Sentencing Guidelines
Maurice Collins pleaded guilty to distributing cocaine and crack cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1).
Asset Forfeiture – Bank Credit
Dr. Sushil Sheth amassed significant wealth as a cardiologist, but, as he later admitted in a plea agreement, he did so in a scheme to overbill government and private insurers by approximately $13 million.
Plea & Sentencing – Probable Cause
Antoine Richmond entered a conditional plea of guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon.
Termination of Parental Rights
T.S. appeals the circuit court’s order terminating his parental rights to his son, C.P., now a 3-year-old.
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
Richard Zecchino and Adams Outdoor Advertising Limited Partnership Corporation (collectively, “Adams”), appeal the denial of their motion to reopen an order dismissing Adams’s complaint against Dane County and the Dane County Board of Supervisors, an order which was also affirmed on appeal in a published opinion.
Court Error – Indemnification
Wisconsin Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company and its insureds, attorney James Vance and law firm Vance, Wilcox & Martin, S.C. (collectively, Vance), appeal an order of the circuit court dismissing their amended third-party complaint against VH Land, LLC, Spruce Hollow Land, LLC, MREC VH Madison, LLC, Veridian Homes, LLC, and David Simon (collectively, the Buyers).
Court Error – Damages
The appellants (collectively, the Nonns) own and operate a business that was affected by a highway construction project.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Samuel Jones was convicted of attempted first-degree intentional homicide following a jury trial.
Insurance Claim – Judicial Estoppel
In this lawsuit initiated in the La Crosse County Circuit Court, Melinda Wagner claims that she was injured in an auto accident.
Motion to Suppress – Warrantless Search
David Lovell appeals a judgment of conviction on five counts of possession of child pornography following a bench trial.
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
Christopher and Patricia Gorecki (hereafter Gorecki) appeal from a declaratory judgment.
Revocable Trust – Property Rezoning
David Zimmerman and David and Le’Ann Zimmerman Revocable Trust (collectively the Zimmermans) appeal from an order on certiorari and summary judgment.
Legal News
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- 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
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