Texas First Amendment Law
<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Tabitha Thrasher, Christian Eaglin and Clyde Casey </h2> </center>
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with first-degree murder. 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> Tabitha Thrasher, 49, was arrested in Amarillo and booked into the Potter County Detention Center. Christian Eaglin, 30, was apprehended by the United States ... More...
$ (07-08-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ines Solo, et al. </h2> </center>
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with providing material support to terrorists in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2339. 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> Ines Soto was sentenced to 50 years in prison; Joy Gibson was sentenced to 15 years in prison; Rebecca M... More...
$ (07-05-2026 - 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> State of Texas v. Karmelo Anthony </h2> </center>
McKinley, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. 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> Karmelo Anthony, age 17, was accused of stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf to death at a track meet. The Defendant claimed self defense. Defense counsel o... More...
$ (06-18-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> John Gannon v. Texas Department of Transportation, et al. </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants challenging an adverse administrative decision relating to billboards. 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> ohn Gannon, Inc. (Gannon), owned multiple billboards regulated by the Texas Department of Tran... More...
$ (06-12-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Karmelo Anthony </h2> </center>
Frisco, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. 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> Karmelo Anthony, age 19, stabbed and killed Austin Metcal, age 17, at a track meeting Frisco, Texas in April 2025.... More...
$ (06-09-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Seung Han Ho </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Seung Han Ho, age 69, accused of shooting and killing two people and injuring three people after meeting at a shopping center north of Dallas.... More...
$ (05-06-2026 - 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. Mayra Collins </h2> </center>
Corpus Christi, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and impersonating an officer or employee of the United States. Twenty-nine year old, Mayra Collins, is accused of fraudulently posed as a federal agent with various agencies in 2022 and again in 2025. She had first allegedly posed as an immigration officer employed by the United States to carry o... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Luis Alberto Banda Acosta </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry after deportation. Illegal re-entry into the United States after having previously been deported to Mexico without first applying for and obtaining permission from the Attorney General of the United States, or the Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security. for admission to the United States f... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - tx)<h2> <center> Michael Arney, et al. v. Grand Homes, Inc. and New Sheridan Dev Co. Phase 1, LLC </h2> </center>
Rockwall, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs and Defendants in a negligence and trespass dispute. The are homeowners in the City of Fate. Defendant Grand Homes is a home builder, and Sheridan is a developer. The Plaintiffs brought suit against Grand Homes, Sheridan, and others , alleging that the defendants, while developing a community near appellants’ properties, vi... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Juan R. Gonzalez </h2> </center>
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax evasion, wrongfully structuring currency transactions, and identity theft. Juan R. Gonzalez, 52, owned and operated a residential construction business in San Antonio, under the name Gonzalez Construction, working as a subcontractor for other entities. During tax years 2020 and 2021, Gonzalez organized his pe... More...
$ (04-15-2026 - 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. Benjamin Hanil Song, Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Morris, Maricela Rueda, and Daniel Sanchez-Estrada </h2> </center>
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with rioting, providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use and carry an explosive, attempted murder of a officers and employees of the United States, and discharging a firedarm in relation to the furtherance of a violent crime. Benjamin Hanil Song, Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Mo... More...
$ (03-14-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Angel Arquimedez Coto-Martinez
Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after deportation. Angel Arquimedez Coto-Martinez has multiple previous convictions for illegal reentry. Authorities first removed him in July 2005 and again in December 2010, July 2016, and twice more in 2022. He returned illegally after each removal. Most recently, he was ordered removed Feb. ... More...
$ (03-02-2026 - 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. 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)Madelyn Marina Quiroz, et al. v. Eduardo Hernandez, et al.
Beaumont, Texas, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on auto negligence and civil rights violation claims. Before Southwick, Higginson, and Douglas, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam: The petition for rehearing is DENIED. We withdraw the prior opinion, reported at 163 F.4th 222 (5th Cir. 2025), and substitute the following. This case arises out of a serious car accident involving th... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Gustavo Adrian-Soria
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal. n July 2024, Lopez-Soria pled guilty of illegally reentering the United States after being deported in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1). The Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) stated that Lopez-Soria had been removed from the United States twice: in March 2018 and May 2... More...
$ (02-03-2026 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Jose de Jesus Galicia-Castillo
Corpus Christi, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of deported alien. Jose de Jesus Galicia-Castillo, age 36, was arrested for being in the United States illegally for the third time. He was first removed in 2008 and returned illegally on at least two other occasions. Most recently, authorities discovered him July 25, 2025, near Falfurrias with no au... More...
$ (01-14-2026 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Dr. Mark Malone, et al.
Austin, Texas, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a False Claims Act fraud claim. Dr. Mark Malone, Advanced Pain Care, and related entities have agreed to pay the United States and the State of Texas $13,625,000 to resolve allegations they submitted false claims for urine drug testing to federal and state healthcare programs. The United States will receive $13,590,544.88 and Texas will... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Hernando Manuel De La Cruz Rivera Orjuela, also known as Hernan, also known as Manuel, also known as El Patron, and Luis Enrique Linero Pinto, aka El Calvo
El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit human smuggling. In October 2024, a federal grand jury in the Western District of Texas returned an indictment against Hernando Manuel De La Cruz Rivera Orjuela, also known as Hernan, also known as Manuel, also known as El Patron, 53, and Luis Enrique Linero Pinto, aka El Calvo, 41, of Colombia for... More...
$ (12-24-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Fabian Hernan Hernandez
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. The Defendant sought to suppress the evidence against him. Where, as here, a search warrant is involved, the courts employ “a two-step process for reviewing a district court’s denial of a motion to suppress.” United States v. Cavazos, 288 F.3d 706, 709 (5... More...
$ (12-05-2025 - TX)<H2> Marcus L. Willis v. Diaz De Leon, Jeff Williams, Chief, City of Bedford
Dallas, Texas personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violations under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> Plaintiff Marcus L. Willis was driving in Bedford, Texas when Defendant Officer Diaz De Leon pulled him over. De Leon informed Willis that he stopped him for driving without valid insurance.1 De Leon then stated he smelled marijuana and proceeded to search Willis' vehi... More...
$0 (11-24-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Fernanda Itzel Rivas
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession with intent to distribute.<br> <br> n July 24, 2024, Rivas was arrested at the Bridge of the Americas port of entry in El Paso, Texas. Rivas had over seven kilograms of cocaine in her car at the time of her arrest. Rivas also had her five-year-old son and six-month-old daughter in the car. Rivas was char... More...
$0 (11-14-2025 - 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)Everett De'Andre Arnold, et al. v. Barbers Hill Independent School District, et al.
Houston, Texas personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> BHISD maintains a Student Code of Conduct, setting stand-<br> ards for behavior and discipline within the district. Hair-length restrictions<br> have long existed in the Student Code of Conduct, limiting the ways male<br> students could wear their hair. Halfway through the 2019–2020... More...
$0 (11-03-2025 - TX)State of Texas v. Yordanis Cobos-Martinez
Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, 37, is accused of slicing his manager's head off in front of his family and kicking it "like a soccer ball." Chandra Nagamallaiah, a manager of a Downtown Suites motel in Dallas, was killed at the motel. ... More...
$0 (11-04-2025 - TX)State of Texas v. Ranaldo Earnest Dotson
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> saiah Wagner died from multiple gunshot wounds he received on January 30, 2022, in Jefferson County. A grand jury indicted Appellant Renaldo Earnest Dotson for Wagner's murder.... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - TX)State of Texas v. Stephen Puzio
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree aggravated assault by a public servant.<br> <br> Stephen Puzio, age 35, a Dallas County juvenile detention officer, allegedly attacked a 15-year-old in custody.<br> <br> The victim suffered facial fractures as a result of the assault and battery.... More...
$0 (10-10-2025 - TX)The State of Texas v. Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <img width="300" src="https://images.foxtv.com/static.fox7austin.com/www.fox7austin.com/content/uploads/2025/06/932/524/gettyimages-2217709024.jpg?ve=1&tl=1"><br> <br> Suspect Sigfredo Ceja Alvarez was accused of killing "King of the Hill" voice actor Jonathan Joss, 59, was shot in San Anto... More...
$0 (10-06-2025 - TX)The State of Texas v. Jessie Clifford Brown
Longview, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder, a first-degree felony.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Beimon Nolan Simpson
Midland, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. <br> <br> The Defendant filed a motion to dismiss the indictment claiming that Second Amendment was violated by 18 U.S.C. 922(G).... More...
$0 (09-10-2025 - TX)Mesquite Asset Recovery Group, LLC, et al. v. City of Mesquite, Texas
Dallas, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in breach of contract theory.<br> <br> In 2008, Appellants purchased from the City approximately 60.31<br> acres of land in Mesquite, Texas (the Property), the majority of which sits on<br> a federally designated flood zone. Appellants also applied for and received<br> from the City a variance waiving their obligation to obtain a Cond... More...
$0 (09-24-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Jose David Betanco-Ramirez </h1></h1>
San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with harboring and transporting over 400 illegal aliens <br> <br> <br> A Nicaraguan national was sentenced in a federal court in San Antonio to 63 months in prison for harboring and transporting over 400 illegal aliens between October 2023 and February 2024.<br> <br> According to court documents, Jose David Betanco-Ramir... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - TX)State of Texas v. Angel Hinojo
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Angel Hinojos, 23, was found guilty of one count of murder, a first-degree<br> felony. Hinojos shot at his aunt and uncle, Maria and Jesus Lopez, on May 29, 2022, outside the<br> Jalisco Cafe in the Segundo Barrio neighborhood of South El Paso. Maria Lopez was wounded,<br> but survived. Jes... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - TX)State of Texas v. Louis Armando Rojas
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Louis Armando Rojas, 38, is accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend's husband in West Harris County after a domestic dispute in 2011. Rojas was charged on Jan 1, 2012, with murder – a first-degree felony.<br> <br> In 2017, law enforcement became aware that Rojas was promoting himself on YouTube as... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - TX)R.R., by Next Friend J.R. v. Mineral Wells Independent School District
Fort Worth, Texas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on Civil Rights of Handicapped Child Act violation theory.<br> <br> R.R., a student with learning disabilities, transferred to Mineral Wells<br> Independent School District ("MWISDâ€) in the February of his seventh-<br> grade year. After R.R.'s arrival, a committee reviewed his eligibility for<br> special education services u... More...
$0 (09-04-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Daviian Dwane Roberts
Midland, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Unlawful transport of firearms, etc.; possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.<br> <br> While still on supervised release for a previous felony, Daviian Dwane Roberts was arrested for, and ultimately pleaded guilty to, possession of a firearm after a felony conviction, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) an... More...
$0 (08-04-2025 - TX)<h1> United States of America v. Jose Alfredo Macias-Mendoza, et al.</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with illegal reentry </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> 176 Immigration Cases Filed in the Western District of Texas This Week</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Federal prosecutors ... More...
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