Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
Postconviction Motion-Plea Withdrawal
Jeremy Hoover appeals judgments convicting him of one count of possessing child pornography and one count of second-degree sexual assault of a child.
Postconviction Motion for Plea Withdrawal
Hoover appeals judgments convicting him of one count of possessing child pornography and one count of second-degree sexual assault of a child.
Postconviction Motion-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Mario Earl Smith appeals from a judgment of conviction for possession with intent to deliver cocaine, with use of a dangerous weapon and as a second or subsequent offense, and felon in possession of a firearm.
Postconviction Motion-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Gilmer appeals the judgment convicting him of first-degree intentional homicide while using a dangerous weapon and of possessing a firearm as a felon.
False Claims Act-Anti-retaliation
The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, a federally recognized tribe in northwestern Wisconsin, employed Mestek as the Director of Health Information at their Community Health Center in 2013.
Supplemental Security Income Application
Martinez applied for supplemental security income, and an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) determined that Martinez had severe impairments but could still perform certain unskilled occupations.
Entrapment
FBI agents set up a fake profile for a fictitious individual named "Clay" on the dating app "Grindr."
Social Security Benefits Application
After Hohman, aged 53, applied for Social Security benefits due to her inability to work, a vocational expert testified that despite her limitations caused by fibromyalgia, PTSD, depression, and anxiety, she could still perform jobs such as a photocopy machine operator, small products assembler, or mail clerk.
Fourth Amendment – Excessive Force
While staying at a hotel, Snowden received a call instructing him to visit the lobby to pay for his room.
Social Security Benefits
Leisgang, who suffers from various mental health conditions, applied for supplemental security income and disability insurance benefits.
Discrimination
Emad, a longstanding member of Milwaukee's Islamic community, follows the practice of Salah, praying five times a day in a state of physical purity.
Employment Law-Evidence
In 2017, Deputy Deeren announced his candidacy for the position of Sheriff of Trempealeau County.
Legal News
- Milwaukee drops security personnel ordinance
- Wisconsin Supreme Court tacks on additional months to already suspended lawyer
- Supreme Court: Abortion protester’s First Amendment rights violated
- These doctors were censured. Wisconsin’s prisons hired them anyway
- Ruling reinstates lawsuit over ‘Black Lives Matter’ school posters
- Wisconsin Supreme Court to consider whether 175-year-old law bans abortion
- Wisconsin man facing bestiality and felony bail jumping charges
- Waukesha County woman indicted in National Health Care Fraud Law Enforcement Action
- Man sentenced to 15 months for fraud involving luxury vehicles
- Wisconsin Department of Justice Fire Marshal investigating fire that killed six
- Ozaukee County first responders save family of three, father and son on Milwaukee River
- Supreme Court sends Trump immunity case back to lower court, dimming chance of trial before election
Case Digests
- Termination of Parental Rights
- First Amendment Rights
- Termination of Parental Rights
- Late Filing
- Real Estate-Attorney Fees
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- Variance-Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances
- Sentencing
- Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause-Jury Instructions
- Unlawful Collection Practices-Evidence
- Sentencing-Vindictiveness
- Prisoner Grievances-Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies