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Reliance on nonprecedential BIA decisions
Dulce Zaragoza, a native and citizen of Mexico and a lawful permanent resident of the United States, pleaded guilty to the Indiana offense of criminal neglect of a dependent after locking her six-year-old son in a closet for six hours.
Sentencing Guidelines
Ramirez pleaded guilty to possessing with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(B).
Sufficiency of Evidence – Drug Purity
Moore was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for multiple drug offenses.
Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits
Karrine Milhem applied for Social Security disability insurance benefits and supplemental security income.
Waiver of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction
M.N., Jr. (“Max”) appeals from a non-final order waiving him into adult court. Max contends that the circuit court erroneously believed that supervision and services for him would end when he reached the age of eighteen.
Plea Withdrawal –Child Abuse
Hughes appeals her judgment of conviction after she pled guilty to four counts relating to the child abuse and neglect of T.W. and J.W. She also appeals from the order denying her postconviction motion.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel-Jury Instruction
Lorainz D. Johnson appeals from a judgment of conviction for first-degree reckless homicide and an order of the circuit court denying his postconviction motion for a new trial.
Reasonable Suspicion – Suppression of Evidence
James Timothy Genous appeals from a judgment of conviction, following a guilty plea, to one count of felon in possession of a firearm.
Criminal Procedure-Restitution
Tracie Dickey, the leader of her own church, Deliverance Tabernacle Ministries International, claimed to be a prophet who received commands from God.
Compassionate Release-Immunity
Ahamad Atkins, a federal inmate, sued federal judges, the prosecutor, his court-appointed attorneys, a federal court reporter, and the United States for, in his view, mishandling his criminal trial.
Election Law
Kormanik sued the Wisconsin Elections Commission ("WEC") alleging that two documents provided by the WEC to municipal clerks erroneously interpreted certain election statutes as permitting a clerk to "spoil" an absentee ballot at an elector's request.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Sanchez Wilson appeals a judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of first-degree sexual assault of a child, first-degree reckless injury while using a dangerous weapon, and possessing a firearm while a felon.
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- WisGOP convention spotlights abortion, higher education, immigration and national security
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- WisGOP reacts to vice president’s Wisconsin visit
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- One Wisconsin Attorney’s misconduct ‘in a league of its own’
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