Texas Firearm Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Christopher Wade Garbett </h2> </center>
Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) . 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> In March 2025, law enforcement received information that Christopher Wade Garbett, 40, was ... More...
$ (08-14-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Silencer Shop Foundation, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff's seeking to invalidate the permitting process for short-barreled rifes and shotguns, as well as suppressors. 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> The National Firearms Act of 1934 instituted a tax-and-registration requirement for r... More...
$ (08-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Nathaniel Zuniga-Valle </h2> <center>
Amarillo, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a machine gun in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(o)(1), 924(a)(2). Digested 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> on March 22, Amarillo Police Department officers were dispatched to the 300 Block of South ... More...
$ (07-25-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jakeem Butler </h2> </center>
Texarkana, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a machine gun in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922. Digested 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> On December 31, 2024, Jakeem Butler, 25, was stopped for a traffic violation in Texarkana. During the stop, officers det... More...
$ (07-21-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Loyd Waiter Hall </h2> </center>
Amarillo, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to provide firearms to the Sinaloa Cartel. Digested 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> Loyd Walter Hall, 27, of Amarillo, is charged with conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, ... More...
$ (07-21-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Benjamin Hanil Song, et al. </h2> </center>
Fort Worth, Texas criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 210, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2339A , 18 U.S.C. § 844(m) (18 U.S.C. §§ 844(h)(1) & (2)), 18 U.S.C. §§ 844(h)(1) and (2)18 U.S.C. §§ 1114(a)(3) and 2, 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A)(iii) and 2. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/ven... More...
$ (06-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Avis Delynn Jones </h2> </center>
Marshall, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and felony possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. By Kent Morlan On March 17, 2023, a search warrant was executed at Avis Delyn Jones’ University Avenue residence in Marshall resulting in the discovery of 440.7 grams of methamphetamine co... More...
$ (05-06-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Michael Seery and Ricardo Obando, Jr. </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Murder-For-Hire. By Kent Morlan Michael Seery hired Ricardo Obando to kill a man he believed had an affair with Seery’s wife while Seery was in prison. Cell phone evidence demonstrated how Obando conducted extensive surveillance and a failed attempt on the victim before finally executing the plot. Obando sh... More...
$ (05-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Bobby Brandon Galvan aka “Puravidarecia” </h2> </center>
Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with firearm trafficking. Bobby Brandon Galvan aka “Puravidarecia,” 30, was affiliated with the La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM) cartel and straw purchased numerous weapons, to include an AK-47 rifle that was recovered after it was used in a shootout between cartel members and Mexican law enforcement. On Feb. 20, 20... More...
$ (05-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Isaiah Warren </H2> </center>
Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by robbery and carrying using, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. By Kent Morlan On November 30, 2024, at approximately 12:06 p.m., a Brink’s armored truck driver was completing his assigned route when he arrived at DolEx Dollar Express located at 17... More...
$ (05-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jeremy Christopher Ford, a/k/a Allstar Jr. </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Jeremy Christopher Ford allegedly possessed a handgun during a shooting April 8 at a restaurant on Kirby Drive in Houston. According to the criminal complaint, authorities responded to reports of a shooting in progress and discovered two gunshot victims at the scene. Court documents al... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - TX)<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. Robert Carlos Cerrillo </h2> </center>
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Cerrillo argued that the district court erred in applying the U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(c)(1)(A) cross-reference to the attempted second-degree murder guideline provision at U.S.S.G. § 2A2.1 because there was insufficient evidence that he intended to kill the victim when... More...
$ (03-25-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jeterron Williamson </h2> </center>
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Relying on New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1, 24 (2022), and United States v. Diaz, 116 F.4th 458 (5th Cir. 2024), cert. denied, 145 S. Ct. 2822 (2025), Williamson contended that § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment as applied to hi... More...
$ (03-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jose Manuel Najera </h2> </center>
Del Rio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to traffic firearms to the Sinaloa Cartel. Jose Manuel Najera, 54, of Elon, North Carolina, arrived for outbound inspection at the Del Rio Port of Entry on Oct. 31, 2024, driving a gray pickup truck. U.S. Customs and Border Protection recognized that an alert had been placed on the vehicle for suspicious bo... More...
$ (03-05-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Ivan Hernandez-Ortiz
Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegaly reentry. Ivan Hernandez-Ortiz, 36, residing in Dallas, Texas, illegally entered the United States approximately five times, was granted voluntary return on three occasions, and was formally removed twice. Previously, he was federally prosecuted for illegal reentry into the United States in the Southern Distr... More...
$ (02-25-2026 - TX)<h2< State of Texas v. Abraham Emilio Carmona
El Paso County, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant deadly conduct discharge firearm and evading arrest or detention with a vehicle and a total bond of $270,000 was set. Abraham Emilio Carmona, age 18, accused with shooting at a home.... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Gerardo Chavez-Sanchez
McAllen, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit straw purchase of a firearm.... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - 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)United States of America v. Von Allen Randall
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm after a felony conviction, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He argues that § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment on its face.Randall also asserts that his prior Texas convictions for burglary are not violent felonies under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). No. 25-10841 2 ... More...
$ (02-12-2026 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Ashley Nicole Ponce
Lufkin, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance -methamphetamine. On October 30, 2024, law enforcement responded to a domestic disturbance call involving a man and a woman at a Corrigan convenience store. As a result, a traffic stop was conducted on a vehicle linked to the disturbance, and a search of the... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - TX)<H2> State of Texas v. Christopher McDavid
Austin, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Christopher McDavid, charged with felony possession of a firearm.... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Dustin Jay Ammons
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of firearms and explosives. Dustin Jay Ammons was identified as an individual who placed pipe bombs at the external ATMs of two San Antonio banks on Sept. 12 and Sept. 26. The suspect had attempted to breach the machines with the explosives and a field analysis of the white powder residue found ... More...
$ (12-24-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Veronica Mejia Menares aka Vero
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Veronica Mejia Menjares aka Vero, 40, sold methamphetamine to an individual three times between March 6 and April 4, 2023. She also sold heroin on two occasions in ... More...
$ (12-15-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Dustin Jay Ammons
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of firearms and unregistered explosives. Dustin Jay Ammons was identified as an individual who placed pipe bombs at the external ATMs of two San Antonio banks on Sept. 12 and Sept. 26. The suspect had attempted to breach the machines with the explosives and a field analysis of the white powder r... More...
$ (12-15-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Damon Tonyado Johnson
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery. Damon Johnson, 51, was indicted in December 2024 for robbing the PNC Bank on North Glenbrook Drive in Garland, Texas on November 14, 2024. He pled guilty in May 2025 to bank robbery. Today, U.S. District Judge Jane Boyle sentenced Johnson to 200 months in federal prison. According to court documents,... More...
$ (12-15-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Jesus Duran
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by an illelgal alien.... More...
$ (12-05-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Moctar Ahmadou Gouroudja Ahmadou
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm as an alien admitted under a nonimmigrant visa in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(B). Moctar Ahmadou claimed his conviction and sentence for possession of a firearm as an alien admitted under a nonimmigrant visa in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(B). He asserts that the federally license... More...
$ (12-05-2025 - tx)<H2> Stephen Benavides v. Harris County, Texas
Houston, Texas, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.c. 1983.<br> <br> On December 26, 2019, at approximately 7:19 p.m., Deputy Jose Nunez of the Harris County Sheriff's Office responded to a 911 call reporting a suspected in-progress home invasion. The caller, Sandra Garibay, informed the dispatcher that she had locked herself and her yo... More...
$0 (11-24-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Jarious Dwayne Fletcher
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with firearm possession by a prohibited person.<br> <br> Jarious Dwayne Fletcher pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). On appeal, he argues that § 922(g)(1) is facially unconstitutional under New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass'n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1 (2022). Fletche... More...
$0 (11-21-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Steven Lee Smith
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.... More...
$0 (11-03-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Nathan Bermea
Midland, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - 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)The State of Texas v. Noel Villarreal
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> On December 22, 2022, Ruben Martinez was shot eleven times and killed in the parking lot of the Oyo Hotel. Surveillance video from the Oyo Hotel and nearby businesses was introduced in evidence. The shooting was caught on the periphery of one of the surve... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Miguel Angel Macias-Fuentes
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by an illegal alien.... More...
$0 (10-09-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Jesus Villa-Moreno
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by an illegal alien.... More...
$0 (10-06-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Brian Berthold
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with intent Distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine and possession of a firearm.... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Antonio Orozco
Midland, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted frelong. ... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Marvin Deshawn Elam, III
Austin, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transport of a firearm. ... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Alphonse Bazile
New Orleans, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm and<br> ammunition by a convicted felon.... More...
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