Weekly Case Digests – April 15, 2019 – April 19, 2019
Weekly Case Digests – April 15, 2019 – April 19, 2019
Statutory Interpretation – Property Tax Classification
In 2016, the Board of Review for the Town of Delafield reclassified two lots of land owned by The Peter Ogden Family Trust of 2008 and The Therese A. Mahoney-Ogden Family Trust of 2008 from "agricultural land" to "residential."
Statutory Interpretation – Sentence Credit
This is a review of an unpublished, per curiam decision of the court of appeals, State v. Zachary S. Friedlander, No. 2017AP1337-CR, unpublished slip op.
Summary Judgment – Issue of Material Fact
The City of Madison appeals an order granting summary judgment dismissing its claims against five stagehands employed by the City.
Abuse of Discretion – Newly Discovered Evidence
Kwesi B. Amonoo, pro se, appeals a circuit court order denying his fourth postconviction motion for a new trial under WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2009-10).
Probable Cause
Aaron B. Reigle appeals a judgment, entered on his guilty plea, convicting him of possession of child pornography.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Antonio D. Shannon appeals from orders denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18) original and supplemental postconviction motions.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Rondale Darmon Tenner appeals his judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of first-degree reckless homicide while using a dangerous weapon, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Newly Discovered Evidence
Willie Dorice Ford, Jr., pro se, appeals his judgment of conviction entered on a jury’s verdict finding him guilty of delivery of heroin weighing more than fifty grams, as a party to a crime.
Plea Withdrawal
Praveen Kharb appeals a judgment convicting him of one count of first-degree sexual assault of a child under age thirteen and seven counts of possession of child pornography.
Abuse of Discretion – Newly Discovered Evidence
Jerry Simone Wilson appeals the order denying his motion for postconviction relief based on newly discovered evidence.
Divorce – Child Placement
Mary Paulson, pro se, appeals from an order that denied her second motion to remove her children from Wisconsin, transferred primary physical placement of the children to their father, Erik Paulson, and denied Mary’s motion for reconsideration of a prior order finding her in contempt.
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