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Case Digests

Jun 5, 2023

Suppression of Evidence

The State charged Tillmon with felony murder stemming from an armed robbery as a party to the crime.

Jun 5, 2023

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Melvin Williams was shot and killed on May 23, 2009, and two other men—Robert Taylor and Romero Davis—were injured in the same shooting.

Jun 5, 2023

BIA Appeal for Asylum

El Salvador citizen Karla Elizabeth Granados Arias and her sister, Maria, sold tortillas from a rented space in their mother’s home in El Salvador beginning in October 2013.

Jun 5, 2023

Disability Benefits Claim

Combs suffers from several physical and mental impairments.

Jun 5, 2023

Vindictive Prosecution

Russell Taylor and Angela Baldwin, then husband and wife, came to the government’s attention thanks to an investigation into Jared Fogle’s sexual exploitation of young girls.

Jun 5, 2023

Race Discrimination-Employment Law

Bronson has sued Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago (“Lurie” or “the hospital”) and Susan Ruohonen, Lurie’s Director of Family Services, for race discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, and section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866, 42 U.S.C. § 1981.

May 30, 2023

Interpretation of “separate occasions”

The State filed a criminal complaint charging Rector with ten counts of possession of child pornography in violation of Wis.

May 30, 2023

Postconviction Relief – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

David Kilgore appeals a judgment of conviction for two counts of first-degree sexual assault and an order denying his postconviction motion for a new trial.

May 30, 2023

Evidence

Ellen Tran appeals from a judgment convicting her, following a jury trial, of first-degree reckless homicide.

May 30, 2023

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Postconviction Relief

Jeffrey Walker, pro se, appeals a judgment convicting him of three counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child under thirteen years old, five counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child, and one count of child enticement.

May 30, 2023

Suppression of Evidence

Police found Miller lying on the sidewalk, bleeding from an apparent gunshot wound.

May 30, 2023

Dismissal of Appellate Counsel

In 2007, appellant Scott Njos pleaded guilty to six federal crimes arising from robberies of several stores and a bank, and for attempted escape and assault of an FBI agent after his arrest.

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