Recent Articles from Derek Hawkins
Wisconsin voters to decide on banning private money to help fund elections
Early in-person absentee voting is scheduled to begin Tuesday and can be offered through March 31.
Evers orders taxpayer funded oral contraception to be free for Badgercare members
Opill is available now with no out-of-pocket cost.
COMMENTARY: State Bar Board displays ‘irresponsibility, buffoonery and ineptitude’
State Bar of Wisconsin members deserve better, says a member of the Board of Governors.
Schuster wins top honors from Wisconsin Newspaper Association
The article investigated how Gov. Walker fast-tracked a DNR permit for Kohler on sacred Native American burial land with widespread environmental impact after receiving political donations.
Trump GA case advances as former President faces other legal challenges
Attorneys failed to prove Willis and Wade were in a relationship when she appointed him.
Wisconsin voters to decide on banning private money to help fund elections
Wisconsin law already explains the requirements to be a poll worker:
Tax- “Religious Purposes”
The petitioners, Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. (CCB) and four of its sub-entities, seek an exemption from having to pay unemployment tax to cover their employees.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Margaret Bach, pro se, appeals from an injunction issued against her pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 813.123 (2021-22),1 prohibiting her from interfering with the delivery of protective services to her adult son, Aaron, and from contacting Aaron without the consent of his guardian, Life Navigators, Inc.
Contracts
Hoffman, pro se, appeals from a judgment awarding $7,333.80 to Travis Layher and ordering Layher to return a vehicle to Hoffman at Hoffman’s expense.
Postconviction Relief-Evidence Exclusion-Ineffective Assistance
On May 15, 2017, Gianna, the daughter of Hall’s girlfriend, informed law enforcement that Hall had sexually assaulted her the night before.
Postconviction Relief-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel-Sanctions
In his eighth attempt to obtain postconviction relief, Rafeal D. Newson appeals the circuit court’s orders denying his petition for habeas corpus and denying his motion for reconsideration.
Suppression of Evidence
Mitrovich, faced charges for possessing child pornography following a multinational investigation that utilized a software program to uncover evidence on his computer.
Legal News
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property