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A jury found Terrance Curtis guilty of first-degree reckless homicide for causing the death of his five-month-old son, R.C.

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Dino Greco spent more than a decade in prison for blowing up his ex-girlfriend’s car with a pipe bomb.

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This interlocutory bankruptcy appeal presents a matter of first impression for our court: whether Illinois’s version of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code requires a financing statement to contain within its four corners a specific description of secured collateral, or if incorporating a description by reference to an unattached security agreement sufficiently “indicates” the collateral.

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This case arises from a heinous triple murder that occurred almost 19 years ago in Georgetown, Indiana, a small town near the Kentucky border.

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Ernest Odei traveled from his native Ghana to the United States in 2017 to meet with academic advisors and to perform missionary work.

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While tracking down a fugitive, Deputy Marshal Stephen Linder interrogated the fugitive’s father.

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A federal jury in Minnesota convicted Todd Chazen of possessing a firearm following a prior felony conviction.

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Weekly Case Digests – September 30, 2019 – October 4, 2019

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In these consolidated cases, Israel Nunez appeals circuit court judgments convicting him of three counts of child sexual assault.

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Thomas and Christine Zeal, lot owners in a residential subdivision, appeal an order denying their summary judgment motion and granting summary judgment in favor of the other subdivision lot owners and the subdivision’s Architectural Control Committee (collectively, “the neighbors”).

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Keana S.J. Cousin appeals from a judgment convicting her of conspiracy to commit the manufacture or delivery of more than fifty grams of heroin and from an order denying her postconviction motion to withdraw her guilty plea.

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T.L.G. appeals an order of the circuit court terminating her parental rights to her son, M.I.G. T.L.G. argues that her no contest plea was not knowing, voluntary, or intelligent because her cognitive limitations prevented her from understanding the consequences of her plea.

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David and Patricia Sandlund (the Sandlunds) appeal from a money judgment in favor of general contractor Richard Birnschein d/b/a Progressive Carpentry regarding a construction project at the Sandlunds’ Door County home.

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Wendy Waitzman and Joseph Waitzman, trustees of the Wendy J. Waitzman Living Trust (the Waitzmans) appeal from a judgment finding that the Waitzmans violated the Declaration of Condominium Ownership (the Declaration) by failing to obtain approval from Lolie’s West Bay Condominium Association (the Association) prior to remodeling their unit to a two-story building.

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Eric Vanremortel appeals a judgment convicting him of disorderly conduct.

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Mahmoud and Amanda Sharaf divorced in 2017. Mahmoud now appeals from the divorce judgment, as well as from a post-divorce order clarifying the judgment.

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Mountain Crest SRL, LLC (“Mountain Crest”), brought this action, alleging that Anheuser Busch InBev SA/NV (“Anheuser-Busch”) and Molson Coors Brewing Company (“Molson Coors”) had conspired to damage Mountain Crest’s beer exports to Ontario, Canada, in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1– 2. Mountain Crest also alleged that Anheuser-Busch and Molson Coors were enriched unjustly in violation of Wisconsin law.

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McGarry & McGarry, LLC, a creditor in a closed Chapter 7 bankruptcy case, tried three times to bring a price-fixing claim against Bankruptcy Management Solutions, Inc. (“BMS”), the trustee’s software-services provider.

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Upon consideration of the MOTION TO CORRECT OPINION, filed on August 20, 2019, by counsel for the plaintiff-appellee United States of America, IT IS ORDERED that the motion is GRANTED.

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Digital platforms unleash instant and limitless capabilities; at the tap of a finger, one can touch the world.

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Weekly Case Digests – September 23, 2019 – September 27, 2019

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John Doe appeals a judgment convicting him of second-degree sexual assault.

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In this small claims action, Kareen Kuecker, pro se, appeals a judgment of the circuit court ordering her to give possession of a motorcycle to her sister, Michelle Merkes, unless an agreement was reached by Kuecker and Michelle as to the purchase price of the motorcycle and that price was fully paid before a day specified in the judgment.

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Richard Rusk pled no contest to and was convicted of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated as a third offense.

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N.W. appeals an order of the Dane County Circuit Court extending his involuntary commitment for mental health treatment under WIS. STAT. § 51.20, and an order denying his postdisposition motion to vacate that extension.

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Kari E. Mravik appeals a judgment of conviction for operating while intoxicated (OWI), as a second offense.

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Rodney R. Baer appeals from a judgment convicting him after a jury trial of two counts of repeated sexual assault of the same child and two counts of incest.

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Aston D. Brown appeals a judgment convicting him after a jury trial of unlawfully possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon.

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Deandre E. Tanner appeals judgments convicting him of one count of battery, one count of disorderly conduct and three counts of felony witness intimidation, all charges as a domestic abuse repeater.

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Levelt Dewarren Musgraves appeals the circuit court’s order denying his motion for sentence credit.

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