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Case Digests

Oct 23, 2023

Contempt Against Attorney

Thomas L. Potter appeals from an order of the circuit court, the Honorable Kori Ashley presiding, summarily finding him in contempt of court for violating the court’s order that the victim witnesses, Donald and Frank, “are to be instructed that they are not allowed in the courtroom during opening statement, and then during any part of the trial until they have testified.”

Oct 23, 2023

Postconviction Claims Without a Hearing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Minor and his father were each charged with one count of trafficking a child.

Oct 23, 2023

Suppression of Evidence-Reasonable Suspicion

According to the criminal complaint, police officers on patrol in the City of Milwaukee on April 1, 2018, stopped a Ford Expedition on West Atkinson Avenue for suspected traffic code violations.

Oct 23, 2023

Postconviction Relief-Postconviction Pleading

Love was convicted upon a jury’s verdict in 2012, for counts of second-degree reckless homicide by use of a dangerous weapon as a party to a crime and possession of a firearm by a felon, both with the habitual criminality penalty enhancer.

Oct 23, 2023

Suppression of Evidence

Wells, pro se, appeals from a judgment convicting him of possession of a firearm by a felon.

Oct 23, 2023

Involuntary Medicate-Competency Evaluation

Fieste faced charges for making threats to assault and murder two federal judges, three former U.S. presidents, and the current President.

Oct 23, 2023

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act

At the age of 13, G.G. fled her home and tragically fell victim to a sex trafficker who used the now-defunct Backpage.com to advertise her services.

Oct 23, 2023

Sufficiency of Evidence-Obstruction of Justice

Agbi, originally from Nigeria but a U.S. resident since 2016, played the role of a middleman in a scheme that involved creating fake online dating profiles to swindle unsuspecting elderly individuals out of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Oct 23, 2023

Title VII-EEOC Ruling-Retaliation

In 2016, Fuller, a medical technician at the VA, began seeking treatment for mental disorders.

Oct 23, 2023

Excessive Force-Summary Judgment

The DEA had affixed a tracking device to Tousis's vehicle.

Oct 23, 2023

Pretrial Release Termination

Storme faced charges related to cyberstalking and unauthorized intrusion into a cell phone.

Oct 23, 2023

Admissible Evidence-Hearsay

A supplier shipped substances containing detectable amounts of methamphetamine, cocaine, and MDMA from California to Indiana. In Indiana, Medrano and his associates used the U.S. Post Office and a post office employee to distribute these drugs.

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