South Dakota Kidnapping Law
<h1> United States of America v. Ellery Zephier, Sr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, South Dakota. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Kidnapping and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b>Marty Man Convicted at a Federal Jury Trial of Kidnapping and Assault Charges</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A jury has c... More...
$0 (02-04-2025 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Canku Martinez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Kidnapping </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mission Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Federal Prison for Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Kidnapping </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Canku Martinez, age... More...
$0 (01-22-2025 - SD)United States of America v. Ambre Star McLaughlin
<h2><br> Pierre, South Dakota aiding and abetting kidnapping criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> <h2><br> <br> 18 U.S.C. 1142 provides: <br> <br> (a) Any Indian who commits against the person or property of another Indian or other person any of the following offenses, namely, murder, manslaughter, kidnapping, maiming, a felony under chapter 109A, incest, a felony assault under s... More...
$0 (10-18-2024 - SD)<h1> United States of America v. Deyvin Morales; Juan Francisco Alvarez-Sorto; Karla Lopez-Gutierrez</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Kidnapping; Carjacking; Brandishing a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence; Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person; and Unlawful Reentry after Deportation</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b><br> Two Men and a... More...
$0 (04-28-2024 - SD)JULIE NIEMITALO v. RICHARD SEIDEL
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented Defendant and Appellee with whether their divorce agreement released Julie's right to bring a civil suit against Richard. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> <br> [¶2.] Julie and Richard had been married for 23 years when, in September <br> 2017, she filed for divorce based on Richard's adulter... More...
$0 (04-10-2022 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. JONATHON W. KLINETOBE
<center><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Criminal defense attorney represented Jonathon Klinetobe with an aiding and abetting first-degree manslaughter charge</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> [¶2.] Jonathon Klinetobe (Klinetobe) was in an on-again, off-again <br> relationship with Jessica Rehfeld (Rehfeld) throughout 2014 and 2015. Both lived <br> in Rapid City. Their relationship ultimat... More...
$0 (04-26-2021 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. CARLOS C. QUEVEDO
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$0 (11-30-2020 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. RICHARD KEITH ROEDDER
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$0 (02-01-2019 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. BYRON RED KETTLE
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$0 (09-24-2018 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. SHAWN RAYNARD ROSS <table> <td>
On February 17, 2017, the Brule County Grand Jury indicted Shawn Ross on one count of third-degree burglary in violation of SDCL 22-32-8 and one count of intentional damage to property in violation of SDCL 22-34-1(2). Ross pleaded not guilty. Thereafter, the State and Ross entered into a plea agreement. At a hearing on May 16, 2017, pursuant to the plea agreement, Ross pleaded guilty to third-d... More...
$0 (07-27-2018 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. TRAVIS ROBERT PHILLIPS <table> <td>
Travis Phillips and Amanda Johnson were married in 2014. Their marriage was often contentious. Phillips suspected Johnson of having affairs, which led to many accusations and arguments. [¶3.] On June 24, 2016, Johnson called Phillips at work to inform him that a law enforcement officer came to their apartment to serve legal papers. The paperwork related to stalking charges filed against Philli... More...
$0 (01-07-2018 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. PAUL DEAN JENSEN <table> <td>
On January 14, 1996, 14-year-old Jensen and 16-year-old Shawn Springer carried out their plan to rob a taxi driver in Pierre, South Dakota. Armed with a gun and fitted with bandanas to cover their faces, Jensen and Springer called for a taxi to pick them up in the back parking lot of a local hotel. The taxi company dispatched driver Michael Hare to the hotel. Hare parked and waited in the front... More...
$0 (04-20-2017 - SD)<b>STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTAv. MARICELA DIAZ</b>
On November 10, 2009, law enforcement officers and firefighters <br> responded to a vehicle fire in a wooded area of Hanson County near Mitchell, South <br> Dakota. After extinguishing the fire, they discovered a badly burned body in the <br> vehicle’s trunk, later identified as 16-year-old Jasmine Guevara. The autopsy <br> revealed that Guevara had been burned alive. <br> [¶3.] After trac... More...
$0 (11-24-2016 - SD)<b>State of Nebraska v. Jeffrey Hessler</b></h2.
Jeffrey Hessler appeals the order of the district court for Scotts Bluff County which overruled his motion for postconviction relief and denied his petition for a writ of error coram nobis. Hessler claimed that he had received ineffective assistance of trial counsel and was not competent to enter the plea on which his conviction for first degree sexual assault on a child was based. We affirm. <br>... More...
$0 (10-31-2016 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. RAYMOND M. MARTINEZ
A Butte County grand jury indicted Raymond M. Martinez on July 8, <br> 2014, on five felony charges. The charges included: one count of second-degree rape, <br> one count of first-degree burglary, two counts of second-degree kidnapping, and one <br> count of aggravated assault, domestic violence. Martinez allegedly broke into his <br> estranged girlfriend’s home, forced himself upon her, and ... More...
$0 (07-10-2016 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. JEREMIAH BADIT LIAW
Angela Calin is a resident of Sioux Falls. On October 24, 2014, she <br> was at her home with friends Jean Wolff and Nikolai Nidalko, an elderly neighbor. <br> Calin was inside the home while her friends were outside sitting on her back porch. <br> Calin heard shouting and looked out the window to see Liaw standing in her <br> driveway. He was not speaking English, but was uttering loud angry ... More...
$0 (04-09-2016 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. ROCKY THOMAS TRAVERSIE
On February 5, 2014, Sioux Falls Metro Communications received a <br> 911 call from a woman requesting assistance. Police would later identify the <br> woman as Tanya Ross. Tanya told the dispatcher that “we are being held hostage <br> by a family member, please come.” The call disconnected and a second 911 call was <br> received a few moments later from Michelle Miller. Miller stated that... More...
$0 (03-14-2016 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. BIRDSHEAD
On January 7, 2013, J.B. sent Birdshead a message on Facebook <br> asking Birdshead to acquire drugs for her and her friend. J.B. was fifteen years old <br> at the time, and Birdshead had known her for approximately five or six months. <br> Birdshead arranged for the drug transaction to occur with J.B. that same day at the <br> Dakota Rose Motel in Rapid City, South Dakota. <br> When J.B. sent B... More...
$0 (01-23-2016 - SD)State of South Dakota v. Charles Birdshead
On January 7, 2013, J.B. sent Birdshead a message on Facebook <br> asking Birdshead to acquire drugs for her and her friend. J.B. was fifteen years old <br> at the time, and Birdshead had known her for approximately five or six months. <br> Birdshead arranged for the drug transaction to occur with J.B. that same day at the <br> Dakota Rose Motel in Rapid City, South Dakota. <br> [¶3.] When J.B... More...
$0 (10-22-2015 - SD)Estate of Ronald E. Johnson v. Douglas Weber, et al.
The Estate of Ronald E. Johnson and Lynette K. Johnson (collectively,<br> "Johnson") commenced this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint alleging violations of the<br> constitutional and state law rights of the deceased Ronald Johnson. The district<br> court granted summary judgment to defendants. 1 Johnson filed the instant appeal,<br> arguing summary judgment was improper. We affirm.<br> I<br> Pursuant... More...
$0 (05-04-2015 - SD)Kerwyn Lykken v. Crystal Brady
Pursuant to a valid warrant, law enforcement officers engaged in a large-scale search of Kerwyn Lykken's and Esther Lykken's (together, the Lykkens), Union County, South Dakota, farm. As the search was conducted, some of the Lykkens' livestock bolted through a fence, and Esther's pregnant cat gave birth. The search lasted four days, during which the livestock lost weight, Esther's stove was left o... More...
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