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Mr. Padilla was part of the legal defense of Mr. Ramirez. Mr. Padilla was responsible of handling all forensic experts and evidence. He handled the cross examination of Dr. Lew as well as the state’s fingerprint expert. Additionally Mr. Padilla cross examined the Metro PCS custodian regarding cellular phone issues. After two days of deliberation the jury was unable to…
MIAMI (AP) — A Miami man accused of fatally shooting his wife and posting a photo of her corpse on Facebook has been charged with first-degree murder. A plea hearing for 31-year-old Derek Medina is set for Wednesday. Medina had previously pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder with a firearm. Medina told detectives after his arrest that he was acting…
As Dedrick Devonshay Williams returned to court, detectives revealed that two other gunmen who remain at large were likely also involved in the fatal shooting. 22-year-old Dedrick Devonshay Williams walked into the courtroom with his Attorney, Mauricio Padilla, Monday morning. Officials said Williams was out on probation at the time of June 18 shooting. He was taken into custody two…
Nubia Docter Barahona, a ten-year-old American girl, was abused and murdered on February 11, 2011. Her body was found February 14, 2011, wrapped in a plastic garbage bag in the bed of her adoptive father’s pickup truck on the side of I-95 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Her body had partially decomposed from being covered in chemicals, possibly pesticides. Her twin brother, Victor Docter Barahona, was in…
Mauricio Padilla does litigate select family law cases and has historically represented both professional athletes and the spouses of current and former professional athletes. Mr. Padilla has represented former major league baseball star Jorge Toca in his divorce proceedings and is currently representing him in his post judgement petition.
Criminal defense attorney Mauricio Padilla is asked to provide expert commentary about this federal case involving laundering hundreds of millions of dollars for NBC. Federal prosecutors said they nabbed a man who used his bank accounts to prey on the circumstances in Venezuela to and aid drug cartels–not businessmen. The prosecutors said it was at a Bank of America in…
Former Miami Hurricanes All-American Bryant McKinnie owes the father of rapping superstar Trick Daddy $375,000 for bills run up at South Florida strip clubs, a new lawsuit says. The rapper’s father, Charles “Pop” Young, filed the lawsuit in Miami-Dade Circuit Court Monday afternoon. Young says that McKinnie, who is currently an offensive lineman for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens, racked up big…
An associate of former U.S. Rep. David Rivera, R-Fla., has pleaded not guilty to four campaign finance violations involving alleged illegal contributions to a previously unknown candidate. Ana Alliegro’s attorney, Mauricio Padilla, entered the plea Monday on her behalf. Padilla also said Alliegro would not seek bond, which is opposed by prosecutors who claim she is a flight risk. An…
Presented with a plea deal from the state that included jail time, the attorney for Carrie Weingarth declined the offer and then presented serious allegations against the Miami-Dade Schools Police Department in court Friday morning. Weingarth, who is accused of abducting her three sons and driving them across the country, watched as her attorney berated police. “They knew that an…
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The state rested its case in the murder trial of the man dubbed the “Facebook killer.” Derek Medina shot and killed his 27-year old wife, Jennifer Alfonso, in their South Miami home on August 8th, 2013, while Alfonso’s daughter was upstairs, according to police. He then posted a photograph of her body on Facebook, with a caption…