Free Newsletter
Sheboygan Wal-Mart shooter loses appeal
By: Associated Press//August 27, 2014//
Listen to this articleMADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Sheboygan man convicted of fatally shooting a man outside of a Wal-Mart store has lost his appeal.
The 2nd District Court of Appeals on Wednesday upheld the convictions against Kou Yang and also rejected his argument that the $36,000 in restitution to cover funeral costs was excessive. The appeals court says a new trial is not warranted in the case.
Yang was convicted in 2012 of felony counts of first-degree reckless homicide and first-degree reckless injury in the shooting that killed Pheng Lee and severely injured Chenglung Moua.
The restitution was to cover costs for a traditional Hmong funeral for Lee that lasted more than three days and included food and drink for all 500 guests.
The appeals court says the restitution ordered by the lower court was reasonable.
Related Content
Polls
Loading ...Legal News
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
- The Latest: Supreme Court arguments conclude in Trump immunity case
- Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers
- Wisconsin Attorney General asks Congress to expand reproductive health services
- Attorney General Kaul releases update at three-year anniversary of clergy and faith leader abuse initiative
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
WLJ People
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Russell Nicolet
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Benjamin Nicolet
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Dustin T. Woehl
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Katherine Metzger
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Joseph Ryan
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – James M. Ryan
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Dana Wachs
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Mark L. Thomsen
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Matthew Lein
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Jeffrey A. Pitman
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – William Pemberton
- Power 30 Personal Injury Attorneys – Howard S. Sicula
