United States of America v. Lance Keith Maytubby, Sr.

Muskogee, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually abusing a minor.



The defendant moved to suppress his confession as involuntary, arguing that the interrogating officer's offer to write a "mitigation report,” combined with the officer's supposed suggestion that Maytubby could receive counseling in lieu of prison, overbore his will.



In December 2020, Officer T.J. White, the assistant police chief in Calera, Oklahoma, called Lance Maytubby and asked him to come to the police station to answer some questions. Maytubby agreed and arrived at the station that evening. The full interview was videorecorded via Officer White's body camera.

After a four-day trial, a jury convicted Maytubby of the three counts of

aggravated sexual abuse against R.L. and the one count of abusive sexual

contact against Z.L.; the jury acquitted Maytubby of the two sexual-abuse

counts against R.L. while she was between the ages of twelve and sixteen. The

prosecution emphasized Maytubby’s confession in proving its case.



The court sentenced Maytubby to the advisory-guidelines sentence of life

in prison and entered final judgment. Maytubby timely appealed.



Affirmed