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Case Digests

Jan 23, 2023

Termination of Parental Rights – Duty of Confidentiality

O.F. appeals the order terminating his parental rights to his daughter, J.G.R. O.F. contends that he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel violated his duty of confidentiality and loyalty.

Jan 23, 2023

Criminal Weapon Possession – Mistrial

Marvin Lee Rogers appeals from the non-final order of the circuit court denying his motion to dismiss a criminal weapon possession charge on the basis of double jeopardy.

Jan 23, 2023

Improper Comments

Groenewold appeals a judgment, entered following a jury trial, convicting him of one count of using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime and three counts of causing a child to view sexual activity.

Jan 23, 2023

Name Change – Discretion

This appeal addresses whether a transgender individual (Robert) met the statutory requirements for a confidential name change under WIS. STAT. § 786.37(4) (2019-20).

Jan 23, 2023

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Marquise Lamont Brown appeals his judgment of conviction for second-degree reckless homicide with the use of a dangerous weapon, as a party to a crime, and for being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Jan 23, 2023

Right to Counsel

Lantz appeals from a judgment convicting him of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI), as a seventh offense.

Jan 23, 2023

Sentencing Guidelines

Container Life Cycle Management LLC appeals the judgment and order entered in favor of Mid America Steel Drum Properties, LLC, a reconditioner of steel drums, and 17H LLC (collectively, Mid America), upon a jury verdict which found that Container Life had committed trespass and unlawfully withheld possession of several parcels owned by Mid America, and was unjustly enriched by that conduct.

Jan 23, 2023

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Dallas Eugene Robinson appeals from a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, for felony murder as a party to the crime and from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.

Jan 23, 2023

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel – Juror Bias

The State appeals a postconviction order granting Marris Steven Virgil, Jr., a new trial.

Jan 23, 2023

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Ahmed Al Bawi appeals from a judgment convicting him of third-degree sexual assault and from an order denying his postconviction motion to withdraw his no-contest plea.

Jan 23, 2023

Evidence-Informant’s Tip

Kluck appeals from a judgment convicting him of operating a motor vehicle with a restricted controlled substance in his blood, as a fourth offense.

Jan 23, 2023

Disability Insurance Claim

Plaintiff-appellant Zall worked more than twenty years as a dentist, but chronic pain and numbness in his neck and right arm made it impossible for him to keep working.

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