Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Discovery Violations- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Simmons appeals from a judgment convicting him, following a jury trial, of trafficking a child, as a party to the crime and as a repeater, and from an order denying his postconviction motion.
Right to a Unanimous Jury Verdict
Burks appeals from his judgment of conviction, entered upon a jury’s verdict, for first-degree reckless injury by use of a dangerous weapon.
Fraud-Sale of Home
Buth appeals from the order of the circuit court granting summary judgment to Daniel and Jodi Pyawasay (the Pyawasays) and dismissing her claims of misrepresentation and fraud in the Pyawasays’ sale of their home to Buth.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Velez-Figueroa appeals a judgment entered following a jury trial convicting him of second-degree sexual assault of a child and child enticement, and an order denying his postconviction motion.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
According to the criminal complaint, on August 1, 2018, police received information from a youth care worker at the Lad Lake Residential Campus that a resident of the facility, fifteen-year-old S.H., disclosed that she had been a victim of sex trafficking in Milwaukee days earlier.
Speeding -Legal Justification
Jacobson was stopped by Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper Jody Wood speeding at a speed of eighty-five miles per hour in a seventy-mile-per-hour speed zone, per a speed gun.
Admissibility of Expert Testimony
According to the criminal complaint, the victim informed law enforcement that she and Wright were at a casino, and, upon returning to Wright’s residence, Wright accused her of stealing some of his methamphetamine.
Motion to Suppress Confession
According to the criminal complaint, a Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputy stopped a silver Kia Sportage in Milwaukee for unsafe passing when it passed a vehicle at a traffic light on the right while the other vehicle was also going straight.
Postconviction Relief – Sufficiency of Evidence
Mannery was alleged to have engaged in trafficking a child, soliciting a child for prostitution, child enticement–intent to cause a child to engage in prostitution, human trafficking, and physical abuse of a child.
Class Action-Sovereign Immunity
Twentieth Century Fox Television filmed scenes for the fictional television series Empire at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in 2015.
Oak Creek woman sentenced to 4-1/2 years in prison for embezzlement
Investigators said a 53-year-old Oak Creek woman embezzled more than $600,000 from a landscaping company while she worked as a secretary there.
DOJ investigating Racine Co traffic stop that turned into fatal shooting
Officers gave commands for the subject to come out, but the subject refused to follow officer orders, authorities said.
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- Bankruptcy court approves Milwaukee Marriott Downtown ‘business as usual’ motion
- New Crime Gun Intelligence Center to launch in Chicago
- Arrest warrant proposed for Minocqua Brewing owner who filed Lawsuit against Town of Minocqua
- Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question how much power Legislature should have
- Reinhart named the 2024 Wisconsin law firm of the year by benchmark litigation
- Milwaukee’s Common Council now has the most African Americans, women and openly LGBTQ members ever
- Office of School Safety Provides Behavioral and Threat Assessment Management Training Ahead of 25th Anniversary of Columbine Shooting
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to hear arguments in Democratic governor’s suit against GOP-led Legislature
- Lawsuit asks Wisconsin Supreme Court to strike down governor’s 400-year veto
- Wisconsin man pleads not guilty to neglect in disappearance of boy
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