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Criminal Digest

Oct 1, 2018

Motion for Judgment Denied – EEOC Claim

Dawn Suppo, an employee of Costco Wholesale Corporation, was stalked by Thad Thompson, a customer of Costco, for over a year. Things got so bad at the end that Suppo secured a plenary no contact order from an Illinois state court.

Oct 1, 2018

Postconviction Motion Denied

Brian A. Barwick appeals the judgments of conviction of eleven crimes charged in four cases, following a jury trial.

Oct 1, 2018

Plea & Sentencing – Plea Withdrawal

Zachary Froehlich appeals a judgment, entered upon his no-contest plea, convicting him of party to the crime of first-degree reckless homicide.

Oct 1, 2018

Newly Discovered Evidence

Ashanti M. Mcalister appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, convicting him of first-degree intentional homicide as a party to a crime.

Oct 1, 2018

Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied

Daniel Stewart was convicted of drug trafficking, firearms offenses, and money laundering, primarily based on evidence gathered as a result of a traffic stop and a subsequent confession.

Sep 25, 2018

Plea Colloquy and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Adam Demerath appeals a judgment of conviction, entered upon his no-contest pleas, for first-degree sexual assault and attempted burglary.

Sep 25, 2018

Suppression of Evidence

Zachary Marek appeals a judgment entered following his guilty plea, convicting him of second-degree sexual assault, and an order denying his postconviction motion.

Sep 25, 2018

OWI – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Jodi J. Lux appeals from a judgment convicting her of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) (third offense) and an order denying her postconviction motion in which she asserted her trial counsel was ineffective for having failed to challenge the police officer’s warrantless search of her residence.

Sep 25, 2018

Statutory Interpretation – Post or Publish

Norris W. Culver, Sr., appeals from a judgment convicting him of violating the “post or publish” of a private depiction statute and the felon-in-possession of a firearm statute and from an order rejecting his postconviction claims that those statutes are unconstitutional.

Sep 25, 2018

Plea Withdrawal

Felix Deonte Willis appeals from an order denying his postconviction motion to withdraw his guilty plea to one of two crimes of which he was convicted.

Sep 25, 2018

Sentence Modification

Darryl P. Benson, pro se, appeals from an order of the circuit court that denied his “motion to modify sentence and presentence investigation report based upon ‘new factors’” and his request for a hearing to correct the presentence investigation report (PSI).

Sep 25, 2018

Abuse of Discretion – Expert Testimony

Johnnie Lee Tucker appeals a judgment of conviction for one count of first-degree intentional homicide and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.

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