Involuntary Commitment and Medication
Laura appeals from orders for her WIS. STAT. ch. 51 commitment and the involuntary administration of medication and treatment.
Warrantless Search – Suppression of Evidence
Eichman appeals from a judgment convicting him of one count of possession of methamphetamine.
Warrantless Search – Suppression of Evidence
The State of Wisconsin appeals from the circuit court’s decision suppressing evidence obtained from a search of Taylor County Detective Sergeant Bowers’ Dropbox account (Account).
Abuse of Discretion – Jury Instructions
Ridley appeals from a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, for second-degree sexual assault with use of force, aggravated battery with intent to cause great bodily harm, false imprisonment, and first-degree recklessly endangering safety, all as a domestic abuse repeater and with a domestic abuse enhancer.
Sentencing Guidelines
Michael Leighton appeals conviction of two felonies and one misdemeanor, and from an order denying his motion for resentencing or sentence modification.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
LaVigne appeals from a judgment convicting him of third-degree sexual assault and from an order denying his postconviction motion for a new trial.
Warrantless Search & Seizure
DeGrave appeals from an amended judgment convicting her of possession of methamphetamine.
4th Amendment Violation-
While driving home to Chicago one night in September 2017, Braun suffered a seizure and crashed into a telephone pole in suburban Palatine.
Court Error – Sentence Modification – Rule 11(b)
Stapleton lured women into prostitution and exploited them for his financial benefit using threats, force, and other forms of coercion.
Postconviction Relief-Juror Bias
Grover appeals conviction of fifteen criminal offenses and from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Employment Discrimination
Kimberly D. Hassell, pro se, appeals an order of the circuit court affirming the decision of the Labor and Industry Review Commission (LIRC), which determined that the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) did not unlawfully discriminate against Hassell, in violation of the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act (WFEA).
Legal News
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding Video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- Local PA cops allegedly thought Trump’s would-be assassin was Secret Service
- Biden-Lead Secret Service admits agency denied past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
- Class action filed against Walgreens
- Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant pleads guilty to smuggling contraband
- Two dead, one injured after Ozaukee County water rescue
- RNC Final Day: Trump accepts GOP Nomination
Case Digests
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Double Jeopardy; Sentencing
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel; Sexual Assault-Prosecutorial Misconduct
- Contract-Negligence
- Criminal Law; Juvenile Law; Discovery
- Family Law; Child Support; Property Division First paragraph(s)
- Ineffective Assistance of Counsel- Exclusion of Evidence of Witness Bias
- Postconviction Relief-Sentencing-Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
- 14th Amendment – Due Process
- Criminal-Sentencing Guidelines – Enhancement
- Bankruptcy-Tax
- Civil Rights – 14th Amendment-Jury Instructions
- Contract; Foreclosure and Property