Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Antwon Jones appeals his convictions, entered on a jury’s verdict, of two counts of felony murder and one count of felon in possession of a firearm.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Thomas Treadway appeals a circuit court order permitting the State to medicate him without his consent.
Statutory Interpretation – Chance Promotion Exception – Gambling Machines
Quick Charge Kiosk LLC and Jeremy Hahn (collectively Quick Charge) appeal the trial court’s order granting the Attorney General’s motion for summary judgment declaring that Quick Charge’s “cell phone charging machines” (Machines), also referred to as cell phone charging kiosks, constituted illegal gambling machines.
Due Process Violation
Chad Renier, pro se, appeals from a judgment of conviction for two counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child and one count of child enticement.
Court Error – Article III Standing
When all the dust is cleared away, this case is relatively straightforward: we must review a dismissal for lack of Article III standing and the imposition of sanctions under Rule 11.
Sentencing Guidelines
Defendant-appellant Michael Clark was convicted of possessing a mixture containing fentanyl in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).
5th Amendment Violation
After Jon Giles’s DNA was found at the scene of the robbery of North Community Bank, FBI agents interrogated him at the Pontiac Correctional Center where he was serving a prison term for two other bank robberies.
Rehabilitation Act Violation
Elisa Yochim worked in the legal department of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for 26 years.
Jury Instructions
Patricia O’Donnell filed suit against her former employer, Caine Weiner Company, LLC, alleging unequal pay due to gender discrimination and retaliation.
Failure to Exhaust Administrative Remedies
Effex Capital, LLC (“Effex”), brought this action alleging that the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) had defamed it in documents related to a settlement between the NFA and one of its members, Forex Capital Markets, LLC (“FXCM”).
FOIA Request
More than two decades ago, Dustin Higgs kidnapped and murdered three women.
Statutory Interpretation – PLRA – Three Strikes Rule
One of Congress’s expressed goals when it passed the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) was to rein in the flood of prisoner litigation—all too often frivolous or vexatious, it thought—clogging the courts.
Legal News
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- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
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- 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
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- Class action filed against Walgreens
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