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Supreme Court dismisses ethics case against former DA
The state Supreme Court has dismissed allegations of ethics violations against former Kenosha County District Attorney Robert Zapf.
Decision coming Wednesday in former Kenosha DA’s disciplinary case
The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hand down a decision Wednesday in a lawyer-discipline case accusing a former Kenosha County district attorney of failing to disclose a police officer’s planting of evidence in a murder investigation.
Justices to grill lawyers for retired DA, rejected bar applicant
The Wisconsin Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments on Monday in three cases, including one challenging the state’s Board of Bar Examiners’ rejection of a man’s application seeking admission to practice in Wisconsin.
High court to make rare examination of prosecutors’ ethical duties in discovery
Should Wisconsin prosecutors be held to a higher ethical standard than their constitutional obligation to disclose evidence to criminal defendants?
Referee: Retired DA should be suspended for 1 year, permanently banned from prosecuting cases
A referee is recommending that the Wisconsin Supreme Court suspend a former Kenosha County District Attorney’s license for at least a year and permanently ban him from working as a prosecutor.
Former Kenosha district attorney faces license suspension
Recently retired Kenosha County District Attorney Robert Zapf is facing with a 90-day license suspension over charges that he failed to disclose information in two homicide cases.
Death leads to dismissal in Kenosha County homicide case
Homicide charges against a Kenosha man accused of mutilating his wife with a knife and shooting her have been dismissed because the defendant has died in a mental health treatment facility.
Father on trial in death of baby daughter
A man charged with killing his 11-month-old daughter and trying to kill the child's mother is on trial in Kenosha County.
Judge rules against prosecutors in suitcase bodies case
A judge says jurors in the Wisconsin case of a former police officer accused of killing an Oregon woman whose body was found in a suitcase should not be told about a Minnesota woman he's also suspected of killing.
Judge limits information introduced in ex-officer’s trial
The trial for a former police officer accused of killing a woman whose body was found in a suitcase along a rural Wisconsin highway won't include information on another woman he's suspected of killing, a judge ruled Friday.
ON THE DEFENSIVE: Planted evidence yields only harm for justice system
There is nothing that harms the integrity of the criminal justice system more than a rogue officer planting evidence.
Ex-Kenosha officer admits planting evidence in homicide case
Defense attorneys are crying foul after an ex-Kenosha police officer admitted he planted evidence in a homicide investigation.
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