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Insurance Coverage – Homestead Property
David Mader appeals a summary judgment granted in favor of Martha Janey and an order denying his motion for reconsideration.
6th Amendment Violation – Confrontation Clause
Jarmel Dontra Chisem appeals his judgment of conviction after a jury convicted him of first-degree reckless homicide as a party to a crime while using a dangerous weapon, as a repeater, and first-degree recklessly endangering safety as a party to a crime while using a dangerous weapon, as a repeater.
Jury Instructions
Tony Sansone, who is confined to a wheelchair, needs a parking place with room to deploy his van’s wheelchair ramp.
Sentencing Guidelines
In 2017 Steve Briggins was convicted of robbing multiple banks over several months.
Sentencing Guidelines
Jesus Salgado pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin.
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
William and Nancy Liebhart together own three houses on the same block in Watertown, Wisconsin.
Sentencing Guidelines
Jason Galloway pleaded guilty to possessing ammunition as a felon.
Injunctive Relief
Plaintiffs-appellants purchased land near a former General Electric Company manufacturing plant that had operated for sixty years; the plant leached toxic chemicals that seeped into the groundwater.
Weekly Case Digests – April 1, 2019 – April 5, 2019
Weekly Case Digests – April 1, 2019 – April 5, 2019
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Edward Branson appeals a judgment convicting him of possession with intent to deliver methamphetamine.
Statutory Interpretation – 8th Amendment
The Eighth Amendment, this Court has held, prohibits the execution of a prisoner whose mental illness prevents him from “rational[ly] understanding” why the State seeks to impose that punishment.
Appeal Waiver
In Roe v. Flores-Ortega, 528 U. S. 470 (2000), this Court held that when an attorney’s deficient performance costs a defendant an appeal that the defendant would have otherwise pursued, prejudice to the defendant should be presumed “with no further showing from the defendant of the merits of his underlying claims.”
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- 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
