According to the criminal complaint, on August 1, 2018, police received information from a youth care worker at the Lad Lake Residential Campus that a resident of the facility, fifteen-year-old S.H., disclosed that she had been a victim of sex trafficking in Milwaukee days earlier.
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Speeding -Legal Justification
Jacobson was stopped by Wisconsin State Patrol Trooper Jody Wood speeding at a speed of eighty-five miles per hour in a seventy-mile-per-hour speed zone, per a speed gun.
Read More »Admissibility of Expert Testimony
According to the criminal complaint, the victim informed law enforcement that she and Wright were at a casino, and, upon returning to Wright’s residence, Wright accused her of stealing some of his methamphetamine.
Read More »Motion to Suppress Confession
According to the criminal complaint, a Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) deputy stopped a silver Kia Sportage in Milwaukee for unsafe passing when it passed a vehicle at a traffic light on the right while the other vehicle was also going straight.
Read More »Postconviction Relief – Sufficiency of Evidence
Mannery was alleged to have engaged in trafficking a child, soliciting a child for prostitution, child enticement–intent to cause a child to engage in prostitution, human trafficking, and physical abuse of a child.
Read More »Class Action-Sovereign Immunity
Twentieth Century Fox Television filmed scenes for the fictional television series Empire at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in 2015.
Read More »IRS granted tax-exempt status to extremists, including Oath Keepers
By Elizabeth Schmidt, UMass Amherst When someone mentions nonprofits, chances are you picture homeless shelters, free medical clinics, museums and other groups that you believe are doing good one way or another. Most of these organizations are legitimate. But not all nonprofits are principled or embrace missions everyone considers worthy of the tax-exempt status that the government grants some 2 million organizations. ...
Read More »Native American history would be latest public schools requirement under Illinois bill
The Illinois House passed the bill Wednesday in an 81-31 vote after it was approved by the Senate, 44-8.
Read More »Hunter Biden investigation: House GOP pressures CIA
House Republicans are pressuring CIA Director William Burns to conduct an investigation and hand over records on its potential role with the Hunter Biden laptop letter which aimed to discredit Joe Biden’s son’s emails as a Russian plot, reports the Washington Examiner. One of the signers of the Hunter Biden laptop letter says he and his wife only signed on to the baseless October 2020 claims of Russian involvement ...
Read More »Milwaukee Bar Association to host annual Memorial Service Friday
Memorial Service to be held Friday, May 19 at noon in the Milwaukee County Courthouse, Room 500.
Read More »Gov. Evers optimistic about ongoing shared revenue negotiations with Republican leaders
Gov. Tony Evers released a statement Wednesday expressing optimism regarding ongoing negotiations with Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu (R-Oostburg) toward reaching a bipartisan compromise to increase local community funds statewide through shared revenue, one of the most significant sources of funding provided by the state to local governments, according to Evers. After a Republican-backed shared revenue ...
Read More »Wisconsin Supreme Court accepts two new cases, denies review of several others
Search and seizure as well as unemployment law will be reviewed by the court.
Read More »Defective Complaint
This case involves a small claims eviction action that was filed in the Milwaukee County Circuit Court, Case No. 2022SC2014 on January 27, 2022 by Berrada Properties.
Read More »Sentencing- Multiplicity Claims
Oungst appeals from a judgment convicting him, upon his guilty pleas, of second-degree reckless homicide by omission and multiple counts of aiding a felon, all as a party to the crime, and four counts of manufacture or delivery of prescription drug.
Read More »Postconviction Relief-Severance-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Martell A. Green appeals his conviction, following a jury trial, of possession with intent to deliver more than three but not more than ten grams of heroin; possession with intent to deliver more than fifteen but not more than forty grams of cocaine; and possession of drug paraphernalia, each as a party to the crime and as a repeater.
Read More »Postconviction Relief-Evidence-Penalty Enhancers
Hailes appeals his judgment of conviction and two orders of the circuit court denying his motions for postconviction relief.
Read More »Request for Counsel
Joseph DeFilippo appeals from a judgment, entered after a jury trial, convicting him of several offenses arising out of a domestic violence incident, and a subsequent incident with his neighbor.
Read More »Divorce – Maintenance Modification
Curtis Barone Corbeille appeals an order denying his motion to reduce or terminate maintenance he pays to his former wife, Elisa Barone Corbeille.
Read More »Postconviction Motion-Castle Doctrine
Juan Andres Balderas, Jr., appeals a judgment of conviction entered following a jury trial for one count of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, and one count of second-degree recklessly endangering safety, both with the use of a dangerous weapon.
Read More »Postconviction Relief – Evidentiary Hearing
Vayda Herrera appeals from a judgment for physical abuse of a child (her boyfriend’s child), recklessly causing great bodily harm, and an order denying postconviction relief.
Read More »Postconviction Relief-Sexual Assault
According to the complaint, Johnson was an overnight guest in his cousin’s home, and, after a night of drinking, he sexually assaulted then-six-year-old Alice3 and told her not to tell anyone.
Read More »Discretionary Reversal-Movable Property Theft
Misty Ross appeals from a judgment convicting her of theft of movable property and from an order denying her motion for postconviction relief.
Read More »Divorce – Maintenance Modification
Susan Quaranta appeals an order denying her motion to modify the amount and duration of Michael Quaranta’s obligations under a limited-term maintenance order.
Read More »Frivolous Appeal and Attorney Fees
Newson, pro se, appeals dismissal of his claims against current Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Jeffrey Wagner and former Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judges Kitty Brennan and John DiMotto (collectively, “the judicial defendants”).
Read More »14th Amendment-Due Process
Butler appeals an order denying his motion to dismiss his criminal charges based on his claim that the circuit court lacked personal jurisdiction over Butler because he was held in pretrial custody for 321 days before his initial appearance was completed, and 342 days before his preliminary hearing was held.
Read More »ERISA Act-Fiduciary Duty
These appeals present questions about enforcement of fiduciary duties of loyalty and prudence under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, better known as ERISA, 29 U.S.C.
Read More »Jury Selection Errors
A jury convicted Howard of being a felon in possession of a weapon, but he asserts that the jury trial was tainted by errors that occurred during jury selection when the district court injected the prosecutor’s race into the Batson inquiry and otherwise improperly evaluated the peremptory strike against a Black juror.
Read More »Americans with Disabilities Act
Kinsella was a field operator for Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations when, in June 2013, he suffered work-related knee injuries that left him unable to work for three years.
Read More »Employment
Northrop Grumman laid off some workers in 2012 and did not provide severance benefits to all of them.
Read More »Rep. Bryan Steil tasked with election oversight hired former Trump campaign staffer tied to fake electors
FBI agents conducted court-authorized law enforcement activity back in 2022 at multiple locations investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. One such location was at the Virginia home of Thomas Lane who was tapped by Steil for election integrity oversight. Last month, Steil was campaigning for Wisconsin Supreme Court Candidate Dan Kelly who lost the election to Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Janet Protasiewicz.
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