Recent Articles from dmc-admin
Warrantless Search-Suppression of Evidence
Jacob Bertelsen appeals from a judgment convicting him of two felonies and from an order denying his postconviction motion.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Noah D. Clark appeals from a judgment of conviction, entered following a jury trial, for intentional physical abuse of a child, felony bail jumping, and disorderly conduct.
Failure to Show a Manifest Injustice
Calvin Scott, Jr. appeals from his judgment of conviction, entered upon a guilty plea, for second-degree sexual assault of a child, and from the order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Ineffectiveness of Postconviction Counsel
Clarence A. Thomas appeals a circuit court order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2021-22) postconviction motion. In his motion, Thomas asked the court to vacate a judgment of conviction from 1999 and allow him to withdraw his guilty pleas based on his postconviction counsel’s alleged ineffectiveness.
Postconviction Relief-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Orlando Eaton appeals a judgment convicting him of first-degree reckless homicide by delivery of a controlled substance as a party to the crime.
Executive Branch Discretion
The Seventh Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by four Iranian nationals and their family members against the President and several federal officials.
First Amendment Retaliation- Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Rights
Adams, an inmate at Indiana’s Plainfield Correctional Facility, sued both current and former commissioners of the Indiana Department of Corrections, along with several other officials, under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Mandatory COVID-19 Testing
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Governor of Illinois issued an executive order requiring personnel in primary and secondary schools to be tested regularly for the disease unless they had been vaccinated against it.
The Simon Law Firm on Business Litigation, Patent Trademark Copyright Litigation, and Contingency Fees
By: Anthony G. Simon and Jer W. Nixon When Tony Simon left a large national firm to join his brother John at the Simon Law Firm 20 years ago, it was one of the first firms in the country to handle Intellectual Property and commercial litigation on a contingent fee basis. Since that time, the firm has […]
Glendale man receives life sentence for Dodgeville murder
Sentencing of Schmidt-Way is scheduled for March 5, 2024.
As DEI policies come under legal attack, philanthropic donors consider how to adapt
The Black Freedom Fund has started a legal defense fund.
Abortion on the ballot in Wisconsin?
Wisconsin is among a number of other states where abortion might be on the ballot this year.
Legal News
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on additional months to already suspended lawyer
- Supreme Court: Abortion protester’s First Amendment rights violated
- These doctors were censured. Wisconsin’s prisons hired them anyway
- Ruling reinstates lawsuit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ school posters
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies