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Postconviction Motion

Kindt appeals from a judgment convicting him, following a jury trial, of repeated sexual assault of the same child and incest.

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Postconviction Motion for DNA Testing

Krauss was convicted, following a jury trial, of second-degree sexual assault by use of force; second-degree reckless endangerment; false imprisonment; knowingly violating a domestic abuse injunction; and bail jumping. Krauss, pro se, appeals from an order denying his postconviction motion for DNA testing.

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Postconviction Relief

James Young appeals from a judgment of conviction entered following a jury trial, and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.

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Sentence Reduction

Williams appeals the denial of his motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A) for a reduced sentence from his conviction for being a key facilitator in a years-long cocaine trafficking scheme.

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Employment Contract – Procedural Due Process

Dr. Bounds, formerly employed as an administrator for the Country Club Hills School District in suburban Chicago, has sued the School District contending that the School District deprived her of due process by posting her position as vacant after she did not timely sign a written employment contract for the forthcoming school year.

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Title VII Religious Discrimination

Kluge brought a Title VII religious discrimination and retaliation suit against Brownsburg Community School Corporation (“Brownsburg”) after he was terminated from his employment as a teacher for refusing to follow the school’s guidelines for addressing students.

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Electronic Health Records Charges

The petitioner, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority (UW Hospitals), seeks review of a court of appeals opinion reversing and remanding the circuit court's dismissal of Beatriz Banuelos's complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

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Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Ms. Ericka Walker was shot and killed in her bedroom during a crowded house party in the early morning hours of March 7, 2015, when a fight bordering on a brawl erupted.

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Real Estate Transfer-Legal Sufficiency

This case involves a claim that the seller, in a real estate sale, misrepresented the condition of the subject property, which has given rise to confusion because three legally distinct entities— —Elias "Louis" Pagoudis, Sead Properties, LLC (Sead LLC), and Kearns Management, LLC (Kearns LLC) ——conflated their interests when filing their complaint.

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Intrastate Detainer Act

Posorske appeals from a judgment dismissing two criminal charges against him without prejudice, following the State’s violation of the Intrastate Detainer Act.

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Postconviction Relief

Alvarado was charged with one count of first-degree recklessly endangering safety with the use of a dangerous weapon and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.

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Postconviction Relief –

In 2005, the State charged Helmeid in a criminal complaint with two counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child under sixteen years of age.

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Postconviction Motion

Anthony Edward Pearson appeals his judgment of conviction, entered upon a jury’s verdict, for first-degree recklessly endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon, two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, and two counts of disorderly conduct, with various repeater and domestic violence penalty enhancers attached.

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Postconviction Motion

Smith’s nephew, four-year old S.S., shot himself in the head. Nigeria Smith, S.S.’s mother and Smith’s twin sister, found S.S. on the floor of Smith’s bedroom.

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Postconviction Relief-Court Error

Davis appeals from two judgments of conviction—one for false imprisonment and robbery with use of force, as acts of domestic violence, and one for fleeing or eluding an officer.

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Trusts and Estates

The Estate of Hugh McCaffery, Sr., appeals summary judgments entered in favor of Gilbert Garrett, Roxanne Garrett, Shirley Martin, George Aiken, Wendy Thayer, Harjit Sohpaul, Resham Sohpaul, and Portal Properties, LLC.

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Copyright

Sullivan registered copyrights for two “illustration collections,” comprising 33 individual illustrations, for and sued Flora, Inc. for infringing those copyrights.

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Attorney Suspension

The Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) has filed a complaint under Supreme Court Rule (SCR) 22.22 asking this court to suspend indefinitely the license of Attorney Tracy R. Eichhorn-Hicks due to a medical incapacity as a reciprocal action to a transfer to "disability inactive status" ordered by the Supreme Court of Minnesota in a pending disciplinary proceeding.

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Postconviction Relief- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel-

The central question in this case is whether a prosecutor cured the breach of a plea agreement when he initially recommended a specific term of imprisonment despite the State's agreement not to do so, but then retracted and corrected the mistake upon being made aware of the error.

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“Delinquency Charges”

Citibank filed the underlying complaint against Riffard in 2020, alleging that Riffard had opened a credit card twenty years earlier and owed Citibank $11,261.19.

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