North Dakota Excessive Force Law

<H2> <center> United States of America v. Kolby Jae McKay, a.k.a Kolby Woods </h2> </center>

Fargo, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder in Indian Country and voluntary manslaughter. Kolby Jae McKay, also known as Kolby Woods, age 33, from Fort Totten, North Dakota, was accused of Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault of a Spouse, Intimate Partner, or Dating Partner by Strangulation related to an incident on March 13, 2... More...

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Sarah Irene Tracy v. Jason Lee Tracy

<h2><br> Mohall, North Dakota family law lawyers represented woman and man is a protective order proceeding.<br> </h2><br> <br> [¶1] Jason Lee Tracy appeals from a domestic violence protection order. On appeal, he argues the district court's finding of domestic violence was clearly erroneous because Sarah Tracy failed to show Jason Tracy caused or threatened actual or imminent domestic violence. ... More...

$0 (10-24-2024 - ND)
<h1> United States of America v. Nathaniel Patrick Azure </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Discharges of Firearms in a Crime of Violence, and Brandishing of a Firearm in a Crime of Violence </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> St. Michael, ND, Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Assault with a Dang... More...

$0 (06-25-2024 - ND)
<h1> United States of America v. Nicholas Anfin Nesdahl </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexually Exploiting Several Minor Children </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Williston, ND, Man Sentenced to 50 Years in Federal Prison for Sexually Exploiting Several Minor Children</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> U... More...

$0 (06-25-2024 - ND)
United States of America v. Marie Um

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute controlled substances and controlled substance analogues resulting in serious bodily injury and death; conspiracy to import controlled substances and controlled substance analogues resulting in serious bodily injury and death; and international money la... More...

$0 (09-06-2023 - ND)
United States of America v. Daniel Vivas Ceron

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with for his role in operating a fentanyl enterprise from a Canadian prison.<br> <br> Daniel Vivas Ceron, age 42, a Columbian national, was extradited from Panama to the United States on January 25, 2017, with significant assistance from the Justice Department's Office of International Affairs.<br> <br> On July 12, 2019, Cer... More...

$0 (07-27-2023 - ND)
United States of America v. Marie Um

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribute controlled substances and controlled substance analogues resulting in serious bodily injury and death; conspiracy to import controlled substances and controlled substance analogues resulting in serious bodily injury and death; and international money launder... More...

$0 (04-24-2023 - ND)
United States of America v. Darius Sledge, a/k/a Ace, a/k/a Man Man, a/k/a Frank Love, a/k/a Gary, a/k/a Bill

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs, money laundering and maintaining a drug involved residence.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/northdakota/news/fargo/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Fargo</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> In June ... More...

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United States of America v. Johnson Shae Tollefson

Fargo, North Dakota criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with Production, Distribution and Possession of Child Pornography. <br> <br> Social networking website Tumblr reported that the Tumblr user "hornybiguysstuff" uploaded child pornography images during a private blog via the platform on December 19, 2019. A subsequent investigation by Homeland Security Investigation and North Dak... More...

$0 (09-20-2022 - ND)
United States of America v. Baquan Sledge and Darius Sledge

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug trafficking.<br> <br> Baquan Sledge, a/k/a Rell, a/k/a TJ, a/k/a Matthew Pierce, was convicted of Continuing Criminal Enterprise, Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession with Intent to Distribute Oxycodone, and Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premise.<br> <br> D... More...

$0 (06-17-2022 - ND)
United States of America v. Abbot William Aho

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.<br> <br> Abbot William Aho was charged with interference with commerce by threats or violence robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1951, which provides: <br> <br> (a) Whoever in any way or degree obstructs, delays, or affects commerce or the movement of any article or commodity in commerce, by robbery or ext... More...

$0 (04-12-2022 - ND)
Henry H. Howe v. Steven Gilpin, Delicia Glaze, Scott Kraft, Barbar L. Whelan, et al.

Grand Forks, North Dakota civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on Constitutional rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983 claiming $999,000 in damages.<br> <br> Steven Gilpin, Delicia Glaze and Scott Kraft were at all times relevant to the causes of action, Special Agents of the North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI), and a member of the Grand Forks Nar... More...

$0 (03-28-2022 - ND)
State of North Dakota v. Raymond Gunn

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder.<br> <br> Christopher Gunn, age 40, was charged with with murder for shooting and killing 41-year-old Eric Woodrow Hayes around 11 p.m. July 24 in the Loaf 'N Jug parking lot at 1201 N. University Drive in Fargo, across the street from North Dakota State University.<br> <br> Defendant claimed self ... More...

$0 (03-28-2022 - ND)
Steven Mark Orwig v. Mary Caroline Orwig

<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Divorce lawyer represented appelant with a <br> divorce judgment distributing the parties' property. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> In September 2016, Steven Orwig sued Mary Orwig for divorce. They coowned Orwig's Livestock Supplements, Inc. ("OLS”); Orwigs Tubs <br> International, Inc. ("OTI”); and MVP... More...

$0 (02-01-2022 - ND)
United States of America v. Douglas James Schneider

Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with Transportation of a Minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2423(a). <br> <br> Douglas James Schneider, Age 51 of Rhame, ND, was invited for Transporting a Minor, in violation of18 U.S.C. 2423(a). <br> <br> Investigation determined that between 2013 and 2018, Schneider sexually abused a minor child under the age of twelve ... More...

$0 (01-11-2022 - ND)
United States of America v. Harleigh Josette Haugen

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with armed robbery.<br> <br> Harleigh Josette Haugen, age 20, Fargo, ND, was charged with Conspiracy to Commit Robbery and Robbery. <br> <br> Investigation revealed that from May and continuing through June 2019, Haugen and Jordan Daniel Kraft, age 21, Fargo, ND, conspired with a group of young males and females to rob custo... More...

$0 (11-15-2021 - ND)
United States of America v. Steven Barros Pinto

Fargo, RI: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with participating in an international fentanyl distribution conspiracy.<br> <br> Steven Barros Pinto, 40, of Rhode Island, was indicted for his role in distributing fentanyl and fentanyl analogues from Canada and China. After a five-week trial that began on June 8 in Fargo, the jury returned guilty verdicts against Pinto on various ... More...

$0 (10-14-2021 - ND)
United States of America v. Rufus E. Dennis

Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count of Attempted Interference with Interstate Commerce by way of Robbery, one count of possessing a firearm during and in furtherance of a crime of violence, and one count of felon in possession of a firearm due to his prior murder conviction and one count of possession of a stolen weapon.<br> <br> Rufus E. Dennis, ... More...

$0 (08-06-2021 - ND)
Lorenzo Traveras Pemberton v. State of North Dakota

<center><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Lorenzo Traveras Pemberton with aggravated assault, interference with an emergency call, and felonious restraint charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> We described the evidence presented to the jury in State v. Pemberton, <br> 2019 ND 157, ¶¶ 2-7, 930 N.W.2d 125, and we will not repeat those facts here... More...

$0 (05-28-2021 - ND)
State of North Dakota v. Kari Leanne Riggin

<center><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Kari Leanne Riggin with appealing from a criminal judgment charge for violation of an Executive Order. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On March 13, 2020, Governor Doug Burgum declared a state <br> of emergency and activated the North Dakota State Emergency Operations <br> Plan via Executive Order ("E.O.â�... More...

$0 (05-28-2021 - ND)
United States of America v. Teon Tyrik Berry

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.<br> <br> Teon Tyrik Berry, age 20, of Fargo, ND, was charged with Interfere with Commerce by Threats and Violence – Hobbs Act Robbery. <br> <br> On June 6, 2019, Berry and a group of young males and one female robbed a customer of commercial sex. Berry's co-defendants posted an advertisement on "Sk... More...

$0 (05-16-2021 - ND)
City of Jamestown v. Santos Regalado Casarez, III

<center><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Santos Regalado Casarez, III with appealing from a criminal judgment entered after his motion to suppress was denied and his conditional guilty plea to refusing to take a chemical breath test was accepted</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> At approximately 11 p.m. on November 6, 2019, Jamestown Police <br> Offi... More...

$0 (04-26-2021 - ND)
United States of America v. Stephen Todd Reisinger

Bismarck, North Dakota obstruction of justice charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Stephen Todd Reisinger, age 50, from Kalispell, Montana, who was charged with obstruction of OSHA proceeding.<br> <br> Reisinger was a maintenance manager at Nabors Completion and Production Services Company (NCPS) at its Williston facility. He supervised approximately 40 employees, including 28-yea... More...

$0 (03-09-2021 - ND)
State of North Dakota v. Garett James Casatelli

<center><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Garett Casatelli with <i> appealing from a corrected criminal judgment after he entered a conditional guilty plea to the charge of actual physical control of a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or greater.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> On October 3, 2019, two Burleigh County d... More...

$0 (01-23-2021 - ND)
State of North Dakota v. Stephanie Ann Foot

<center><h2><font color="red"> Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented Stephanie Ann Foot with <i> appealing from an order denying her motion to suppress evidence and from the criminal judgment entered after she conditionally pled guilty to a charge of actual physical control (APC) of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol charge.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> O... More...

$0 (01-12-2021 - ND)
State of North Dakota v. John Immanuel Hirschkorn

<center><h2><font color="red">Bismarck, ND - Criminal defense attorney represented John Hirschkorn with <i> appealing from a criminal judgment entered after a jury found him guilty of aggravated assault and driving under the influence of alcohol.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The charges in this case arise out of an altercation in a McLean County<br> bar that was captured on video. On O... More...

$0 (01-12-2021 - ND)
State of North Dakota v. Kelvin Antone McAllister

<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> The State charged McAllister with aggravated assault on September 19,<br> 2018. The district court ... More...

$0 (04-02-2020 - ND)
State of North Dakota v. Ibrahim Ahmed Mohammed

<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> The State alleged Mohammed knocked on E.W.’s apartment door, and<br> when she opened it, forced h... More...

$0 (04-01-2020 - ND)
United States of America v. Nicholas Adam Bartholome

Fargo, ND - The United States of America charged Nicholas Adam Bartholome with possession of child porn.<br> <br> Nicholas Adam Bartholome, age 28, Grand Forks, ND, was sentenced to serve 9 years in federal prison, followed by 10 years supervised release for Receipt and Possession of Child Pornography. Bartholome was further ordered to pay $200 in special assessments to the Crime Victims’ Fund.<... More...

$0 (01-28-2020 - ND)
State of Florida vs Anthony Petagine

<center><P><font color=”FF0000”><h2><br> Need help finding a lawyer for representation for felony hazing in Florida? <br> <br> Call 918-582-6422. It's Free.<br> </font><br> </h2><br> </center><br> <br> Our review of the trial court’s grant of a motion to dismiss is de novo. Parks v. State, 96 So. 3d 474, 476 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012). When reviewing an order on a criminal defendant’s motion t... More...

$0 (01-06-2020 - ND)
Ladd R. Erickson, State’s Attorney v. Raymond J. Voisine

<center><P><font color=”FF0000”><h2><br> Need help finding a lawyer for representation for a sexually dangerous individual in South Dakota? <br> <br> Call 918-582-6422. It's Free.<br> </font><br> </h2><br> </center><br> “In 2004, Voisine was incarcerated after he pled guilty to gross sexual imposition for acts involving a six-year-old victim.” Interest of Voisine, 2018 ND 181, ¶ 2, 915... More...

$0 (01-05-2020 - ND)
United States of America v. Brent Robert Braun

Fargo, ND - The United States of America charged Brent Robert Braun with creating, distributing and possessing child pornography.<br> <br> Between March 2018 and June 2018, Special Agents from the North Dakota Bureau of Investigation conducted an online investigation of peer-to-peer file sharing networks for individuals sharing child pornography, and discovered that hundreds of files containing kn... More...

$0 (11-28-2019 - ND)
United States of America v. Lonnie Alonzo Howard

<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nd/images/bis4.jpg"><br> </center><br> Bismarck, ND - An Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 17 1/2 years in Federal Prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, and Escape<br> <br> Chief United States District Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Lonnie Alonzo Howard, age 48, of Bismarck, North Dakota, on charges of Possession ... More...

$0 (08-18-2019 - ND)
United States of America v. Lonnie Alonzo Howard

<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/nd/images/bis4.jpg"><br> </center><br> Bismarck, ND - An Armed Career Criminal Sentenced to 17 1/2 years in Federal Prison for Possession of a Firearm by a Felon, and Escape<br> <br> Chief United States District Judge Daniel L. Hovland sentenced Lonnie Alonzo Howard, age 48, of Bismarck, North Dakota, on charges of Possession o... More...

$0 (07-17-2019 - ND)
State of North Dakota v. Travis James Morsette

<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.ndcourts.gov/Themes/NDCourts/Content/statecourts_logo_blue.png"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> On September 8, 2017, a law enforcement officer, while on patrol stopped at a red light, observed a driver in the adjacent lane manipulating his touchscreen cell phone for approximately two seconds. The officer testifi... More...

$0 (04-01-2019 - ND)
State of North Dakota v. John Phillip Hamre

<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.ndcourts.gov/Themes/NDCourts/Content/statecourts_logo_blue.png"><br> <h2> <font color="red"><h2> </font> </h2><br> </center><br> On June 16, 2017, the State charged Hamre with two counts of simple assault on a peace officer, one count of preventing arrest, and one count of fleeing or attempting to elude a peace officer. The charges related to inc... More...

$0 (04-01-2019 - ND)
United States of America v. Dennis Allen Corwin

<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> Bismarck, ND - Minot Man Sentenced to 12 1/2 Years in Federal Prison for Drug, Gun, and Money Laundering Charges<br> <br> Chief Judge Daniel L. Hovlan... More...

$0 (03-28-2019 - ND)
United States of America v. Bryan James Hogle

<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.gsa.gov/cdnstatic/ephox_images/fargooutsidelookingup_1345405815450131553_1448293187413.png"><br> </center><br> Fargo, ND - Las Vegas, NV, Man Sentenced to 45 Years for Offenses Involving Transportation of a One-Year-Old Child for the Purpose of Sexual Abuse <br> <br> Bryan James Hogle, age 43, Las Vegas, NV, was sentenced to serve 45 years in prison, ... More...

$0 (02-09-2019 - ND)
Roger Lee Davies v. State of North Dakota <table> <td>

In 2014, Roger Davies was charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child. In November 2014, Davies pleaded guilty. During the change of plea, the district court advised Davies that as a part of the binding plea agreement, the court would not sentence him to more than 15 years imprisonment. After a presentence investigation, Davies was sentenced to a term of 15 years imprisonment and supervised p... More...

$0 (09-19-2018 - ND)
Joe R. Whatley v. Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Joe Whatley, Trustee of the wrongful death claimants' trust (WD Trust),appeals the district court's order finding that his claim under the CarmackAmendment, 49 U.S.C. § 11706, against Canadian Pacific Railway was untimely. Wereverse and remand for further proceedings.<br> I.BACKGROUND<br> On June 29, 2013, a train carrying crude oil left New Town, North Dakota,destined for an oil refinery near Sa... More...

$0 (09-18-2018 - ND)