Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Fraud-Sale of Home
Buth appeals from the order of the circuit court granting summary judgment to Daniel and Jodi Pyawasay (the Pyawasays) and dismissing her claims of misrepresentation and fraud in the Pyawasays’ sale of their home to Buth.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Velez-Figueroa appeals a judgment entered following a jury trial convicting him of second-degree sexual assault of a child and child enticement, and an order denying his postconviction motion.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Oak Creek woman sentenced to 4-1/2 years in prison for embezzlement
Investigators said a 53-year-old Oak Creek woman embezzled more than $600,000 from a landscaping company while she worked as a secretary there.
DOJ investigating Racine Co traffic stop that turned into fatal shooting
Officers gave commands for the subject to come out, but the subject refused to follow officer orders, authorities said.
Investigators: Man who killed Wisconsin officers had history of domestic problems
Perry was wanted on a warrant for failing to pay child support.
Wisconsin man charged with hacking sports betting accounts
Joseph Garrison, 18, and others allegedly stole roughly $600,000 from 1,600 accounts on an unnamed sports betting site
Legal News
- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
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