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OWI – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Ryan Diehl appeals a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC) and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Unlawful-stop Claim – Reasonable Suspicion
Bartosz Mika appeals from an order revoking his driver’s license pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 343.305(10) for refusing to provide a requested breath sample following his arrest for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI).
Sentence Modification
Casey Wittmann appeals a judgment of conviction and an order denying his postconviction motion for sentence modification.
Jury Instructions
David Dudas appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, convicting him of fourteen counts of second-degree sexual assault by use of force, eleven counts of strangulation and suffocation, and one count each of first-degree sexual assault, second-degree reckless injury, substantial battery, misdemeanor intimidation of a witness, and misdemeanor battery.
ADA Violation
This appeal is brought by Mary Lou Stelter against her former employer, Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (“WPS”), for discrimination and retaliation in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (“ADA”).
Attorney Fees
After Michael R. Needle P.C. (“Needle P.C.”) went months without counsel in a fee dispute action and was on the verge of a default judgment, three partners from the law firm Cozen O’Connor stepped in to represent Needle P.C. Their representation successfully staved off the pending default motion but was otherwise short-lived.
Sentencing Guidelines
A jury found Salvatore Picardi guilty of one count of embezzlement by an officer or employee of the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 654.
TCPA Violation
The wording of the provision that we interpret today is enough to make a grammarian throw down her pen.
Prisoner
Kenyatta Bridges was a pretrial detainee at the Cook County Department of Corrections (“Department”) when he fell out of the upper bunk to which he had been assigned and injured himself.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Marvin Cates pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a person with a prior felony conviction in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
Sentencing Guidelines – Supervised Release
Shawn Lee sold a staggering amount of ice methamphetamine in Central Illinois from early 2015 until his arrest in January 2018.
Polls
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- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
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- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property
