by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | May 26, 2013 | Firm News, Murder & Other Homicide Crimes
A recent article in The Advocate reported that guilty pleas in two recent criminal cases will prevent numerous people from having to go through difficult criminal trials. One of those cases involves a 30-year-old man who killed seven Baton Rouge residents in a head-on...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | May 24, 2013 | Drunk Driving, Firm News
A decision to throw out an important piece of evidence in a Baton Rouge DWI trial could have a significant effect on future cases. The case involves a drunk-driving charge stemming from a sobriety checkpoint set up back in December 2010. According to the judge that...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | May 17, 2013 | Firm News, Murder & Other Homicide Crimes
Earlier this month, a Louisiana district court judge suspended the two-year sentence of a Donaldson man who was convicted of negligent homicide in connection with the 1994 death of a 10-week old St. Amant girl. On Monday, the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | May 11, 2013 | Firm News, Murder & Other Homicide Crimes
Derek Quebedeaux, a Louisiana man sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for driving while under the influence of alcohol and killing three college students, asked for a reduced prison sentence on Wednesday. That sentence was delivered following Quebedeaux’s...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | May 10, 2013 | Firm News, Sex Offenses
According to a new report from the Pentagon, sexual assaults are a growing problem in all branches of the military. New numbers show that approximately 26,000 military members may have been sexually assaulted in 2012. And thousands of victims, it is estimated, are...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | May 4, 2013 | Firm News, White Collar Crimes
Last month, a Slidell woman who apparently lost her job as a cook at a seafood restaurant as a result of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of wire fraud. According to prosecutors in the case, she admitted to sending false...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | May 3, 2013 | Firm News, Murder & Other Homicide Crimes
Last Friday, 20-year-old Michal Louding was convicted of murdering Terry Boyd in Baton Rouge in 2009. Louding, about whom we’ve previously written, testified last year during the first-degree murder trial of rapper Torence Hatch. The latter was acquitted in May...
by Damico & Stockstill, Attorneys at Law | May 2, 2013 | Drug Charges, Firm News
When an American citizen is charged with marijuana possession in Louisiana, the penalties can range from up to six months in jail and a maximum $500 fine to up to 40 years in prison and a fine as high as $400,000 – depending on the amount of marijuana found in...
