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K.A.B. appeals the order of the trial court terminating her parental rights for L.B.

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M.E. appeals from an order adjudicating him delinquent for one count of first-degree sexual assault of a child.

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Raytrell K. Fitzgerald appeals his judgment of conviction for possession of a firearm contrary to a harassment injunction.

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Wisconsin law grants immunity from criminal prosecution for certain offenses to “aiders”—i.e., people who attempt to obtain assistance for individuals who are suffering from an overdose or adverse reaction to a controlled substance.

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Christopher Burns appeals a judgment, entered following a jury trial, convicting him of two counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child and one count of child enticement, all three counts as a repeater.

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Dwayne T. Freeman, pro se, appeals the orders denying his postconviction motion and his motion for reconsideration.

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The opinion of this court issued on July 28, 2020, is amended as follows: In the caption, which appears on the first page, correct the name of the defendant-appellee from Thomas L. Killeen to Timothy L. Killeen.

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Robbie Marshall claims his former employer, the Indiana Department of Correction, discriminated against him because of his sexual orientation and retaliated against him.

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Section 403 of the First Step Act of 2018 amended the mandatory minimum sentence for certain firearm offenses.

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Petitioner filed a petition for partial panel rehearing on August 10, 2020. All members of the original panel have voted to deny rehearing and to issue an amended opinion.

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Roland Pulliam was arrested after fleeing from two Chicago police officers.

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As the coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2 has raged across the United States, public officials everywhere have sought to implement measures to protect the public health and welfare.

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This case pits two wine enterprises against one another. In one corner, we have Gerald Forsythe, who formed Indeck-Paso Robles, LLC (“Indeck”) for the purpose of creating and managing a wine-grape vineyard.

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Ladmarald Cates, an officer with the Milwaukee Police Department, sexually assaulted Iema Lemons in her home after Cates responded to Lemons’ 911 call.

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The First Amendment prohibits enforcement of federal employment discrimination statutes against decisions of churches and other religious organizations to hire or fire their “ministerial employees.”

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Weekly Case Digests – October 19, 2020 – October 23, 2020

This case arises from a 2012 warrantless blood draw that police ordered performed on Gilberto Castaneda-Bobadilla while he was unconscious in the hospital after he was involved in a fatal car crash.

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Chadwick P. Schwerdtfeger and Paula Schwerdtfeger, husband and wife, each appeal from a judgment of conviction and order awarding restitution payments to the victims of their crimes and from an order denying their postconviction motion for stay of restitution.

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D.S. appeals the orders of the trial court terminating her parental rights for J.I.S., A.T., E.S. and D.G.

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David Steinke appeals a summary judgment dismissing his lawsuit against Scott R. Poppe, Scott’s Septic Pumping, LLC, and State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (collectively, “Poppe”).

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In these consolidated appeals, Joshua Goldsmith argues he is entitled to resentencing on his convictions for substantial battery and possession of child pornography because inaccurate information was introduced and relied on by the circuit court at sentencing.

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This is an appeal from an order denying postconviction relief to Mohammed Maghfour and the underlying judgment of conviction.

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Following a bench trial, Ricky Johnson was convicted of one count each of misdemeanor battery, sexual intercourse with a child aged sixteen or older, and third-degree sexual assault as party to the crime.

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Laurie Larson appeals a post-divorce order, arguing that the circuit court erred by amending an earlier maintenance order and modifying a maintenance payment schedule.

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Octavia W. Dodson appeals from a judgment of conviction, entered upon his guilty plea, for one count of second-degree intentional homicide.

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This case offers a window into the violent and ruthless world of the Hobos street gang, which operated in Chicago from 2004 to 2013.

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Scott Carnell pled guilty to a conspiracy to distribute a mixture containing methamphetamine.

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Plaintiffs Donald Bator, Edmond W. Moses, Christopher O’Malley, Michael Anthony Pappa, and Rogelio Jimenez, Jr. are former members of a union, Local 458- M.

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In 2013, Mohammad Siddique applied for a temporary student-government position at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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Sarah Johnson sued North Central High School and Northeast School Corporation (“NESC”) in 2018, claiming that their inadequate response to her allegations of sexual harassment violated Title IX, 20 U.S.C. § 1681(a).

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