Wyoming Intervening Cause Law

<h2> <center> United States of America v. Eric Bedient </h2> </center>

Jackson, Wyoming, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with walking off the designated boardwalk in a thermal area in Yellowstone National Park. Eric Bedient, 50, of Frisco, Texas walked directly on several fragile and dangerous hydrothermal features in the Mammoth Hot Springs area. Those features included Canary Spring, Mound Terrace, Palette Hot Spring, and Jupiter Terr... More...

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United States of America v. Dusty Ronald Harris

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling fentanyl and meth. The case grew out of a confidential informant's statement that Mr. Dusty Harris was selling fentanyl and methamphetamine. After providing the statement, the informant agreed to help a law-enforcement officer (Agent Brady Patrick) gather evidence against Mr. Harris. Agent Patrick gave ... More...

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The State of Wyoming v. Jarrett Gage Vargas

<h2> Casper, Wyoming aggravated child abuse criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. </h2> [¶3] On October 15, 2021, Mr. Vargas was caring for his three-month-old foster child, RW, at his home in Casper, Wyoming, when RW began seizing. Mr. Vargas called 911, and an ambulance arrived and took RW to the local emergency room. Dr. Eugene Duquette examined RW and ordere... More...

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United States of America v. Rondell Yoken Baker

<h2> Cheyenne, Wyoming possession with intent to distribute meth and fentanyl criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. </h2> On the evening of March 2, 2022, Deputy Lloyd stopped Mr. Baker and his passenger twice, as they traveled through Wyoming in a gray Dodge Journey with Kentucky plates. Deputy Lloyd first stopped Mr. Baker for driving 82 mph in a 70 mph zone. The of... More...

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Michael Peeples v. Daniel Shoemaker, et al.

Cheyenne, Wyoming personal injury lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Eric&l=Hinckley&i=135859&z=84405" target="_new">Eric Hinckley</a> represented the Plaintiff who sued on auto negligence theories. This case was filed in the Unita County District Court, 2022-CV-0000311, and was removed to federal court. The following five elements may typically be required... More...

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Niole and Andy Ward v. Belden

Worland, Wyoming family law lawyers represented the parties in a custody and visitation case. In 2019, the Beldens, the grandparents of the children of their deceased son, were granted visitation after their relationship with Nicole soured. In 2022, Andy the children's stepfather, adopted the children. Thereafter, the Wards informed the Beldens that they would no longer comply with the or... More...

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Andrew J. Johnson v. City of Cheyenne, et al.

Cheyenne, Wyoming personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights Violation theories. This matter comes before the Court on Defendant Spencer's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 17), Defendant Estate of George W. Stanford's Motion to Dismiss (ECF No. 45), and Defendant City of Cheyenne's Renewed Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim ... More...

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Andrew J. Johnson v. Cheyenne, Wyoming, et al.

Cheyenne, Wyoming personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories claiming he was wrongfully convicted and imprison for a crime he did not commit. 1. Andrew J. Johnson ("Plaintiff or "Mr. Johnson"), now 67 years old, was imprisoned for nearly twenty-four (24) years for crimes he did not commit. In September 1989, he was ... More...

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United States of America v. Danny Lee Jimenez

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felony in possession of a firearm. The crime was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael J. Elmore prosecuted the case. 18 U.S.C. 922(g) provides: (g) It shall be unlawful for any personâ€” (1) who has been convict... More...

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United States of America v. Salvador Salas, Jr.

Casper, Wyomingcriminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. <table> <h1> <center> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Casper_WY_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Casper, Wyoming"> Federal Courthouse - Casper, Wyoming <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/... More...

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United States of America v. Salvador Salas, Jr.

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with on one count of possession of child pornography and five counts of production of child pornography. <table> <h1> <center> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Cheyenne_WY_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Cheyenne, Wyoming"> Federal Courthouse - Che... More...

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United States of America v. Ian Josiah Timbana

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with for assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian Country. On December 7, 2021, law enforcement responded to a call for service at a residence on the Wind River Indian Reservation. At the scene, law enforcement located a woman with facial fractures who had been assaulted by Timbana. This crime was in... More...

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Joseph Sena v. The State of Wyoming

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with burglary. [¶3] Joseph Sena pled no contest to charges in two separate dockets, Docket No. 34-682 and 34-683.1 In Docket No. 34-682, Mr. Sena pled no contest to one count of burglary for acts he committed on October 8, 2017. In Docket No. 34-683, he pled no contest to one count of attempted voluntary manslaug... More...

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State of Wyoming v. Alvaro Gonzales Mancia

Jackson, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with interference with a peace officer. Alvaro Gonzales Mancia, age 25, snuck up on a deuty at the Teton County jail. Wyoming 6-5-204 provides: (a) A person commits a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than one (1) year, a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00), or b... More...

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United States of America v. ESI Energy, LLC

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with violating 16 U.S.C. Â§Â§703, 707(a), bu Taking, killing, or possessing migratory birds unlawfully. ESI Energy, LLC was accused of causing the deaths of 150 eagles at its wind farms in eight states. Â§703. Taking, killing, or possessing migratory birds unlawful Unless and except as permit... More...

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United States of America v. Madeline S. Casey

Jackson, WY: Madeline S. Casey, age 26 of New Hartford, Connecticut was cited for walking on thermal ground at Norris Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National Park. Casey was with two other people as they made their way up to a thermal pool and geyser at Norris Geyser Basin. She and one other person got off the boardwalk and were walking on thermal ground. Multiple other people were concerne... More...

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United States of America v. Isaac Dorman

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Carjacking and Aiding and Abetting, Using, Carrying and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence, Theft from a Federally Licensed Dealer of Firearms. 18 U.S.C. Â§2119 and Â§2 Whoever, with the intent to cause death or serious bodily harm 1 takes a motor vehicle that has be... More...

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United States of America v. Leo Michael Duran

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with assaulting a federal law enforcement officer. Leo Mmichael Duran, 26, of Riverton, Wyoming, indicted for assaulting a federal law enforcement officer. During the early morning hours of January 23, 2021, security staff at the Wind River Hotel and Casino were in the process of escorting Duran from the pre... More...

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United States of America v. Theodore Eugene Garland

Jackson, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegal activities and violations of national park regulations offering to provide guided tours of Yellowstone. Theodore Eugene Garland, age 60 of Edmond, Oklahoma was sentenced on seven counts of illegal activities and violations in Yellowstone National Park (YNP). Garland appeared in front of Magistrate Judge Ma... More...

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United States of America v. Elizabeth Theresa Smith, Kevin Vanndara Chanthapannah and Kenneth Blake Wood

Cheyenne, Wyoming drug trafficking charged criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants, ELIZABETH THERESA SMITH (38), from Riverton, KEVIN VANNDARA CHANTHAPANNHA (29), from Utah, and KENNETH BLAKE WOOD (28), from Lander, who were charged for their involvement in a conspiracy to distribute heroin and methamphetamine. While conducting investigations into the distribution of controlled s... More...

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United States of America v. Arapaho James Oldman

Arapaho James Oldman and Matthew Whiteplume severely beat Charles Dodge III. One of them cut his throat. Mr. Dodge died from blunt-force trauma and/or sharpforce injuries. 2 A grand jury charged Mr. Oldman with first-degree murder as both a principal and an aider and abettor. At trial, the district court refused his request for a lesser-included offense instruction on assau... More...

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United States of America v. Jason August Obermueller

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/wy/images/cheyen~1.jpg"> </center> Cheyenne, WY - The United States of America charged Jason August Obermueller with being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922, which provides: (a) It shall be unlawful— (1) for any person— (A) except a licensed importer, license... More...

$0 (09-10-2019 - WY)

United States of America v. Kellen Michael Sorber

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/wy/images/cheyen~1.jpg"> </center> Cheyenne, WY - REPUBLICAN PARTY HEADQUARTERS ARSONIST SENTENCED IN U.S. DISTRICT COURT Chief Federal District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl sentenced KELLEN MICHAEL SORBER, 27, to forty-four months in federal prison for setting fire to the Albany County Republican Party Headqu... More...

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United States of America v. Darren Gonzalez

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.wyd.uscourts.gov/images/caspercourthouse.jpg"> </center> Gonzales used his personal and business bank accounts to launder the proceeds of his drug sales. After extensive investigations by state and federal law enforcement, a federal grand jury charged Gonzales with committing a multitude of drug and financial crimes. He eventually a... More...

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Jiying Wei v. University of Wyoming College of Health School Pharmacy

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/wy/images/cheyen~1.jpg"> </center> Jiying Wei appeals the district court’s judgment dismissing her complaint with prejudice based on claim preclusion and the statute of limitations, and its order denying her post-judgment motion. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm. BACKGROUND<br... More...

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George Daniel Nitchman v. The State of Wyoming

<center><h1> MORELAW Legal Services Marketing </h1> <h2><a href="http://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28012&z=74103&s=OK" target="_new">Your Source For Marketing Your Firm Nationwide . Completely Free Marketing If It Does Not Work. </a></h2> </center> In 2007, Mr. Nitchman pleaded guilty to unlawful manufacture of a controlled substa... More...

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Steven Jacob Mitchell V. The State of Wyoming

<center> <img width="300" src=" https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Wyoming_Supreme_Court_Building%2C_Cheyenne%2C_Southwest_view_20110823_1.jpg "> <h2> Wyoming Supreme Court </h2> </center> Mr. Mitchell’s criminal proceeding arose from his actions during a lengthy custody battle over his daughter, EP. The custody proceedings involved several jurisdictions... More...

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Diane Smith v. Cheyenne Retirement Investors,L.P., d/b/a Point Frontier Retirement Community

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.wyd.uscourts.gov/images/cheyennecourthouse.jpg"> </center> Plaintiff Diane Smith, a former employee of the Pointe Frontier assisted living facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming, brings this suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 alleging that she was unlawfully terminated by Pointe Frontier in 2014 in 2 retaliation fo... More...

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STEPHEN RICHARD HASKELL v. THE STATE OF WYOMING <table> <td>

Stephen Haskell won the August 2014 primary election for Sublette County Sheriff on a platform that included purchasing new uniforms for the sheriff’s office. He became the sheriff-elect after the general election in early November and began preparing to take office. His preparations included a meeting in late November with two of the sitting county commissioners. The three men discussed the ... More...

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State of North Dakota v. Mitchell Steven Biwer <table> <td>

On April 17, 2017 Bismarck Police Detective Jerry Stein received a call from a shipping store employee about a suspicious package Biwer dropped off to be shipped to Denver, Colorado. The employee told Stein "[Biwer] was explaining too much and talking too much about why the package was being sent out. And then when questioned what was in the package, he said it was an owner's manual, and the cost ... More...

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Karl Allred v. Eli D. Bebout, et al.

[¶1] Two Wyoming citizens sought to challenge legislation that authorized two construction projects while maintaining a degree of legislative control which the citizens contend violate the Wyoming Constitution. They also alleged a pattern of letting state contracts without competitive bidding or required safeguards, contrary to the Wyoming Constitution and laws. They sought to ame... More...

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James Bryant Harris, Jr. v. The State of Wyoming

[¶1] James Bryant Harris, Jr., argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence obtained as a result of a detention and subsequent search of his vehicle. We affirm. ISSUE [¶2] Mr. Harris submits his single issue on appeal: Did the trial court err in denying Appellant’s Motion to Suppress Evidence obtained as a result of his illegal detention ... More...

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STATE OF MONTANA v. DENNIS LEO SCHOWENGERDT <table> <td>

The initial facts of the case are undisputed: On December 8, 2012, Schowengerdt killed his wife, Tina Schowengerdt, by repeatedly stabbing her in their home near Deer Lodge. The following morning, Schowengerdt drove to the police station in Deer Lodge and, in a recorded statement, told officers that last night he, “killed that son of a bitch [he] was living with. So arrest ... More...

$0 (01-19-2018 - WY)

United States of America v. Gibson Buckley Condie

Cheyenne, WY - Powell, Wyoming Psychologist Sentenced to Three Years in Prison for Health Care Fraud Gibson Buckley Condie, 57, of Powell, Wyoming, was sentenced on January 8, 2018, to serve three years in prison for felony health care fraud involving mental health services falsely billed to Wyoming Medicaid, announced United States Attorney Mark A. Klaassen. Condie was also ordered to pa... More...

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DOROTHY JEAN RIDDLE v. THE STATE OF WYOMING <table> <td>

The facts of this case are relatively straightforward and, in large measure, undisputed. Ms. Riddle deposited a $4,000 check in a joint account that she held with her son, Dalton. The check was written on the account of her mother-in-law, and was made payable to Dalton Riddle. The signature on the check indicated that it had been executed by the mother-in-law. [¶4] The mother-in-law learn... More...

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STEVEN DEAN MCLAREN v. THE STATE OF WYOMING <table> <td>

Mr. McLaren owned 57 cats. He and his girlfriend, Jennifer Evans, referred to the cats as their “kids” or “the kid.” On March 10, 2014, one of Mr. McLaren’s exotic Savannah kittens, Cameo, was sick, so he and Ms. Evans took it to a veterinary clinic for treatment. Mr. McLaren testified that he had injected “somewhere between a quarter and a third of a gram” of methamphetamine righ... More...

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DONALD DEAN FOLTZ, JR. v. THE STATE OF WYOMING <table> <td>

In the fall of 2014, Mr. Foltz moved into the home of his girlfriend, Amanda Russell, and her two children. On December 22, 2014, Ms. Russell took her two-year-old son, BB, to a pediatrician, Dr. Fall, with concerns that BB had been vomiting, complaining of leg pain, and that he was bruising easily. After an examination and receiving the results of blood work, Dr. Fall concluded that BB’s inj... More...

$0 (12-30-2017 - WY)

United States of America v. Kwok Lun Chow

Defendant-Appellant, Kwok Lun Chow, was charged in a one-count indictment with possession with intent to distribute more than fifty kilograms of marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C). Chow filed a motion to suppress evidence seized during a roadside search of his vehicle. The district court denied the motion and Chow entered a conditional guilty plea to the c... More...

$0 (12-21-2017 - WY)

Terry Laverne Schmuck v. The State of Wyoming <table> <td>

Mr. Schmuck struck his wife, Cindy Schmuck, in the head with a hatchet. The blow fractured her skull and caused an underlying hemorrhage into the brain. The State charged Mr. Schmuck with one count of attempted murder in the first degree. The trial court also instructed the jury on the lesser included offenses of attempted murder in the second degree and attempted voluntary manslaughter. ... More...

$0 (12-04-2017 - WY)

United States of America v. James Keith Beirle

In February 2014, James Keith Beierle was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). At his first sentencing hearing, the district court reviewed Beierle’s criminal history from the 1980s, which included state felony convictions for burglary, robbery, and possession of a weapon by a prisoner. The court determined that these thre... More...

$0 (11-30-2017 - WY)