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Voluntary Plea – Court Error
Dionte J. Nowels appeals a judgment of conviction entered on his guilty plea to three felony charges.
Abuse of Discretion – Other Acts Evidence
James Norwood appeals from a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, for one count of second-degree sexual assault with use of force.
Plea Withdrawal – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Victor Yancey, Jr. appeals the judgment of conviction for one count of misdemeanor battery as a party to a crime to which he pled guilty.
Plea Withdrawal
Devon Bowser entered guilty pleas to three charges in two separate cases, pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement.
Retaliation Claim – Abuse of Discretion – Evidentiary Ruling
Michael Thomas, an Illinois prisoner formerly confined at Hill Correctional Center, alleged that prison guards attacked him with excessive force and that the beating and subsequent disciplinary proceedings were in retaliation for lawsuits and grievances he filed.
Habeas Corpus
Donald Maier appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus relief from his conviction under Wisconsin’s stalking statute.
Employment – Discrimination
Current and former employees filed a complaint in federal court against Northeast Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation (“Metra”) and several of its employees alleging various forms of discrimination.
Breach of Contract – Damages
BankDirect Capital Finance and Capital Premium Financing both participate in the market for loans to finance insurance premiums.
14th Amendment Violations
Johnnie Lee Savory spent thirty years in prison for a 1977 double murder that he insists he did not commit.
Statutory Interpretation – Securities – Statute of Limitations
Hype and reality can be at odds. This contrast arises often in postmortems on once-fashionable, now-failed investment securities.
Sufficiency of Evidence and Jury Instructions
On‐duty officer Marco Proano fired sixteen shots at a moving sedan filled with teenagers until the car idled against a light pole.
Sentencing Guidelines
Arturo Bustos conspired with his codefendants to deliver 995 grams of heroin to an undercover officer.
Polls
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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
