North Dakota Intent to Commit Murder 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...
$ (04-17-2026 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Joshua Hite
Fargo, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Joshua Hite is accused of killing Isadora Wengel, whose body has never been found.... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Shawnee Lynn Krall
Minot, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ntentional or knowing murder. ¶1] Shawnee Krall appeals an amended criminal judgment after a jury found him guilty of intentional or knowing murder of Alice Queirolo. We conclude the State presented sufficient evidence for a jury to find Krall guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. We further conclude the distric... More...
$ (01-28-2026 - ND)<H2> United States of America v. D’Angelo James Hunt
Fargo, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder and manslaughter. On November 17, 2025, D’Angelo James Hunt, age 26, of St. Michael, North Dakota, was charged by criminal complaint with Second Degree Murder of I.H. He waived a detention hearing following his initial appearance and remains in custody. The Grand Jury then returned a true bill of in... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - ND)<H2> United States of America v. D’Angelo James Hunt
Fargo, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder and manslaughter. On November 17, 2025, D’Angelo James Hunt, age 26, of St. Michael, North Dakota, was charged by criminal complaint with Second Degree Murder of I.H. He waived a detention hearing following his initial appearance and remains in custody. The Grand Jury then returned a true bill of ind... More...
$ (12-18-2023 - ND)United States of America v. Lacey Bernard Guyton, Jr., also known as Bu
Bismarck, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances (Count One), and one count of possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl (Count Two). <br> <br> On October 17, 2020, officers executed a search warrant in Bismarck, North Dakota, following a multi-agency i... More...
$0 (11-17-2025 - ND)<H2> United States of America v. Tallon Joseph Hoogeboom
Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances (drugs).... More...
$0 (11-07-2025 - ND)United States of America v. Zakiyah Williams
Bismarck, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute drugs.<br> ... More...
$0 (10-17-2025 - ND)State of North Dakota v. C’Aundre Douglas
Fargo, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> C'Aundre Douglas, 20, of Jamestown, charged with the murder of 20-year-old Elijah Hughes outside the Westwood Estates apartment complex in south Fargo.... More...
$0 (10-17-2025 - ND)United States of America v. Chad Demonn Walker
Bismarck, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute meth, and fentanyl and possession of a firearm.... More...
$0 (09-17-2025 - ND)United States of America v. Robbie Lee McKay
Fargo, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute drugs.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (09-17-2025 - ND)United States of America v. Marcus Brian Rexrode
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.<br> <br> In May 2023, Marcus Rexrode attempted to deliver marijuana he had agreed<br> to sell to sixteen-year-old J.M. When he approached J.M. at the agreed location, J.M.<br> pointed a handgun and demanded the marijuana. Rexrode then pointed his handgun<br> at J.M., ... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Isaac Osei Afoakwa </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fargo criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> <br> National Health Care Fraud Takedown Results in 324 Defendants Charged in Connection with Over $14.6 Billion in Alleged Fraud</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="re... More...
$0 (07-06-2025 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Kareem Lee Byrd, Jr.
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with intentional and knowing murder.<br> <br> Defendant sought post-conviction relief, which was denied.... More...
$0 (04-02-2025 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Jorge Villazana
<h2><br> Dickinson, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reckless endangerment, terrorizin and and attempted murder.<br> </h2> <br> <br> <br> On May 4, 2022, Villazana was charged with one count of reckless endangerment, one count of terrorizing, and one count of attempted murder. On August 8, 2022, the State filed a notice of dangerous special offender based... More...
$0 (11-21-2024 - ND)United States of America v. Kevin Daniel Torgeson
<h2>Fargo, North Dakota transportation of explosives by a person without a license and drug possession criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. 842 provides:<br> <br> (a) It shall be unlawful for any person—<br> (1) to engage in the business of importing, manufacturing, or dealing in explosive materials without a license issued under this chapter;<br> (... More...
$0 (10-18-2024 - ND)United States of America v. James Alfonzo Lovejoy
<h2><br> Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs.<br> <h2><br> 21:841(a)(1) AND 21:841(b)(1)(C) POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; 18:2 AIDING AND ABETTING... More...
$0 (09-27-2024 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Christopher Branden Enriquez </center
<h2><br> Minot, North Dakota revocation of probation criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> [¶2] Enriquez pled guilty to possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver or manufacture, a class B felony. Enriquez's sentence included probation. One condition of Enriquez's probation was he "not possess a firearm, destructive device or other dangerous weapon... More...
$0 (08-18-2024 - ND)United States of America v. Daniel Cartagena-Rodriguez
<h2><br> Minot, North Dakota drug possession with intent to distribute charge criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> In December 2020, a confidential informant agreed to make a controlled purchase of fentanyl pills from Cartagena-Rodriguez at a hotel. The informant wore an audio transmitter that recorded his conversations with the suspect. The informant and Cart... More...
$0 (08-18-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. DeShaun Holmes </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fargo, ND, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbery of a Mail Carrier </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fargo, ND, Man Sentenced to Federal Prison for Robbery of a Mail Carrier</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On July 17, 2023, DeShaun Holmes, age 22, from Fargo, North D... More...
$0 (08-14-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. April Elizabeth Bergman </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firearms Trafficking and Felon in Possession of a Firearm </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jamestown, ND, Woman Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Firearms Trafficking and Felon in Possession of a Firearm </h2></center></b>... More...
$0 (07-18-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Elizabeth Bergman </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Firearms Trafficking and Felon in Possession of a Firearm </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jamestown, ND, Woman Sentenced to Eight Years in Federal Prison for Firearms Trafficking and Felon in Possession of a Firearm</h2></center></b></... More...
$0 (07-18-2024 - 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 Da... More...
$0 (06-17-2024 - 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 Da... More...
$0 (06-17-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Kyle William Johnson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon, one count of Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance (Methamphetamine), and one count of Possession and Discharge of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center>... More...
$0 (05-03-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Cody James Belgarde </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second-Degree Murder and Arson.</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b>St. Michael, ND, Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Second-Degree Murder and Arson </h2></center><br> <br> Cody James Belgarde, age 37, from St. Michael, ND, was sentenced to 32... More...
$0 (04-22-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Vine Phillip Hayes </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> </h2></center></i><br> <br> United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that U.S. District Judge Karen E. Schreier has sentenced a Rapid City... More...
$0 (01-29-2024 - ND)<h1> United States of America v. Daniel Saydee Cisse </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Tamper with a Federal Witness.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> </h2></center></i><br> <br> United States Attorney Mac Schneider, District of North Dakota, announced that on January 18, 2024, Daniel Saydee Cisse, age 19, Far... More...
$0 (01-18-2024 - ND)United States of America v. Cody James Belgarde
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second-Degree Murder and Arson.<br> <br> In January of 2021, Cody James Belgarde, age 36, from St. Michael, ND, shot and killed a boy who was two weeks past his seventeenth birthday. Belgarde then set fire to the house where the murder took place. After eight days of trial and over thirty witnesses, the jury reache... More...
$0 (11-19-2023 - 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. Thompson Tarr
Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with aiding and assisting in the preparation of a false and fraudulent tax return.<br> <br> 26 U.S.C. 2706 provides:<br> <br> Any person who—<br> (1) Declaration under penalties of perjury<br> <br> Willfully makes and subscribes any return, statement, or other document, which contains or is verified by a written decl... More...
$0 (08-07-2023 - 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. Randall Judge Phelan
Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with soliciting and accepting bribes and kickbacks from a contractor providing construction services on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, which is the home of the MHA Nation.<br> <br> Randall Judge Phelan, 58, of Mandaree, North Dakota, was an elected representative on the Tribal Business Council â€... More...
$0 (05-16-2023 - 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...
$0 (01-06-2023 - ND)United States of America v. Joel Alejandro Quinonez
Fargo, North Dakota criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute drugs.<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> On April 21, 2021, Joel Aljejandro Quinonez, age 34, of Puebla, Mexico, wa... More...
$0 (12-13-2022 - ND)United States of America v. Randall Jude Phelan
Fargo, North Dakota criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud.<br> <br> Randall Jude Phelan, 58, of Mandaree, North Dakota, was an elected representative on the Tribal Business Council, the governing body of the MHA Nation, from around November 2012 through the middle of 2020. Beginning around 2013 and continuing through 2020, Phelan sol... More...
$0 (10-25-2022 - ND)State of North Dakota v. Arthur Prince Kollie
Fargo, North Dakota criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with intentional, knowing or with extreme indifference murder of a child, robbery with a firearm and aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon.<br> <br> Arthur Kollie was accused of killing Jupiter Paulsen outside Party City in Fargo.... More...
$0 (09-15-2022 - 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)Blue Appaloosa v. North Dakota Industrial Commission
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Bismarck, ND - Construction lawyer represented Appellee with appealing from a judgment of construction prior to obtaining a permit . </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> In January 2018, Blue Appaloosa purchased undeveloped land in Dunn <br> County, North Dakota. A few days after its purchase, Blue Appaloosa stated in <br> an email t... More...
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