Montana Criminal Defense Law
<h2> <CENTER> State of Montana v. Thomas Jerry Hill </h2> </cener>
Missoula, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted robbery. Digested by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> In October 2021, Hill was arrested and appeared before the Missoula County Justice Court on charges of robbery and disorderly conduct. He was held at Montana Sta... More...
$ (04-21-2026 - MT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Gabriela Lopez-Castro </h2> </center>
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1326.A. Digested by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> The government alleged in court documents that Gabriela Lopez-Castro, 35, was in the country illegally after having ... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - MT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Rogelio Rogelio Hernandez-Olivares </h2> </center>
Missoula, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Rogelio Hernandez-Olivares, 45, was in the United States illegally after having been removed once in 2009 and twice more in March and October of 2025... More...
$ (07-13-2026 - MT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Andrew Dwayne Johnson and Carrie Jeanine Johnson </h2> </center>
Great Falls, Montana, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with wire fraud, and to two years for one count of aggravated identity theft. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Andrew Dwayne Johnson, 49, and Carrie Jeanine Johnson, 46, stole checks from their next-door neighbor ... More...
$ (06-21-2026 - MT)<h2> <center State of Montana v. Nickie Dean Gardiner </h2> </center>
Missoula, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with deliberate homicide. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a Nickie Dean Gardiner accused of killing two elderly residents of the Riverside Health Care Center in Missoula in 1990.... More...
$ (06-09-2026 - MT)<h2> <center> United State of America v. Kadin Hawkeye Lewis </h2> </center>
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of unregistered destructive devices. Reported by <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/about" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Kadin Hawkeye Lewis, 24, in 2022, lived in a trailer in Pray, an unincorporated community in Park County, Montana. Officers obtained a search warrant for the trailer and inside ... More...
$ (05-21-2026 - MT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. James “Jimmy” Has The Eagle, Jr. </h2> </center>
Great Falls, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault and battery with a dangerous weapon in Indian Country. On July 17, 2024, Jane Doe 1 and James “Jimmy” Has The Eagle, Jr., 41, caught a ride to a residence in Lodgepole. Has The Eagle started getting angry at Jane Doe 1 and started beating on her in the vehicle. When they got close to the ... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - MT)<h2> <center> State of Montana v. Franciso Padilla-Canales </h2> </center>
Bozeman, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Deliberate Homicide, Aggravated Kidnapping, Witness Tampering, and Aggravated Burglary. On July 6, 2022, Padilla-Canales1 broke into a home where his wife, Gloryangelise Padilla Navarro, was spending the night. The couple had separated, and Navarro had begun a romantic relationship with Lesman Escobar Andara. Upon... More...
$ (03-18-2026 - MT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Violet Jeanee Littlelight </h2> </center>
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking resulting in death. Violet Jeanee Littlelight, 22, arranged for John Doe to pick her up at her residence in Billings. Prior to meeting Doe, Littlelight and co-defendants planned to rob Doe and take his truck. Once they took Doe’s truck, they planned to give it to a drug dealer in Hardin in exchange f... More...
$ (03-09-2026 - MT)United States of America v. Ryan David Schreder
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement in the process of acquiring a firearm. The government began investigating Ryan David Schreder, 45, after repeatedly being told about his escalating behavior. On October 10, 2024, the Yellowstone County Sheriff’s Office obtained and executed a search warrant for Schreder’s residence. Th... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - MT)State of Montana v. Lane Cole Gibson
Great Falls, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Lane Cole Gibson,age 20, accused of the deliberate homicide for the stabbing death of Terrell Gage Johnson.... More...
$ (02-01-2026 - MT)United States of America v. Lane Blake Kirkaldie
Great Falls, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: 18:113A.F STRANGULATION Title 18 U.S.C. §§ 1153(a) and 113(a)(8) (1) 18:113C.F ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON; TITLE 18 USC 1153(a) and 113(a)(3) (1s) 18:113E.P SIMPLE ASSAULT (PETTY OFFENSE); TITLE 18 USC 1153(a) and 113(a)(5) (2s) Lane Blake Kirkaldie, 21, was told to leave the house. Jane... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - MT)<H2> United States of America v. Joseph Wayne Cree Medicine, Jr.
Great Falls, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter. Joseph Wayne Cree Medicine, 41, crashed his Dodge Durango. The back seat passenger, John Doe, died as a result. The crash occurred after Cree Medicine left the roadway, overcorrected, and ultimately rolled the vehicle. Montana Highway Patrol conducted the crash investigation and determ... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - MT)<H2> United States of America v. Justin Curtis Huckaby
Great Falls, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with two counts of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The government alleged in court documents and at trial that Justin Curtis Huckaby, age 44, was convicted of a felony in the Montana Thirteenth Judicial District on June 5, 2019. He was sentenced to a period of custody of up to 15... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - MT)<H2> United States of America v. <H2> State of Montana v. John Doe A and John Doe B
Billings, Montana, criminal lawyer represent the Defendants charged with five counts of assault with a weapon. The Defendant were accused of committing drive-by shooting involving two cars where several rounds were fired from one car at another car before both drove away.... More...
$ (01-02-2026 - MT)<H2> United States of America v. Tracy Routh Lautenslager,
Missoula, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to smuggle a citizen of Great Britain into the United States. The government alleged in court documents that on April 1, 2025, a vehicle entered the United States through the Roosville, Montana Port of Entry. The vehicle was operated by the Tracy Routh Lautenslager, 54,, a United States citizen. She wa... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - MT)<H2> State of Montana v. Ayden Sakary Klompien
Bozeman, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represents Ayden Sakary Klompien charged with robbery and criminal possession of dangerous drugs. The Defendant is accused of robbing a man in the bathroom of in Town Pump in Belgrade.... More...
$ (12-30-2025 - MT)<H2> United States of America v. Tori Lee Hutzenbieler
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl. In May 2023, law enforcements officers learned from a source of information that Tori Lee Hutzenbieler, 46, was selling drugs in the Billings area. The source said Hutzenbieler concealed drugs in a trap compartment inside her Toyota Camry. Law enforcement learned through ... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - MT)<H2> United States of America v. Jesus Antonio Nunez-Aguirre
Butte, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry of a deported alien.... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - MT)<H2> United States of America v. Rex Wu, Jr.
Butte, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyber stalling. 18 U.S. Code § 2261 - Interstate domestic violence (a) Offenses.— (1) Travel or conduct of offender.— A person who travels in interstate or foreign commerce or enters or leaves Indian country or is present within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States with th... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - MT)<H2> United States of America v. Cody James Meltzian
Great Falls, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute controlled substances.... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - MT)<H2> United States of America v. Tori Lee Hutzenbieler
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing methamphetamine and fentanyl, In May 2023, law enforcements officers learned from a source of information that Tori Hutzenbieler, age 46, was selling drugs in the Billings area. The source said Hutzenbieler concealed drugs in a trap compartment inside her Toyota Camry. Law enforcement learned through... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - MT)<H2> United States of America v. Usman Hanif Khan
Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with use of a facility in interstate commerce in aid of racketeerring. Usman Hanif Khan, 52, was charged with one count of use of a facility of interstate commerce to aid in racketeering. prior to April 9, 2023, Khan met a woman on a social media website for those interested in a commercial sex relationship. Then, o... More...
$ (12-04-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Joshua Brandon Webb
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt of a firearm while under indictment.... More...
$0 (10-29-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Harley Jesse McIrwin
Helena, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a person prohibited from possessing a firearm. ... More...
$0 (10-28-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Keith Andre Green
Missoula, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute drugs and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.... More...
$0 (10-28-2025 - MT)<h1> United States of America v. Leobardo Ricardo Torres-Torres </h1></h1>
Great Falls, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry.<br> <br> A Mexican man who was in the United States illegally was sentenced yesterday to a term of time-served and remanded to the U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Attorney Kurt Alme said.<br> <br> Leobardo Ricardo Torres-Torres, 38, pleaded guilty in April 2025 to illegal reentry.<br> <br> The government... More...
$0 (10-25-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Patricia Marie Holcomb
Missoula, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute meth.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (10-19-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Tracy Allen Reilly
Helena, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2250, which provides:<br> <br> (a) In General.—Whoever—<br> (1) is required to register under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act;<br> (2)<br> (A) is a sex offender as defined for the purposes of the Sex Offender Registration a... More...
$0 (10-19-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Douglas Glenn Swank
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a prohibited personal in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922 G.... More...
$0 (10-19-2025 - MT)United States of America v. David Antonio Molina-Mendoza
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with re-entry of a deported alien.<br> <br> Any alien who—<br> <br> (1) has been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or has departed the United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding, and thereafter<br> (2) enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in, the U... More...
$0 (10-19-2025 - MT)United States of America v. John Paul Schmieding
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute meth.<br> <br> (a) Unlawful actsExcept as authorized by this subchapter, it shall be unlawful for any person knowingly or intentionally—<br> <br> (1) to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, or possess with intent to manufacture, distribute, or dispense, a controlled substa... More...
$0 (10-19-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Edward Wayne Brock
Missoula, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r possession with<br> intent to distribute methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1),<br> (b)(1)(B)(viii),... More...
$0 (10-19-2025 - MT)State of Montana v. Michael Paul Brown
Butte, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Michael Paul Brown, age 45, is accused of shooting and killing four people in an Anaconda bar.... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - MT)State of Montana v. Leslie Lambert
Missoula, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated kidnapping.<br> <br> Leslie Lambert, age 53, was accused of kidnapping and battering his ex-wife. ... More...
$0 (10-08-2025 - MT)State of Montana v. Dante Garriott
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Dante Garriott was accused for beating a nursing home resident to death.<br> <br> The Defendant was accused of punching and kicking Alan Wright, age 32, at a group home in the Billings Heights. He was 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighed 108 pounds, and he had the cognitive function of a 2- or 3-year-ol... More...
$0 (10-08-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Brandley Ron Calfrobe
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm and ammuniton.... More...
$0 (10-02-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Amanda Renee Quequesah =
Missoula, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentayl Near aschool and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.... More...
$0 (10-08-2025 - MT)State of Montana v. Charles William Post
Hamilton, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with DUI third offense. ... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - MT)State of Montana v. Loren Smoker
Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony deliverate homicidenan d tampering with or fabricating physical evidence.<br> <br> Loren Smoker was arrested on June 23, 2024 for shooting and killing 27-year-old Dennis Rolon at the intersection of Central Avenue and Shiloh Road. Rolon was found by police inside his car with a gunshot wound to his head, along... More...
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