Texas Dram Shop Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Thomas Michael Fry </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession and sale of stolen firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(j) and 924(a)(2) . Thomas Michael Fry, age 53, of Royse City, Texas who at the time was a sergeant with the Dallas Police Department, admitted to three separate instances of taking a firearm owned by the Dallas Police Department, knowing that t... More...
$ (04-25-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Johnny Quoc Tran </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and meth. an investigation began in March 2019 when authorities identified a Houston-based drug trafficking organization with additional operations in Dallas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Authorities determined Tran led the organization and operated a pill press lab... More...
$ (03-15-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Terry Ardoin, et al.
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing marijuana. An 18-count superseding indictment has been unsealed charging 20 alleged members and associates of a violent Houston-based street gang for their purported roles in a racketeering conspiracy (RICO) involving murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, drug trafficking and firearms offenses. La... More...
$ (02-15-2026 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Christian Lopez-Burgos </h1></h1>
Austin, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multiple Armed Robberies in Austin <br> <br> A Honduran national pleaded guilty in federal court this week to committing multiple armed robberies.<br> <br> According to court documents, on Dec. 31, 2023, Christian Lopez-Burgos, 27, used a black-over-tan pistol during an attempted robbery of a fast-food restaurant on Inter... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Cameron Darrick Peterson </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Planning Mass Murder Attacks Se </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Braunfels Man who Planned Mass Murder Attacks Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Federal Prison </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A New Braunfels man was pl... More...
$0 (03-19-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Gerardo Barraza-Ortiz </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $3,128,400.00 of Methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Man Sentenced to over 21 Years for $3,128,400.00 of Methamphetamine</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Gerardo Barraza-Ortiz, a Mexican national illegally livin... More...
$0 (03-13-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Jae Franco; Alejandro Isaiah Gonzalez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Houston, TX criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dual smoke shop robberies </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Armed felons sentenced for dual smoke shop robberies</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Two Donna residents have been ordered to federal prison following their convictio... More...
$0 (02-04-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Fullerton; Tiffany Fullerton </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Austin, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) fraud scheme. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Texas Couple Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID-Era PPP Loan Fraud</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Michael Fullerton, 51, and Tiffany Full... More...
$0 (10-04-2024 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Antonio Hinojosa Jr. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, one count of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and one count of conspiracy to traffic firearms. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> San Antonio Man Sente... More...
$0 (05-31-2024 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Anthony Paz Torres </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Mass Shooting Targeting Muslims at Car Repair Shop </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Texas Man Sentenced for Hate Crimes Following Mass Shooting Targeting Muslims at Car Repair Shop</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Dallas man... More...
$0 (04-05-2024 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Octavius Hampton </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with federal firearms violation .</font </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i></b> Orange County felon sentenced for federal firearms violation </h2></center><br> <br> An Orange, Texas convicted felon has been sentenced to federal prison for a firearms violation in ... More...
$0 (04-24-2024 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Bradley Lynn Bishop </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Dallas, Texas Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing 70 Firearms .</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> Midland man who committed a burglary of College Avenue Jewelry and Pawn in Snyder, Texas sentenced to the statutory maximum 10 years in federal prison.<br> <br... More...
$0 (02-16-2024 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Bradley Lynn Bishop </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of theft of firearms from a Federal Firearms Licensee.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> <br> Midland man who committed a burglary of College Avenue Jewelry and Pawn in Snyder, Texas sentenced to the statutory m... More...
$0 (02-16-2024 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Edward Sandoval </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i>San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Ammunition Smuggling</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <br> Edward Sandoval, 31-year-old, was purchasing approximately 40,000 rounds of ammunition to be smuggled into the Republic of Mexico.<br> <br> On September 6, 2012, the San Antonio resident pleaded guilty to one coun... More...
$0 (01-11-2013 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Merbin Leodan Inestroza-Perez </h1> <b><i> Southern District of Texas </i></b>
<b><h2><center><i><font color="red"> Houston, Texas Criminal Defense Lawyer represented charged with selling drugs out of Houston barber shop</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></b><br> <br> A 45-year-old Mexican citizen illegally residing in Houston was sentenced following his conviction of possession with intent to distribute nearly 50 kilograms of various narcotics.<br> <br> Merbin Leodan... More...
$0 (12-28-2023 - TX)United States of America v. Kenneth Dewayne Cooper
Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with a string of armed jewelry store robberies.<br> <br> Kenneth Dewayne Cooper, 34, Houston, pleaded guilty Oct. 27, 2017.<br> <br> Others previously convicted and sentenced include Lontay Lavelle Young, 39, Deshaun Devon Waldrup, 27, Edward Ray Lavergne Jr., 39, Jesse Markise McQueen, 32, Kevin Craig Gray, 38, Louis Jerome Hin... More...
$0 (07-24-2023 - TX)<H2> Michael A. Morton v. State of Texas </H2>
Christine Morton was beaten to death sometime during the early morning hours of August 13, 1986. A jury found her husband, Michael, guilty of her murder and assessed life imprisonment and a $5,000 fine. Tex.Pen. Code Ann. § 19.02 (1974). We will affirm the judgment of the district court.<br> BACKGROUND<br> <br> The State's view of the case can be briefly stated: Morton and his wife had a past ... More...
$0 (12-14-1988 - TX)United States of America v. Bryant LeRay Henderson
Dallas, Texas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempt to provide contraband to a prisoner in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1791(a)(1) and (b)(1), which provides: Whoever—(1) in violation of a statute or a rule or order issued under a statute, provides to an inmate of a prison a prohibited object, or attempts to do so; or<br> <br> Bryant LeRay Henderson, 42, was charged... More...
$0 (10-06-2022 - TX)Said Nasr v. Fidelis Owubu, et al
C<center><h2><font color="red"> Houston, Texas – Breach of Contract lawyer represented Appellees with suing for breach of contract. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Fidelis Owobu owns Omoba Investments, LLC. Owobu and his company <br> purchase luxury vehicles in Houston, export them, and sell them in Nigeria. One of <br> Owobu's vehicles was a 2013 Rolls Royce Ghost that needed repair... More...
$0 (09-15-2022 - TX)Alberto Muniz and Bridget Muniz v. Mike Dugi and Mary Ann Dugi
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> San Antonio, Texas - Real Estate lawyer represented Appellants with a boundary and water diversion dispute. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> This boundary and water diversion dispute concerns two adjoining tracts of land located in <br> the Pebble Beach Subdivision in Bandera, Texas, on the Medina Lake waterfront. The Dugis'<br> ... More...
$0 (05-25-2022 - TX)Marcellus D. Briggs v. The State of Texas
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Fort Worth, Texas - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a aggravated robbery and burglary of a habitation with the intent to commit sexual assault charges. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> Tamara Cooper1 was shopping online for collectible figurines in her Fort <br> Worth apartment on July 19, 2017, from approximat... More...
$0 (05-18-2022 - TX)Simone Barron AND Walid Yammine v. Issam Al Shmaisani and Sharon Smith
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Fort Worth, Texas - Real Estate lawyer represented Appellants with eappealing the trial court's judgment concerning a real-estate transaction. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> In separate briefing raising a plethora of issues, Simone Barron and her brother <br> Walid Yammine appeal the trial court's judgment following a jury trial c... More...
$0 (02-11-2022 - TX)Family and Estates of Tamara Kindred and Aujuni Anderson v. Beer Belly Sports Bar
Corpus Christi, Texas personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a wrongful death dram shop theory claiming that Defendant served Joshua Delbosque too much alcohol.<br> <br> Delbosque subsequently ran a red light and killed Tamar Kindred, age 59, and her granddaughter Aujuni Anderson, age 16.<br> <br> Delbosque, 29, allegedly had a blood-alcohol level of .263% at the time... More...
$3000000000 (12-10-2021 - TX)United States of America v. Devon Jamyll Jones
Tulsa, OK: Conspiracy to make false statements to firearm dealer criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Devon Jamyll Jones, age 28.<br> <br> Defendant admitted that he conspired with Latoya Dythe, to illegally purchase a firearm. The two agreed that she would buy a firearm in her name then transfer the gun to Jones. On April 11, 2020, Jones and Dythe drove to a Bass Pro Shop in Broken Arro... More...
$0 (09-03-2021 - TX)Patrick Anthony v. Rent-A-Tire, L.P.
Dallas, Texas consumer credit lawyer represent Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a truth in lending theory.<br> <br> The claims made and defenses asserted by the parties are not avilable.<br> <br> The Truth in Lending Act (TILA) protects consumers against inaccurate and unfair credit billing and credit card practices. It requires lenders to provide consumers with loan cost information so that a con... More...
$1 (07-23-2021 - TX)Ex parte Justin Michael Love
<center><h2><font color="red"> Fort Worth, Texas - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with engaging in organized criminal activity (drug dealing) with murder charges. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Love stands charged with running a drug ring and orchestrating a marijuana sale <br> to Dominic Thrasher that resulted in Thrasher's June 2015 death. As we recounted in <br> our 2020... More...
$0 (07-13-2021 - TX)Steven Clay Seymore v. The State of Texas
<center><h2><font color="red"> Fort Worth, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Steven Clay Seymore with a Poss of a Controlled Substance charge. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The Terry frisk at the center of this appeal was conducted by Lieutenant Chad <br> Lanier in May 2018. Seymore and Lieutenant Lanier had known one another for more<br> than a decade before the frisk.<br> 1... More...
$0 (07-09-2021 - TX)United States of America v. Cecilia Casteneda and Maria Luisa Garza-Salazar
Laredo, Texas criminal defense Lacey Act lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally selling hummingbirds.<br> <br> Cecilia Castaneda, 63, and Maria Luisa Garza-Salazar, 57, were charged with illegally selling hummingbirds. Castaneda owned and operated Herbario Corpus Christi, a business specializing in herbs and spices. Garza-Salazar was her employee.<br> <br> Both women were charged und... More...
$0 (05-17-2021 - TX)United States of America v. Christopher Andrew Reyes
Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to import drug paraphernalia.<br> <br> Christopher Andrew Reyes, 23, of The Colony, was charged with conspiracy to import drug paraphernalia.<br> <br> "This defendant imported thousands of potentially dangerous black-market vaping devices,†said Acting U.S. Attorney Prerak Shah. "Given the alarming incidence ... More...
$0 (05-05-2021 - TX)David Broadus v. The State of Texas
<center><h2><font color="red"> Beaumont, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented David Broadus with an Aggravated Assault charge</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Detective Eric Thomason with the Port Arthur Police Department testified <br> that on January 25, 2018, he responded to a five-vehicle accident on Highway 69 in<br> Port Arthur, and dispatch had advised the wreck was possibly t... More...
$0 (04-22-2021 - TX)Delvin Ajair Powell v. The State of Texas
<center><h2><font color="red"> Beaumont, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Delvin Ajair Powell with a Capital Murder charge</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> Kayden Graham found her mother, Kelli Underwood, deceased in her home <br> on the evening of September 20, 2017. The evidence established that Underwood <br> was the victim of homicidal violence, suffering from multiple .... More...
$0 (04-21-2021 - TX)Juan Antonio Gutierrez v. The State of Texas
<center><h2><font color="red"> El Paso, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Juan Antonio Gutierrez with a DWI charge</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Appellant was arrested in the parking lot of a shopping center in the early morning hours <br> after a business owner, who was getting ready to open his business, called 911 to report that <br> Appellant's vehicle was in the parking lo... More...
$0 (04-20-2021 - TX)Andre Jackson v. The State of Texas
<center><h2><font color="red">Houston, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Andre Jackson with an <a> Aggravated Robbery charge.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Appellant was indicted for aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and a <br> jury trial was held in January and February 2019. At trial, K. Baney, asset <br> protection manager for EZ Pawn pawnshops, testified she was informed... More...
$0 (03-09-2021 - TX)Lorenzo Antonio Alfaro v. The State of Texas
<center><h2><font color="red"> Houston, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Lorenzo Antonio Alfaro with a <i>Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity charge.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> A man in Galveston, Texas named Edward Williams was under investigation <br> for selling marijuana, and an undercover detective going by the name "Julio†was <br> brought in to develop a rela... More...
$0 (03-09-2021 - TX)Quentorius Tremaine Simmons v. The State of Texas
<center><h2><font color="red"> Houston, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Quentorius Tremaine Simmons with a<i>Capital Murder charge.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Three men broke into a home at night, and one of them shot the complainant<br> in the living room. A neighbor heard the shooting and called the police. As the<br> neighbor waited for the police to arrive, she saw two of... More...
$0 (03-07-2021 - TX)Ismael Castillo v. The State of Texas
<center><h2><font color="red"> Corpus Christi and Edinburg, Texas - Criminal defense attorney represented Ismael Castillo with a <i>Capital Murder charge.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Around noon on March 14, 2018, Corpus Christi police responded to reports of a<br> shooting on Coleman Street. Deandre Mathis and Christopher Vincent were selling drugs<br> from the residence when two male... More...
$0 (03-06-2021 - TX)Jereme Rucker v. The State of Texas
<center><h2><font color="red"> Austin, TX - Criminal defense attorney represented Jereme Rucker with an <i>Aggravated Assault charge.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> The evidence presented at trial1<br> The State charged Rucker with intentionally or knowingly threatening Desiree<br> Gonzalez with imminent bodily injury and using a deadly weapon during the commission of the<br> offense. At tr... More...
$0 (02-14-2021 - TX)Steven Wallace Hopkins v. The State of Texas
<center><h2><font color="red">Houston, Texas - Criminal defense atty represented defendant Steven Wallace Hopkins with a <i>Aggravated Sexual Assault charge.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> A grand jury indicted Hopkins for aggravated sexual assault. The indictment<br> alleged that Hopkins intentionally and knowingly caused his mouth to contact the<br> sexual organ of J.S., a disabled indi... More...
$0 (12-13-2020 - TX)Anthony Mottin v. The State of Texas
<center><h2><font color="red">Houston, Texas - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of stolen property.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Richard Malone, a field manager for Air Liquide Pipeline who worked in the<br> Chambers County office, testified that his co-worker, Brian Woods, would often<br> park his airboat at the office. Sometime after Thanksgiving 201... More...
$0 (11-25-2020 - TX)Mario Hernan LopezGamez v. The State of Texas
Fort Worth, TX - Criminal Defense Attorney, Capital Murder<br> <br> <br> I. The murder<br> In December 2016, VanCleave decided to sell some of her jewelry, including two<br> gold chains and a gold ring, because she and her husband, Mustafah Zaatreh, were<br> struggling financially. Using the phone application 5miles, VanCleave listed the jewelry<br> and set up a meeting with a potential buyer, �... More...
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