Habeas Petition- “Saving Clause”
Sanders, who was convicted in 2006 for firearms offenses, received an extended sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act due to three previous convictions, one of which was for Illinois residential burglary.
Parental Rights
The Supreme Court upheld the circuit court's decision to reject Father's request to withdraw his plea of no contest regarding one of the grounds stated in the State's petition to terminate Father's parental rights to his daughter.
Adequacy of Award
The supreme court overturned the court of appeals' decision, which had reversed the circuit court's judgment affirming the State Claims Board's decision to grant the Appellant $25,000 in compensation after determining that the Appellant was innocent of the crime he was imprisoned for.
Real Estate Parcel Purchase-Cost of Improvements
In 2020, Robert and Mary Popple sought to exercise a first option to buy on a portion of a parcel from Roger and Sheila Thompson pursuant to the terms of a 1993 warranty deed setting the purchase price at “the cost of the improvements” to the lot plus acquisition costs.
Class Action- “Health Care Provider”
Bloss appeals a circuit court order dismissing his class action complaint against St. Luke’s Hospital of Duluth (SLHD) for failure to state an actionable claim.
Attorneys’ Fees-Sanctions-OWI
Singh appealed from orders of the circuit court denying various motions for relief.
Custodial Interrogation
On August 3, 2017, Detective Steve Wells questioned Brooks while he was in custody following an allegation that on July 23, 2017, he sexually assaulted a nine-year-old girl, R.G., and her six-year-old sister, N.F. The interrogation was audio-recorded and took place in two parts that were separated by a break of four unrecorded minutes.
Postconviction Motion for Resentencing
According to the criminal complaint, at approximately 2:34 a.m. on October 23, 2016, Randhawa’s vehicle ran a red light and crashed into the driver’s side of an Uber vehicle.
Plea Withdrawal
Kamau Bentley, Jr., appeals the circuit court’s order denying his postconviction motion brought pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2021-22). Bentley argues: (1) that he should be allowed to withdraw his plea because the circuit court did not comply with WIS.
Indigency-Special Assessment
Otradovec entered a guilty plea for producing child pornography, as outlined in 18 U.S.C. 2251.
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act
Crounse Corp. was responsible for delivering barges to Mulzer Crushed Stone, who would then clean the barges, load them with crushed stone, deliver the stone, clean the barges once again, and release them back to Crounse.
Immigration-Petition for Asylum
In 1996, a chain of events unfolded within Melvin Osorio-Morales's family.
Legal News
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
- Trump’s Wisconsin visit warns of jail time if he violates a trial gag order
- Dane County court overturns residential solar decision
- Judge faces formal complaint from state board
- Bankruptcies up 16% in U.S.
- (Updated) Wisconsin law enforcement clash with pro-Palestinian Madison protestors
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Lafayette County Circuit Court
- Complaint against University filed by Wisconsin law firm over $1.9M given to Palestinian students
- Hush money trial judge raises threat of jail as he finds Trump violated gag order, fines him $9K
- Active shooter ‘neutralized’ outside Wisconsin middle school
- Audit finds Wisconsin Capitol Police emergency response times up, calls for better tracking
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