Recent Articles from WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL STAFF
‘Here again’: Abortion activists rally 50 years after Roe
From beach cities to snow-covered streets, abortion supporters rallied by the thousands on Sunday to demand protections for reproductive rights and mark the 50th anniversary of the now-overturned Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court decision that established federal protections for the procedure.
Man gets life without parole in UW-Madison student’s slaying
A judge on Friday sentenced a man convicted of killing a University of Wisconsin-Madison student in 2008 to life in prison without parole.
§ 1983 claim-Sexual Assault
Slabey argues that her § 1983 claim against Dunn County survives summary judgment because she presented evidence sufficient for a reasonable jury to find that Dunn County violated her rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution when then-Dunn County Correctional Officer Ryan Boigenzahn sexually assaulted her.
Termination of Parental Rights
Elizabeth appeals from an order of the circuit court terminating her parental rights to her son, Everett.2 On appeal, she argues that the circuit court erroneously exercised its discretion at the disposition hearing when it weighed the factors found in WIS.
Termination of Parental Rights – Duty of Confidentiality
O.F. appeals the order terminating his parental rights to his daughter, J.G.R. O.F. contends that he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel violated his duty of confidentiality and loyalty.
Criminal Weapon Possession – Mistrial
Marvin Lee Rogers appeals from the non-final order of the circuit court denying his motion to dismiss a criminal weapon possession charge on the basis of double jeopardy.
Improper Comments
Groenewold appeals a judgment, entered following a jury trial, convicting him of one count of using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime and three counts of causing a child to view sexual activity.
Name Change – Discretion
This appeal addresses whether a transgender individual (Robert) met the statutory requirements for a confidential name change under WIS. STAT. § 786.37(4) (2019-20).
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Marquise Lamont Brown appeals his judgment of conviction for second-degree reckless homicide with the use of a dangerous weapon, as a party to a crime, and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Right to Counsel
Lantz appeals from a judgment convicting him of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), as a seventh offense.
Sentencing Guidelines
Container Life Cycle Management LLC appeals the judgment and order entered in favor of Mid America Steel Drum Properties, LLC, a reconditioner of steel drums, and 17H LLC (collectively, Mid America), upon a jury verdict which found that Container Life had committed trespass and unlawfully withheld possession of several parcels owned by Mid America, and was unjustly enriched by that conduct.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Dallas Eugene Robinson appeals from a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, for felony murder as a party to the crime and from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Legal News
- Democrat Dora Drake wins open seat in Wisconsin state Senate
- Wisconsin joins coalition urging Supreme Court to uphold federal ghost gun regulations
- GM will pay $146 million in penalties because 5.9 million older vehicles emit excess carbon dioxide
- NFL is liable for $4,707,259,944.64 in ‘Sunday Ticket’ case
- Milwaukee Police investigating fatal downtown crash
- 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
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