Montana Fourth Amendment Law
United States of America v. Gabriel Cowan Metcalf
Billing, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violation of the Gun-Free School Zones Act, 18 U.S.C. § 922(q)(2)(A),<br> <br> Gabriel Cowan Metcalf lives in Billings, Montana,<br> across the street from a public elementary school. For<br> several days in August 2023—before the schoolyear<br> started—Metcalf patrolled outside his home with a shotg... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Juan Ramon Matta-Lopez, aka El Negro, aka Juan Ramon Matta-Ballesteros
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking compassionate release.<br> <br> Matta-Lopez was convicted for conduct that occurred before the <br> enactment of the Sentencing Reform Act (SRA) on November 1, 1987. Under the <br> pre-SRA statutory scheme, 18 U.S.C. § 4205(g) (the old law), Matta-Lopez is <br> precluded from personally moving for compassionate ... More...
$0 (09-08-2025 - MT)United States of America v. Francisco Alcocer-Sanchez
Great Falls, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using or possessing fraudulent immigration docuemtns in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1546, which provides:<br> <br> he first paragraph of 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a) proscribes the forging, counterfeiting, altering or falsely making of certain immigration documents or their use, possession, or receipt. The second paragraph pr... More...
$0 (07-07-2025 - MT)Carrie Gregory v. State of Montana and Tomeka Williams
Great Falls, Montana civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an excessive force claim.<br> <br> In this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, Plaintiff Carrie Gregory alleged that Defendant Tomeka Williams, a<br> Montana Probation Officer, used excessive force on Gregory during a May 15, 2020 encounter that occurred in a parking<br> lot adjacent to the Montana Department of Corrections Probat... More...
$0 (12-23-2024 - MT)State of Montana v. Matthew M. Mays
Missoula, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit burglary.<br> <br> <br> In 2009, Mays pleaded guilty in two separate cases, DC-09-60 (Conspiracy to Commit Burglary) and DC-07-419 (Robbery), in the Fourth Judicial District Court. For DC-09-60, the District Court sentenced him to the Department of Corrections (DOC) for a suspended five-year term ... More...
$0 (11-19-2024 - MT)James Morrison v. United States et al.
<h2><br> Billings, Montana lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on medical malpractice theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> Morrison's claims relate to medical treatment he did or did not receive in November, 2021 and associated events. Morrison sought treatment at the Indian Health Services. (Doc 5 at 2.) He was then transferred to Billings Clinic, who then treated him improperly. (Doc. 5 at 3.) He wa... More...
$0 (10-18-2024 - MT)<h1> STATE OF MONTANA v. DERRELL RUSSELL DOWD </h1>
Derrell Russell Dowd appeals financial conditions of his sentence from the <br> Nineteenth Judicial District Court. Dowd pleaded guilty to felony driving under the <br> influence pursuant to § 61-8-401, MCA. Despite Dowd's objections that he could not <br> afford to pay, the District Court imposed a $5,000 fine and several costs, surcharges, and <br> fees as recommended by Dowd's Presentence I... More...
$0 (09-12-2023 - MT)Chester R. Bauer v. State of Montana
<br> ¶ 1 Chester R. Bauer (Bauer) appeals from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief by the Seventeenth Judicial District Court, Blaine County. We reverse and remand for resentencing.<br> <br> ¶ 2 The sole issue on appeal is whether the District Court erred in concluding that Bauer was not entitled to resentencing on due process grounds.<br> <br> Factual and Proce... More...
$0 (08-03-1999 - MT)United States of America v. Christopher Patrick Cruz
At first glance, there appears to be something odd about a<br> court of law in a diverse nation such as ours deciding whether<br> a specific individual is or is not "an Indian.â€<br> 1<br> Yet, given the<br> long and complex relationship between the government of the<br> United States and the sovereign tribal nations within its borders, the criminal jurisdiction of the federal government of... More...
$0 (02-10-2009 - MT)Valerie L. Calf Boss Ribs v. Daniel J. Cornelius
Cut Bank, Montana, family law lawyers represented the parties seeking custody on a child of the relationship between the parties.<br> <br> <br> ¶4 In October 2020, Father picked up L.D.C. from Mother in Browning. He did not return the child for Mother's next scheduled parenting time, however, and instead made multiple failed attempts to get Mother to submit to mediation. In February 2021, Mother ... More...
$0 (08-16-2022 - MT)United States of America v. Joshua Alberto Rodriguez
Great Falls, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.<br> <br> Joshua Alberto Rodriguez moved the Court to reduce his sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i). (Doc. 1058.) Rodriguez is currently serving a sentence of 270 months for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cons... More...
$0 (07-14-2022 - MT)IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: JUSTIN KEEGAN and SHAUNA KEEGAN
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Helena, Montana - Divorce lawyer represented defendant with appealing the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Decree of Dissolution. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> Shauna and Justin Keegan (Justin) were married in 2014 and have two children <br> together. Justin filed to dissolve the marriage on September 4, 2019. J... More...
$0 (07-04-2022 - MT)IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: JENNIFER L. RUSSUM and MATTHEW S. WENDT
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Helena, Montana - Divorce lawyer represented Petitioner and Appellant with appealing the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order (Order) in a parenting plan. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> <br> Russum and Matthew Wendt (Wendt) were married in 2004 and divorced in 2010. <br> During their marriage, they had one child, H.... More...
$0 (07-04-2022 - MT)United States of America v. William Maurice Newkirk, a/k/a Pelly
Billings, Montana criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with sex trafficking minors.<br> <br> William Maurice Newkirk, also known as "Pelly,†41, indicted in a superseding information charging him with sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, use of facility in interstate commerce in aid of racketeering, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking and tr... More...
$0 (01-09-2022 - Mt)United States of America v. Harrison Garrett Alvarez
Great Falls, Montana criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with assault for pointing an assault rife.<br> <br> Harrison Garrett Alvarez, 30, of Cut Bank, was a Customs and Border Protection officer at the time of the offense, pleaded guilty in July to three counts of simple assault. <br> <br> The former off-duty federal law enforcement officer admitted to misdemeanor assault for... More...
$0 (11-22-2021 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. WESLEY SMITH
<center><h2><font color="red">Helena, Montana - Criminal defense attorney represented Wesley John Smith with one count of Sexual Abuse of Children charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> ¶2 We restate the issues on appeal as follows: <br> 1. Did the District Court misinterpret M. R. Evid. 801(d)(1) and abuse its discretion <br> by admitting the victim's taped forensic interview as a prio... More...
$0 (06-25-2021 - MT)MARKUS HENDRIK KAARMA v. STATE OF MONTANA
<center><h2><font color="red"> Helena, Montana - Criminal defense attorney represented Markus Hendrik Kaarma with a deliberate homicide charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In April 2014, Kaarma's Missoula home, which he shared with his partner Janelle <br> Pflager (Pflager) and their infant son, was burglarized twice when they left their garage <br> door partially open. After the two b... More...
$0 (06-25-2021 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. Travis Staker
<center><h2><font color="red"> Helena, Montana - Criminal defense attorney represented Travis Michael Staker with a patronizing prostitution charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> During the week of August 26, 2018, officers of the Gallatin County Sheriff's <br> Office, Bozeman Police Department, and the United States Department of Homeland <br> Security conducted a warrantless internet s... More...
$0 (06-25-2021 - MT)State of Montana v. Lloyd James Noble
Appellant was charged by information with committing first degree murder and first degree assault.<br> "COUNT I<br> <br> "In the District Court of the Thirteenth Judicial District of the State of Montana, in and for the County of Yellowstone, on the 19th day of February A.D. 1962, comes William J. Speare, County Attorney of said county, and here in said District Court, upon his official oath and i... More...
$0 (08-02-1963 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. CLINTON SCOTT KRAUSE
<center><h2><font color="red"> Butte, MT - Criminal defense attorney represented Clinton Scott Krause with a <i>Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (DUI), 4th or subsequent offense charge.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On September 27, 2017, at about 9:40 p.m., Officer Meek of the Great Falls Police<br> Department was dispatched to the area of 6th Avenue South and Chowen Springs Loop in... More...
$0 (02-03-2021 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. JOSHUA WAYNE REAMS
<center><h2><font color="red"> Helena, Montana - Criminal defense attorney represented Joshua Wayne Reams with a <i>one count of incest, alleging he sexually abused his ten-year old stepdaughter charge.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Reams was charged by amended information with one count of incest, alleging he<br> sexually abused his ten-year old stepdaughter, J.L.<br> ¶3 On June 12, 201... More...
$0 (01-22-2021 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. STEVEN WAYNE KEEFE
<center><h2><font color="red"> Helena, Montana - Criminal defense attorney represented Steven Wayne Keefe with <i> appealing the May 6, 2019 Sentence, Order to Close File, and Order Exonerating Bond issued by the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, which, in relevant part, re-sentenced him to life without parole for three counts of deliberate homicide committed when he was a juvenile..... More...
$0 (01-22-2021 - MT)DONNIE NOLAN v. STATE OF MONTANA
<center><h2><font color="red">Billings, MT - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Donnie Nolan charged with <i>failing to register as a violent offender. .</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In 2013, Donnie Nolan was charged with failing to register as a violent offender.<br> The State alleged Nolan had moved to a new address and failed to register that address.<br> Nolan contended t... More...
$0 (12-07-2020 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA vs. RENIE RAYMOND JOSEPH FILLION
<center><h2><font color="red">Bozeman, MT - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Renie Raymond Joseph Fillion with <i>appealing his conviction entered in the Eighteenth Judicial District Court, Gallatin County, for felony Theft; felony Altering an Identification Number; and a misdemeanor count for Violation of a License Plate Requirement..</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Nicholas... More...
$0 (11-20-2020 - MT)DONNIE NOLAN v. STATE OF MONTANA
<center><h2><font color="red">Billings, MT - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Donnie Nolan charged with <i>failing to register as a violent offender. The State alleged Nolan had moved to a new address and failed to register that address. Nolan contended that he maintained the previous address and thus was only required to register at the subsequent address when the registration agen... More...
$0 (11-20-2020 - MT)DANIEL JAMES MAROZZO v. STATE OF MONTANA
<center><h2><font color="red">Libby, MT - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Rodney Dain Doster with <i> appealing from the September 19, 2019 Order of the Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Lincoln County, denying his petition for postconviction relief.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> In November 2015, Marozzo was charged with felony DUI and misdemeanor<br> driving while licen... More...
$0 (11-20-2020 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. MICHAEL JOSEPH HOWARD
<center><h2><font color="red">Missoula, MT - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Michael Joseph Howard with <i> appeals the revocation of his suspended sentence by the Fourth Judicial District Court, Missoula County.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> ¶2 In 2011, pursuant to a plea agreement, Howard pled guilty to Aggravated Assault,<br> a felony, and Endangering the Welfare o... More...
$0 (11-20-2020 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. VALORIE SUE CHURMAGE
Kalispell, MT - Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol (DUI)—second offense<br> <br> <center><br> <img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Helena_MT.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> ¶1 Pursuant to Section I, Paragraph 3(c), Montana Supreme Court Internal Operating<br> Rules, this case is decided by memorandum opinion, shall not be cited and does not serve<br> as pre... More...
$0 (09-18-2020 - MT)WILLIAM SCOTT ROGERS, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY, LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, LEO C. DUTTON, in his capacity as Lewis & Clark County Sheriff, JASON GRIMMIS, in his capacity as Lewis & Clark County Undersheriff and former Captain for the Lewis & Clark County Detention Center, ALAN HUGHES, in his capacity as Captain for the Lewis & Clark Detention Center, JOHN and JANE DOES 1 through 50, in their capacity as Employees of the Lewis & Clark County Detention Center,
Helena, MT - unclothed visual body cavity search<br> <br> <center><img width="400" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MoreLaw_Suites_Petro.jpg"><br> <P> <h1><a href="http://www.morelawsuites.com" target="_new">MoreLaw Suites</a><br> 601 South Boulder, Suite 600 <br> 855-853-4800</h1></center><br> <br> <br> <br> DA 19-0734<br> <br> ¶1 William Scott Rogers, leading a group o... More...
$0 (09-18-2020 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. CHRIS ARTHUR CHRISTENSEN
Hamilton, MT - Negligent Homicide<br> <br> <center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://nbcmontana.com/resources/media/23a42337-6831-4000-a0a5-e48b381207ea-large16x9_ImportedfromLakana.jpg?1581113473192 "> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> ¶3 Christensen is a general physician who has practiced in Californi... More...
$0 (09-18-2020 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. DUSTIN SCOTT DINEEN
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://app.mt.gov/conweb/Photo/Show/3023559"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <center><br> <img width="400" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/subscription.gif?fit=300%2C42"><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> DA 18-0388<br> IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE ST... More...
$0 (08-23-2020 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. TOBY CARL McADAM
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://courts.mt.gov/Portals/189/Images/logo-3.gif?ver=2017-06-15-092906-000"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <center><br> <img width="400" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/subscription.gif?fit=300%2C42"><br> </center><br> <br> <br> <br> ¶1 Pursuan... More...
$0 (08-23-2020 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. MICHAEL DAVID WILSON
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://app.mt.gov/conweb/Photo/Show/3023701"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <center><br> <img width="400" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/subscription.gif?fit=300%2C42"><br> </center><br> <br> <br> ¶1 Pursuant to Section I, Paragraph 3(c), Montan... More...
$0 (08-22-2020 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. STACY MICHAEL TRUJILLO
<center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://app.mt.gov/conweb/Photo/Show/46438"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h2> <font color="red"> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> <CENTER>On February 2, 2017, the State charged Trujillo with attempted deliberate homicide<br> after he repeatedly stabbed Omer Carbajal with a knife in the lobby of the Great Falls<br> Rescue Mission. The Stat... More...
$0 (06-14-2020 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. EMMANUEL F. GOMEZ
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> On January 13, 2016, the State charged Gomez with one count of PFMA as a<br> continuing course of c... More...
$0 (04-16-2020 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. SHAYNE BERTELSEN
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> On December 9, 2015, Bertelsen was arrested and charged by Information with<br> incest for having s... More...
$0 (04-15-2020 - MT)State of Louisiana v. Brandy Shackelford
<center><P><font color=”FF0000”><h2><br> Need help finding a lawyer for representation concerning an excessive sentence appeal in Louisiana?<br> <br> Call 918-582-6422. It's Free.<br> </font><br> </h2><br> </center><br> On May 26, 2016, law enforcement officers responded to a 911 call of <br> alleged child abuse1 regarding a two-year-old male, R.M. According to the <br> officers, the chil... More...
$0 (01-19-2020 - MT)STATE OF MONTANA v. MICHAEL CRAIG MARQUART
<center><P><font color=”FF0000”><h2><br> Need help finding a lawyer for representation for appealing a burglary, theft, and violating an order of protection conviction in Montana?<br> Call 918-582-6422. It's Free.<br> </font><br> </h2><br> </center><br> This case arises from an order of protection that Marquart’s estranged wife Crissy <br> obtained against him in June 2015 following thei... More...
$0 (01-18-2020 - MT)ALEXIS NUNEZ and HOLLY McGOWAN v. WATCHTOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, INC.; CHRISTIAN CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES; and THOMPSON FALLS CONGREGATION OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
<center><P><font color=”FF0000”><h2><br> Need help finding a lawyer for representation for violation of Montana’s mandatory child abuse reporting statute? <br> Call 918-582-6422. It's Free.<br> </font><br> </h2><br> </center><br> Peter McGowan, Ivy McGowan-Castleberry, and Plaintiff Holly McGowan are <br> siblings. Their mother Joni married Maximo Reyes in 1994. Plaintiff Alexis Nunez ... More...
$0 (01-18-2020 - MT)IN THE MATTER OF: B.H. and G.H. Youths in Need of Care
<center><P><font color=”FF0000”><h2><br> Need help finding a lawyer for representation for the termination of parental rights in Montana.<br> <br> Call 918-582-6422. It's Free.<br> </font><br> </h2><br> </center><br> On January 4, 2017,the Montana Department of Health and Human Services, Child <br> and Family Services Division (Department), filed a petition for each child, titled Petition ... More...
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