Texas Fentanyl Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Andrew Michael Smith </h2> </center>
Sherman, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with Intent to Distribute or Dispense a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) . On September 5, 2024, Andrew Michael Smith, 36, provided a woman with fentanyl and methamphetamine. Smith watched and recorded the victim for several hours as she began to show severe ... More...
$ (06-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Keithrick Carter </h2> <center>
Austin, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S. C. 841 resulting in death. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Keithrick Carter, 22, was a drug dealer who primarily sold blue “M30” fentanyl pills and marij... More...
$ (06-25-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Isela Mendez </h2> </center>
Sherman, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute fentanyl. Isela Mendez, 45, was identified during an investigation involving the influx of counterfeit oxycodone, and other prescription pills, in the Eastern District of Texas and surrounding areas. It was determined that Mendez worked with others to distribute tens of thous... More...
$ (04-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Marvin Alexander Portillo </h2> </center>
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. in June of 2023, Marvin Alexander Portillo, 29, was identified during a drug trafficking investigation involving the distribution of fentanyl-laced pills in the Eastern District of Texas. Portillo admitted to being involved in a conspiracy responsible for dis... More...
$ (04-03-2026 - 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. Isaiah Rene Acosta
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of drugs causing death or serious bodily injury. On July 16, 2021, Isaiah Rene Acosta, 28, sold three counterfeit M-30 pills containing fentanyl to an individual, who purchased the pills on behalf of herself and another person. The pill recipients used the counterfeit M-30 pills the next day and shortly ... More...
$ (02-15-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Adam Whitehead Baber
Lubbock, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute drugs. Adam Whitehead Baber, 45, of Lubbock, was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl in October 2025. Three others charged as part of the drug trafficking ring include: • Sean Burns, 43, of Lubbock... More...
$ (02-15-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Kurtney Bernard Jones
Abilene, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. Kurtney Jones, also known as “KP,” was responsible for distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin in the Abilene area. In December 2023, Jones assumed control of a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed drugs in Abilene and the surro... More...
$ (02-15-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Antonio Curo
Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer Jason Luong represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled drug (fentanyl) resulting in death. Antonio Curo, age 25, admitted he distributed the drug through the U.S. mail to individuals across the country. Specifically, Curo distributed fentanyl to a 16-year-old female in Houston who died after consu... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Dr. Brian August
El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer Solomon Wisenberg represented the Defendant charged with violating the Controlled Substances Act, the False Claims Act, and the Texas Health Care Program Fraud Prevention Act. The allegations involved the issuance of 255 controlled substance prescriptions to 15 individuals between Dec. 23, 2017, and May 22, 2021. These included various prescriptions for t... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Darell Montrell Trotter
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl.<br> <br> Darell Montrell Trotter pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute<br> fentanyl pursuant to a plea agreement. Although Trotter's indictment<br> alleged that his conduct caused the death of an individual, DS, the plea<br> agreement did not include this allegation. The agreement did, howev... More...
$0 (11-04-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Francisco Javier Pineda
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute (and to possess with intent to distribute) fentanyl, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug<br> trafficking crime.<br> <br> Based on the evidence presented at trial, a reasonable jury could have<br> found beyond a reasonable doubt that the evidence established that (1) Pineda<br> ... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Anthony Mangram
Sherman, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to manufacture and distribute fentanyl.... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Raul Garcia Jr. aka Rule </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with heroin trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hermandad de Pistoleros Latinos gang member sentenced to 100 months for heroin trafficking</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> ... More...
$0 (07-21-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Christle Nadia Ruiz, Ricardo Antonio Flores </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Dallas Residents Sentenced to 188 Months in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Distribute Over $600,000 Worth of Fentanyl</h2></cen... More...
$0 (06-30-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Hernan Cortez, Daniel Elizondo </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> cty, sta criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fentanyl dealers sentenced to federal prison</h2></center></b></b></center></b><br> <br> Two Texas residents have been sentenced for conspiracy to possess w... More...
$0 (06-05-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Reuben Gonzales, Jr.
Austin, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with<br> <br> 21:841A=ND.F Possession with Intent to Distribute 400 grams or more of Fentanyl<br> <br> MoreLaw's goal is to help people seeking legal assistance to find the best lawyers available to represent them in any county in the United States. Click the link above to see some lawyers available where this case was tried ... More...
$0 (05-23-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Destiny Sobbs aka Destiny Rose Stobbs
Austin, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with<br> <br> 21:841A=ND.F Distribution of Fentanyl<br> <br> MoreLaw's goal is to help people seeking legal assistance to find the best lawyers available to represent them in any county in the United States. Click the link above to see some lawyers available where this case was tried who might be available to represent you.Ca... More...
$0 (05-23-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Deablo Deshon Lewis </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Texarkana, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bowie County man convicted of federal drug traffickin... More...
$0 (05-20-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Job Jasso Jr. </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Midland, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Producing Child Pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Midland Felon Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison for Producing Child Pornography </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Midland man was sentenced in federal co... More...
$0 (03-28-2025 - TX)<h1> </h1></h1> <h1> United States of America v. Vida Tamor Overstreet, Patrick Wayne Frazier aka Pat, Juantay Dewayne Frazier aka Broadway, David Wayne Frazier aka Dinky, Santiago Daniel Baltazar aka Chago, Walter Wood, Santos Moncada aka Tos, Jessie Franco, Shondra Christine Walker, Orian Emanuel Garcia, Rudolfo Luna aka Roy Luna, Adam Lee Arredondo, Justin Lee Dominguez, Anthony James Lockett, Rita Adelita Castillo, Rita Adelita Castillo, Paul Wayne Frazier, Charles Andre Sykes, Heather Jane Whitehead, Henry Tienda, Jr., Gary Dewayne Bolton, Arhmad Rashad Fountain aka Ra Ra, Rubith Diaz Rodriguez, Tyler Kristian Piseno </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of methamphetamine, conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, distribution of fentany, </font/color="red"></b></center><... More...
$0 (03-28-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Cheri Ann Palmer </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Corpus Christi, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine in addition to 60 months for possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime. The sentences will be served consecutively for a total of 25 years in federal prison which... More...
$0 (03-13-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Cheri Ann Palmer </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Corpus Christi, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine and fentanyl dealing </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Methamphetamine and fentanyl dealer sentenced to 25 years in Corpus Christi</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A 45-year-old Houston woman has been ... More...
$0 (03-13-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Alyssa Marie Maldonado </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking fentanyl in hidden compartment </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Houston resident heads to prison for trafficking fentanyl in hidden compartment </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A 40-year-old female residing i... More...
$0 (02-25-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Ramon Castillo-Lopez aka “Pepo†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal actions as the leader of a drug trafficking organization tied to a Mexican cartel </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Midland DTO Leader Sentenced to Life in Federal Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (02-14-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Courtney Green </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Sherman, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fatal fentanyl overdose </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Denton County man sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for fatal fentanyl overdose</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Denton man has been sentenced to 20 years in ... More...
$0 (02-04-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Joe Anthony Garcia </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tyler, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Jefferson County man sentenced to 10 years for possessing fentanyl </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Beaumont man has been sentenced to 10 years in f... More...
$0 (01-23-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Jose Antonio Carlos III aka Jose Carlos </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl resulting in death. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> South Texas dealer handed prison sentence for selling fentanyl to teenager resulting in death</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A 23-year-old resid... More...
$0 (01-15-2025 - TX)Karen Ashley v. Clay County
Dallas, Texas employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a breach of contract theory.<br> <br> Clay County Memorial Hospital ("CCMHâ€) is among Texas's last<br> county-owned hospitals. It operates under the oversight of the Clay County<br> Commissioners' Court, which appoints a Board of Managers to govern the<br> hospital's operations pursuant to Chapter 263 of the Texas Heal... More...
$0 (01-10-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Demitrios Ramon Jerry </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling narcotics </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Third Ward narcotics dealer heads to prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A 46-year-old Houston resident has been sentenced for trafficking narcotics, announced U.S. Att... More...
$0 (01-08-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Derrick Wayne Roberson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tyler, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Houston armed felon sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for distributing fentanyl</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font<br> A Houston convicted felon has been sent... More...
$0 (12-19-2024 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Ladraelyn Bolar </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fentanyl Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fentanyl Trafficker Sentenced to 17 Years After Pill Killed 18-Year-Old</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A drug trafficker who sold fentanyl to an 18-year-old girl who died of... More...
$0 (12-18-2024 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Juan Hernandez Alcantar </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug smuggling </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Leading member of drug smuggling group headed to prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A 66-year-old Mexican man has been sentenced for his role in smuggling fentanyl into th... More...
$0 (12-05-2024 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Lizbeth Prieto a/k/a Lizbeth Escamilla, and Cristian Lopez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Defendants Sentenced to 15 Years in 15-Year-Old's Fentanyl Overdose Death</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The pair that supplied fentanyl pills to a 15-year-old Carrollton girl who fata... More...
$0 (12-04-2024 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Rebecca Diane Merkel </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing deadly fentanyl </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Gregg County woman sentenced for distributing deadly fentanyl</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Rebecca Diane Merkel, 43, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to posses... More...
$0 (11-14-2024 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Harry Francis Lowenthal </h1></center
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing fentanyl for distribution </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Beaumont man sentenced to federal prison for trafficking fentanyl</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Harry Francis Lowenthal, 66, pleaded guilty to posse... More...
$0 (11-14-2024 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Edward Taylor; Tierrah “TT†Andrews </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Fort Worth, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant name charged with Two Overdose Deaths </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Fort Worth Couple Tied to Two Overdose Deaths Sentenced to Combined 51 Years in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Edward Taylor, 42, Tierrah "TT†And... More...
$0 (10-18-2024 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Hector Flores; Aaron Elezar Pachuca; Lauro Alberto Garcia; Matthew Aaron Arce; Javier Hernandez-Barajas; Vincent Castro; Jose Moises Cruz; Ernesto Diaz-Velazquez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with drug trafficking conspiracy </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Eight sentenced in Laredo drug trafficking conspiracy</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Hector Flores, 53, Aaron Elezar Pachuca, 30, Lauro Alberto Garcia, 31, Ma... More...
$0 (09-20-2024 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Don Paul Rickman </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fentanyl overdose death </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Gregg County man sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for fentanyl overdose death</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Don Paul Rickman, 39, pleaded guilty to conspi... More...
$0 (09-12-2024 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Nickie Jo Mattison, also known as Nickie Hall </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Texarkana, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fentanyl overdose death </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bowie County woman sentenced to 17 years in federal prison for fentanyl overdose death</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Texarkana woman who sold multiple fake ox... More...
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