Washington Intent to Commit Murder Law
<h2> <center> State of Washington v. Travis Jason Stough </h2> </center>
Montesano, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver. 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> Mr. Stough and Stephanie Olson[1] were romantically involved until May 2023 and would often use methamphetamine together.... More...
$ (07-09-2026 - WA)<h2> <center> Crawford v. Washington </h2> </center>
Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder. The State sought to introduce a recorded statement that petitioner's wife Sylvia had made during police interrogation, as evidence that the stabbing was not in self-defense. Sylvia did not testify at trial because of Washington's marital privilege. Petitioner argued that admitting the evidence would violate his Sixth Amendment right to be "con... More...
$ (06-08-2026 - WA)<h2> <center> State of Washington v.Kai Domonic Butler </h2> </center>
Tacoma, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter. Kai Domonic Butler, 29, accused of killing Tashylah Combs, 23, in 2024, by unlawfully imprisoned her in his car before a driving move caused her to fall out, leading to fatal head injuries.... More...
$ (04-02-2026 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Brandon Denzel Washington </h2> </center>
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking by force, fraud, and coercion for prostitution. Brandon Denzel Washington, age 33, was charged with trafficking four different women. Multiple victims testified about Washington trafficking and transporting them to Washington, Nevada, California, Oregon, and Hawaii between 2014 and 2021. Wash... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - WA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Dr. Eric Edward Haeger </h2> </center>
Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with adulterating and misbranding medical devices with the intent to defraud or mislead. In June 2021, Philips Respironics initiated a recall for certain CPAP and BiPAP devices due to potential health risks associated with the foam used in the devices for sound abatement. The recall was classified as a Class I recall... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - WA)United States of America v. Geoffrey K. Auyeung
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering. Geoffrey K. Auyeung, age 47, of Newcastle, Washington, set up nine different entities that he used to accept proceeds from investors who thought they were investing in the oil and gas industry. The names of business entities that offered purported investments related to oil... More...
$ (03-02-2026 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Kenneth H. Crause
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Deliver 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl. The Spokane Police Department Special Investigations Unit had an active drug trafficking investigation into Kenneth H. Crause, age 55, who was already on federal supervision for a prior drug trafficking conviction. Based on that investigation offi... More...
$ (12-29-2025 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Tamara King, aka Tamara Waln
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and multiple counts of wire fraud, money laundering, and tax fraud. Between August 2009 and December 2013, Tamara Kind, aka Tamara Waln, 56, of Toledo, Ohio, previously resided in Bellevue and Kirkland, Washington, solicited investments in a real estate fund called Halcyon. Twenty-two victims, most of... More...
$ (12-24-2025 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Dr. Eric Edward Haeger
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with adulterating and misbranding medical devices with the intent to defraud or mislead. In June 2021, Philips Respironics initiated a recall for certain CPAP and BiPAP devices due to potential health risks associated with the foam used in the devices for sound abatement. The potential health risks identified at the... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Mohammed Zafaranchi, aka ‘Mike’
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating a web of boiler-room-type call centers that defrauded 1,000 distressed homeowners facing foreclosure. Mohammed Zafaranchi, 43, aka ‘Mike’ was convicted following a week-long trial of all twelve federal charges he faced: conspiracy to commit wire fraud, five counts of wire fraud, five counts of mo... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Anthony Raymond Dodd, et al.
Tacoma, Washington, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with drug trafficking and firearms violations. The longest sentence, ten years, was imposed on Anthony Raymond Dodd, 36, of Seattle. Dodd was convicted of possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime on July 25, 2025 following a three-day t... More...
$ (12-08-2025 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Andrew Pete Serrano
Yakima, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Accessory After the Fact for his role in the 2018 murder of Rosenda Strong and to being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm in a separate matter from 2019. Jedidah Iesha Moreno shot and killed Rosenda Strong on or about October 5, 2018, following an argument at a residence, known as the House of Souls in Wapato,... More...
$ (12-03-2025 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Jonathan Leslie Allen, AKA Johnathan Allen, AKA Ghost
Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. The Defendant claimed that the government commit grand jury abuse by offering perjured testimony. Allen alleges that testimony from an undercover agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) was false because Allen did not “meet” with ag... More...
$ (11-17-2025 - wa)United States of America v. Saul Juan Cruz
Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribution. ... More...
$0 (10-29-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Lance Scott Michel </h1></h1>
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Crimes Involving Children on the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation.<br> <br> United States District Judge Mary K. Dimke sentenced Lance Scott Michel, age 31, of Nespelem, Washington, to 216 months in federal prison after Michel pleaded guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country and Sexual... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - WA)Estate of Ian Simmers v. County of King, et al.
Seattle, Washington, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.<br> <br> After confessing to the crime, Ian Simmers was convicted in 1996 in the<br> Superior Court of Washington for King County for first-degree murder when he<br> was sixteen years old. Decades later, Simmers moved for a new trial. In response,<br> the State moved to vacate the conviction, w... More...
$0 (10-16-2025 - WA)United States of America v. Tawny Youngman, aka Tawny Rhodes
Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual meth. ... More...
$0 (10-08-2025 - WA)United States of America v. Linda You
Richland, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit access device fraud.... More...
$0 (10-08-2025 - WA)State of Washington v. Santiago Medero
Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with the murder of Camille Love and wounding of her brother, Joshua Love, in Tacoma.<br> <br> At the time of the murder, the Loves were driving home after watching the Super Bowl. The siblings were innocent parties who were not associated with any gangs. It is believed they were targeted because Mederos' gang mistakenly... More...
$0 (10-14-2022 - WA)State of Washington v. John Doe
Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and first-degree assault. <br> <br> Twently-eight old male suspect accused of shooting and killing one man and wounding another.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (10-08-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v.Lance Scott Michel </h1></h1>
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country and Sexual Abuse in Indian Country<br> <br> United States District Judge Mary K. Dimke sentenced Lance Scott Michel, age 31, of Nespelem, Washington, to 216 months in federal prison after Michel pleaded guilty to Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country and Sexual Abuse in... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - WA)State of Washington v. Burkey
Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree murder, second-degree assault, and drive-by shooting.<br> <br> Defendant Burkey, a/k/a Muggsy, was accused of shooting Gavin Looper, age 13, who was watching TV in his living room when he was shot and killed.<br> <br> Looper was not the intended target.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Israel Garcia </h1></h1>
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime and Possession with Intent to Distribute 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl<br> <br> On September 18, 2025, United States Chief District Judge Stanley A. Bastain sentenced Israel Garcia, 36, to 20 years in federal prison after his guilty pleas to ... More...
$0 (09-23-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Israel Garcia </h1></h1>
Spokane, Washington – criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime and Possession with Intent to Distribute 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl. <br> <br> On September 18, 2025, United States Chief District Judge Stanley A. Bastain sentenced Israel Garcia, 36, to 20 years in federal prison after his guilty... More...
$0 (09-24-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Gabriel Armas </h1></h1>
Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of narcotics with intent to distribute<br> <br> A federal defendant from Grays Harbor County, Washington, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to two counts of possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Gabriel Armas face... More...
$0 (09-23-2025 - WA)State of Washington v. Willie McCoo, Jr.
Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Willie McCoo Jr., 55, of Seattle, allegedly fatally stabbed Kiara Sewell, 31, of Tacoma.<br> <br> The State has charged the defendant with two counts of premeditated murder, committed with a deadly weapon against an intimate partner and against a roommate, which showed deliberate cruel... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - WA)State of Washington v. Michael A. Helms
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer will represented the Defendant charged with assault and batter with a dangerous weapon and attempted murder.<br> <br> Michael A. Helms, age 33, was accused to stabbing a woman in an apartment complex in the 500 block of E. Hawthrone Road.... More...
$0 (08-28-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Jason Alexander Logie </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Yakima, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second Degree Murder </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Wapato Man Convicted of Second Degree Murder</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> United States Attorney S... More...
$0 (08-25-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Jesse Bailey, Yehoshua Kilp </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with drug distribution </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Leader of third cell of Aryan prison gang Leader of third cell of Aryan prison gang drug distribution ring sentenced to 14 years in prison ring sentenced to 14 years in prison</h2></center></b... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. KhaliilAhmed, aka “Bossup â€, Yohannes Wondimagegnehu, aka “Jon†</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with violent drug trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> First two members of violent drug trafficking organization sentenced to prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> Tw... More...
$0 (08-11-2025 - WA)<H2> State of Washington v. Ihsan Ali and Zahrra Ali </cemter>
Olympia, Washington criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder.<br> <br> Ihsan Ali and Zahrra Ali were accused to trying to kill their daughter.<br> <br> The initial investigation indicated Ali may have threatened his daughter with a so-called "honor killing†for refusing to go to Iraq for an arranged marriage to an older man, but prosecutors later wrote... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - wa)<h1> United States of America v. Anthony Raymond Dodd </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Repeat offender convicted at trial of drug trafficking and firearms offenses</h2></center>... More...
$0 (07-24-2025 - WA)State of Washington v. Veniamin Nicolay Gaidaichuk
Yakima, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r second degree attempted rape of a child and communicating with a minor for immoral purposes. <br> <br> On November 17, 2019, Gaidaichuk traveled from Bellevue to Yakima to meet with someone named "Anna" at a designated address. Anna had informed him on several prior occasions that she was thirteen years old. While ... More...
$0 (07-19-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Andrew Vincent Auerbach, Daryl Edward Boone, James M. Ferguson, Nathan Carlson Johnson, James Lelacheur, Christopher Wayne O’Neal, Gabriella Sherif Rizkalla, Roland Dewayne Sanders, Bernie Ray Shaw Jr., Courtney A. Wheeler, Andrew Lee Williams, Anthony Dale Williams </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged wit distribution of 50 Grams or More of Actual (Pure) Methamphetamine, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking, Possess with Intent to Distribute 40 Grams or More of Fentanyl, Distribution of 5 Grams or More of Actual (Pure) Methamphe... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Santana Sandoval, Kevin Torres Velasquez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two Everett residents charged federally for drug distribution activities involving multiple kilos of fentanyl powder</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Bryson Gill </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and for possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Leader of drug trafficking ring connected to Aryan prison gangs sent... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Mohammed Asif </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Indian citizen charged in multi-million-dollar health care fraud scheme </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> An Indian national indicted for health care fraud will make... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Mohamed Abdirisak Mohamed </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute, two counts of unlawful possession of firearms, 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> Final 'in-custody' defe... More...
$0 (05-09-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Dennis Aguilar Huisa </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and one count of money laundering </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Man caugh... More...
$0 (04-10-2025 - WA)United States of America v. Jackson Daniel Bowers
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of heroine.<br> <br> In 2019, pursuant to a guilty plea, Bowers was convicted of possession of heroin with intent to distribute in violation<br> of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(C). He was sentenced to 36 months imprisonment to be followed by three years of<br> supervised release. In 2023, after Bowers co... More...
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