Recent Articles from Derek Hawkins
Postconviction Relief-Postconviction Pleading
Love was convicted upon a jury’s verdict in 2012, for counts of second-degree reckless homicide by use of a dangerous weapon as a party to a crime and possession of a firearm by a felon, both with the habitual criminality penalty enhancer.
Suppression of Evidence
Wells, pro se, appeals from a judgment convicting him of possession of a firearm by a felon.
Involuntary Medicate-Competency Evaluation
Fieste faced charges for making threats to assault and murder two federal judges, three former U.S. presidents, and the current President.
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
At the age of 13, G.G. fled her home and tragically fell victim to a sex trafficker who used the now-defunct Backpage.com to advertise her services.
Sufficiency of Evidence-Obstruction of Justice
Agbi, originally from Nigeria but a U.S. resident since 2016, played the role of a middleman in a scheme that involved creating fake online dating profiles to swindle unsuspecting elderly individuals out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Title VII-EEOC Ruling-Retaliation
In 2016, Fuller, a medical technician at the VA, began seeking treatment for mental disorders.
Excessive Force-Summary Judgment
The DEA had affixed a tracking device to Tousis's vehicle.
Pretrial Release Termination
Storme faced charges related to cyberstalking and unauthorized intrusion into a cell phone.
Admissible Evidence-Hearsay
A supplier shipped substances containing detectable amounts of methamphetamine, cocaine, and MDMA from California to Indiana. In Indiana, Medrano and his associates used the U.S. Post Office and a post office employee to distribute these drugs.
Illinois Cable and Video Competition Law
The Illinois Cable and Video Competition Law mandates that operators must secure statewide authorization to be recognized as "holders," while those wishing to offer cable or video services must obtain approval from state or local authorities and pay a fee for the privilege of utilizing public rights of way.
Drug Take Back Day is October 28
October 28 is National Drug Take Back Day.
Wanted: Racine County Circuit Court applicants
The appointment will fill a vacancy being created by Judge Maureen M. Martinez’s retirement, effective Nov. 17, 2023.
Legal News
- Wisconsin DNR agrees to repeal anti-firearm rule
- Harris kicks off campaign for president with a rally in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin leads 26 governors to strengthen state and tribal child support enforcement act
- Wisconsin man charged with fleeing to Ireland to avoid prison term for Capitol riot role
- Wisconsin Supreme Court reveals September oral arguments calendar
- New Jersey man sentenced for series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish Community
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- 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
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