Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Driver in Milwaukee crash that killed 5 people gets 25 years in prison
A drunken driver who sped through a red light in Wisconsin and smashed into another vehicle, killing five of her passengers including four children, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in prison.
Termination of Parental Rights
Susan appeals from an order terminating her parental rights to her son, Alex, on the ground of abandonment pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 48.415(1)(a).
Involuntary Medication and Treatment-Sufficency of Evidence
Kyle appeals an order for his involuntary medication and treatment pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 51.61(1)(g).
Exclusion of Evidence
Rychtik appeals from a judgment convicting him of second-degree sexual assault by use of force and from an order denying his postconviction motion.
Sufficiency of Evidence-Jury Instructions
On the evening of January 17, 2020, Schultz was leaving the Bull Pen Bar in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, when he backed his vehicle into a truck parked behind him.
Admission of Evidence-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel-Postconviction Relief
Dornbrook was convicted by a jury of incest and first-degree sexual assault of a child under age thirteen.
Rehabilitative Needs When Sentencing
In 2018, Lewis pleaded guilty to two amended counts of second-degree reckless homicide by use of a dangerous weapon and one count of attempted armed robbery by use of force for the February 2017 shooting deaths of teenage brothers Trajan and Croshian Edwards.
Postconviction Relief
Sills appeals from the judgment of conviction, entered upon a jury’s verdict, for one count of first-degree child sexual assault–sexual intercourse with a child under the age of thirteen.
Suppression of Evidence
After pulling over Johnson for driving with a suspended license, Sheriff’s Deputy Matthew Haber had his trained dog sniff around Johnson’s car.
Motion for Arbitration-Minor
Minor plaintiffs had their guardians purchase and activate DNA test kits from Ancestry.com.
Jury Instructions
Christophel was found guilty of knowingly attempting to persuade, induce, or entice a minor into sexual activity, based on his online interactions with an undercover federal agent posing as a 15-year-old girl.
Pretrial Detention-Probable Cause
Moorer, who faced charges of murder and attempted murder, asserted that his arrest lacked probable cause and contested the constitutionality of his pretrial detention.
Legal News
- 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
- 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
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