (Mo. App. 1980). In Greer v. <br> St... More...
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