Recent Posts in Murder Category
Posted on May 10, 2012 By Plano Criminal Defense Lawyer
One suspect made it all the way to eastern Texas from Georgia before being caught by the authorities. The husband of a lawyer that was shot multiple times is now in custody on several charges ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2012 By Plano Criminal Defense Lawyer
Two city officials were targeted by a man last year in an attempted murder plot. When they shut down a strip club in Texas, the owner devised a plan to have the two men stopped for good. The owner has ...
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Posted on Mar 28, 2012 By Plano Criminal Defense Lawyer
Two members of the Armed Forces were caught in an undercover investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. The two men are now in custody on a variety of charges for the murder -for-hire scheme ...
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Posted on Feb 27, 2012 By Plano Criminal Defense Lawyer
Human error is to blame for the accidental early release of a convicted murderer in North Carolina. He has since been captured and sent back to prison by Texas authorities. T.A.W., 31, was transferred ...
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Posted on Feb 6, 2012 By Plano Criminal Defense Lawyer
This week in the state of Colorado, police told news sources that they arrested a man from Texas. Allegedly, the man was taken into law enforcement custody because he is believed to be connected to ...
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Posted on Jan 30, 2012 By Plano Criminal Defense Lawyer
A man already behind bars is set to be transferred to another jail on more serious charges. Police report that the man is wanted for a double murder that took place last November in Texas City. ...
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Posted on Jun 9, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
Perhaps, this is the most pathetic mugshot of all time. This guy had a bad day (notice the tears). During an argument over Game 1 of the NBA Finals last week, Donald Jones, killed his friend. While ...
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Posted on Apr 25, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
In 1994, Anthony Graves was convicted of killing six people, four of the murdered were children. Graves spent twelve years on death row and was faced with two execution dates. He always proclaimed his ...
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Posted on Apr 22, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
After a year of sitting in jail being branded a "cop killer" the Dallas County District Attorney's office has dropped charges against him. Last August, the Dallas District Attorney announced that Gary ...
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Posted on Apr 11, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
Attorney Joseph Rakofsky , a newly graduated attorney who opened up his own law office, was admonished by trial judge for his performance during a murder trial. In fact, the judge stated that he was ...
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Posted on Apr 8, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
During an exorcism of her 13-month-old daughter, a Rusk County woman bludgeoned her daughter to death. The child's head was smashed in by a hammer. Upon being questioned by the police, the couple made ...
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Posted on Mar 16, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
A Denton man will face a capital murder charge in Dallas as a result of the death of a 76-year-old Dallas woman. Around 5:30 in the evening, Rogelio C. Belmonte approached the victim in a parking lot ...
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Posted on Mar 14, 2011 By Plano Criminal Defense Attorney
In 2009, Kimberly Kates was brutally murdered while in bed. Her killer used a machete, but he was not eligible for execution because it was not one of the enumerated types of murder eligible for ...
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