Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Government Immunity-Court Error
At an annual tractor-pull event at Eldon Luer Field in the Village of Ridgeland, Harris arrived just after 6:00 p.m.
Postconviction Relief-Sentence Modification
Socha, pro se, appeals from the trial and circuit courts’ orders denying his postconviction motions seeking sentence modification.
Cancellation of Removal
Jose De Jesus Caldera-Torres, a citizen of Mexico, is in the United States without permission.
Indiana Sex Offender Registration Act
The Indiana Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA), Ind. Code § 11-8-8-1 et seq., requires sex offenders who study, work, or reside in Indiana to register with the State.
Labor Bargaining Representative
Jam produces and hosts live events at Chicago-area venues.
Postconviction Relief
Following two criminal convictions under Illinois law, James Evans sought postconviction relief in an Illinois trial court.
Campaign-finance Laws
Political action committees accept campaign contributions from donors and spend that money to support or oppose political candidates, parties, or ballot initiatives.
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
Pucillo, an Indiana resident who formerly used the last name Lock, had previously leased an apartment with Main Street Renewal LLC (Main Street).
Failure to Appoint Counsel- Habeas Relief
Wisconsin police officers placed Garcia in a lineup after a court commissioner found probable cause for his arrest and set bail.
Decision to Waive Counsel
Police officers in Raymond, Illinois, discovered a loaded firearm, cocaine, and more than 800 methamphetamine pills on Jones’s person and in his car during a traffic stop in March 2020.
Sixth Amendment Speedy Trial Rights
A jury convicted appellant Lonel L. Johnson, Jr. of possessing more than 50 grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, and two counts of possessing a firearm as a felon.
Legal News
- Protests erupt on college campuses throughout Midwest, and U.S. over war in Gaza
- Newly filed report with federal court seeks Havana Syndrome transparency
- Questions of transparency, leadership responsibility linger over State Bar trust
- Firm demands $4.3M in dispute with Wisconsin client
- Chesebro among those charged with interfering in 2020 election
- Williams-Sonoma must pay almost $3.2 million for violating FTC’s ‘Made in USA’ order
- Harvey Weinstein due back in court, while a key witness weighs whether to testify at a retrial
- Flight attendant indicted in attempt to record minor in airplane bathroom
- Wisconsin attorney loses law license, ordered to pay $16K fine
- Former Wisconsin police officer charged with 5 bestiality felony counts
- Judge reject’s Trump’s bid for a new trial in $83.3 million E. Jean Carroll defamation case
- Dozens of deaths reveal risks of injecting sedatives into people restrained by police
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