Texas Legislative Intent Law
<h2> <center> Sate of Texas v. Marcos Flores </h2> </center>
Amarillo, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms. 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> Marcos Flores, age 27, accused of engaged in a number of drug transactions with a confidential informant on m... More...
$ (08-03-2026 - TX)<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. 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. 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. 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. Martel Devante Gilliam </h2> </center>
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute meth. Former corrections officer Martel Devante Gilliam, 22, of Beaumont, was charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in a federal prison. In March 2024, Gilliam, a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Beaumont, was identi... More...
$ (03-15-2026 - 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)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jeremiah Christopher Arguijo </h2> </center>
Lubbock, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of meth. Jeremiah “Chris” Arguijo, 40, of Lubbock, Texas, was arrested and charged after the execution of a search warrant produced a large quantity of meth. Arguijo was located near one of the search locations. He attempted to flee using a vehicle and the... More...
$ (03-15-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Jorge Angel Rodriguez
Brownsville, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms, that is, approximately 155.5 kilograms of marihuana; 21 USC 841 (a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B) and 18 USC 2.... More...
$ (02-25-2026 - 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. Luis Emmanuel Quevedo-Vasquez
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer Alejandro Macias represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs. On April 2, 2024, Luis Emmanuel Quevedo-Vasquez, a Mexican national illegally in the United States, and Carmen Guadalupe Diaz, 26, of Georgia, were stopped for a traffic violation in Nacogdoches County. During the stop, law enforcement noticed an open con... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Dustin Lacouture and Deborah Lagrone
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer Ryan Matuska represented Dustin Lacouture charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance (methamphetamine. Dustin Lacouture, 43, and Deborah Lagrone, 44, both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. On January 29, 2025, a... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - 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. Orlando Gerardo Mejia-Mendoza
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with the intent to distribute a controlled substance.... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Elizabeth Devora Galindo
Amarillo, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Clayton Willis Caddell and Robert Alfonso Cazarin
Sherman, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking methamphetamine. Clayton Willis Caddell, 48, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and was sentenced to 181 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan on January 9, 2026. Robert Alfonso Cazarin, 37, pleaded guilty to co... More...
$ (01-13-2026 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Luis Robert Velazquez,
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a Schedule II controlled drug. Luis Robert Velazquez, 39, of Cockrell Hill, Texas, pled guilty in July 2025, to a drug conspiracy in which he admitted to trafficking narcotics for Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG). According to plea documents, in the span of l... More...
$ (01-15-2026 - 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> Sixto Gerardo Zuniga v. Pamela Bondi, U.S. Attorney General
Dallas, Texas, immigration lawyer represented the Petitioner seeking review of the order that his conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-401 constituted an aggravated felony.... More...
$ (12-24-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Corey Dashun Holloway
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by robbery, aiding and abetting. Cory Dashun Holloway, age 38, of Houston, admitted that, during the early morning hours of July 3, 2024, he traveled from Houston, Texas to the Dallas metroplex in a rental car with the intent to commit robbery. Holloway further admitted that after arriving... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Nathan Reis
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Nathan Reis, 47, of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, and previously of Arizona, conspired with others to submit false and fraudulent PPP loan applications to receive loan funds for which they were not eligible. In April 2020, Reis co-founded Blueacorn, purportedly to help small businesses and ... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Devon Shermaine Rhodes
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r possessing with the intent to distribute bulk crystal methamphetamine. On Nov. 8, 2022, authorities conducted surveillance at a local fast-food establishment where they observed a drug transaction involving Devon Shermaine Rhodes. He had paid more than $10,000 in cash for approximately five kilograms of crystal met... More...
$ (12-15-2025 - 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. 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. 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)United States of America v. Rodney Ignacio Castro
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1). Castro admitted that he used an apartment in downtown Houston “in furtherance of his drug trafficking activities.” A closet inside the apartment contained a handgun along ... More...
$ (11-25-2025 - TX)United States of America v. Marvin Lydell Starks
Waco, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribut and to distribute heroin, a Schedule 1 controlled substance (drug).... More...
$0 (11-24-2025 - 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)<H2> United States of America v. Lemarcus Houston
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine.... 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)<H2> United States of America v. Cody Lee Spencer
Austin, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Possession with Intent to Distribute a Substance.<br> <br> "Whether the Government has breached a plea agreement is a<br> question of law that this Court reviews de novo,†so long as the issue was<br> preserved, as it was here. United States v. Purser, 747 F.3d 284, 290 (5th Cir.<br> 2014); United States v. Malmqu... More...
$0 (11-03-2025 - TX)<H2> United States of America v. Alex Ahmed Kassem
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted possession with intent to distribute one kilogram or more of<br> heroin, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (prohibiting attempt and conspiracy)<br> and 841(a)(1) (prohibiting possession with intent to distribute), (b)(1)(a)<br> (setting penalty); and attempted money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. No. 2... More...
$0 (11-03-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Dolly Patterson </h1></h1>
Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transmitting an interstate threat to a United States District Judge.<br> <br> A California woman was sentenced today to the statutory maximum sentence after pleading guilty to transmitting an interstate threat to a United States District Judge based in the Northern District of Texas, announced Acting United States Attorne... More...
$0 (10-01-2025 - 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)<H2> The State of Texas v. Chad Lane Guinn
Longview, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography with intent to distribute, which was a second-degree felony at the time his offense was committed in 2022.... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - 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. Dolly Patterson </h1></h1>
Dallas, TX criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Threatening Federal Judge in Northern District of Texas. <br> <br> A California woman was sentenced today to the statutory maximum sentence after pleading guilty to transmitting an interstate threat to a United States District Judge based in the Northern District of Texas, announced Acting United States Attorney for the Nort... More...
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