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William J. Smith appeals his judgment of conviction entered pursuant to his guilty pleas for possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of THC as a second and subsequent offense.

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Jose A. Reas-Mendez appeals an order denying his 2017 postconviction motion for DNA testing of a jacket, a kitchen knife, and latent fingerprint cards containing fingerprints lifted from the outside window of the victim’s apartment.

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This case is before us for a second time. On June 16, 2011, Joan Kelly and her dog were attacked and seriously injured by a pit bull owned by Amanda Berg and Adam Finkler.

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He also appeals an order denying postconviction relief. The issue on appeal is whether the State’s prosecution of Schultz for sexually assaulting a child “on or about October 19, 2012” violated Schultz’s constitutional right to be free from double jeopardy because he was previously prosecuted for, and acquitted of, the repeated sexual assault of the same child “in the late summer to early fall of 2012.”

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Damon Kell appeals a judgment, entered upon his no-contest plea, convicting him of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), as a fourth offense within five years.

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Michael Bukovic appeals a circuit court judgment affirming a Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC) decision that affirmed an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) dismissal of Bukovic’s worker’s compensation application.

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Samir Siddique appeals an order denying his motion for costs and attorney fees under the Wisconsin Equal Access to Justice Act (WEAJA), WIS. STAT. § 814.245 (2015-16).

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Howard D. Davis appeals from the judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, finding him guilty as a party to the crimes of first-degree reckless homicide and first-degree recklessly endangering safety, with both crimes having use of a dangerous weapon and repeat offender penalty enhancers.

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On October 5, 2012, Kirk Horshaw was brutally beaten by other inmates at Menard Correctional Center, acting on the instructions of a gang leader who felt himself disrespected.

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Gregory Kuczora falsely represented to unwary investors that he could help them secure millions of dollars in financing.

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For thirty-five years, plaintiff-appellant Gloria D. Terry worked as a teacher and an administrator for defendant-appellee Gary Community School Corporation (the “District”).

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Plaintiff‐appellant Dylan Sinn was incarcerated within the Indiana Department of Corrections (“IDOC”) from June 2011 to February 2015.

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A forklift backed over Stanley Hutchison’s foot while it was loading product onto his tractor‐trailer.

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After Bruce and Barbara Betzner named Boeing as a defendant in their state court personal injury lawsuit, Boeing filed a notice of removal under the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1442(a), alleging a government contractor defense.

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After losing his motion for postconviction relief under 28 U.S.C. §2255, Quawntay Adams filed a motion to reopen the proceedings in the district court under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b).

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Rick Ochoa and Irene Anderson hold participating life-insurance policies from State Farm Life Insurance Company and Country Life Insurance Company respectively.

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Martinsville Corral, Inc. d/b/a Martinsville Texas Corral, Victor A. Spina, and William Spina (collectively, “MCI”), held a business owners insurance policy with an “Employment-Related Practices Liability Endorsement” (“Endorsement”) from Society Insurance (“Society”).

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Appellants Raphael Campuzano-Benitez and Uriel Soria-Ocampo pleaded guilty for their roles as middlemen in a cocaine deal.

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Shane Crutchfield was charged with several Illinois drug crimes and faced enhanced penalties based on his lengthy criminal record.

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In this case, a number of current and former flight attendants challenge an airline’s compensation policy of paying for their work in the air but not on the ground.

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On May 16, 2009, U.S. Army Specialist David Schaefer, Jr., was killed by a roadside bomb while serving a tour of duty in Iraq.

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Justin Kohl was convicted of three federal controlled substance offenses.

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Khalid Hamdan appeals his 2014 conviction on three counts related to his activities involving XLR-11, a Schedule I synthetic cannabinoid used to make the street drug “spice.”

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The plaintiff H.P., a minor, through her father W.P., claims that the defendant Naperville Community Unit School District #203 violated H.P.’s rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act by disallowing H.P. from completing high school in District #203 after she moved to another school district.

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For his role in designing and implementing a scheme to defraud manufacturers that issue coupons for consumer products, a grand jury charged El Paso businessman Thomas Balsiger with 25 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy both to commit wire fraud and obstruct justice.

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Michael Bostock pleaded guilty to distributing methamphetamine and has been sentenced to 125 months’ imprisonment, which he contends is unreasonably high.

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Weekly Case Digests – December 31, 2018 – January 4, 2019

This is a review of an unpublished decision of the court of appeals affirming a judgment of conviction of the Circuit Court for Monroe County, David Rice, Judge.

Kenneth Raney, pro se, appeals a conviction for operating while intoxicated as a first offense, in violation of WIS. STAT. § 346.63(1)(a), following a jury trial, and apparently intends to challenge an order denying his motion to suppress evidence.

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Thair Kutkut signed a contract with J.C. Property Management, LLC for eviction move-out services.

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