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Peter Grandaw appeals from a circuit court order affirming his parole revocation. Grandaw, whose parole was revoked because he sexually assaulted two women, seeks a new revocation hearing on grounds that he was denied due process at the hearing because ...

“Second, for purposes of probable cause to arrest, the police were entitled to rely on information from a known and reliable informant without independently determining the reliability of the informant’s source or the source’s information. …McAttee cites no authority requiring ...

Mark Rayford appeals the judgment of conviction entered after Rayford entered Alford no contest pleas to one count of first-degree reckless injury and one count of attempted homicide. Rayford argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to ...

Spencer Hutchinson appeals from a judgment dismissing his action and ordering him to pay $23,031 in attorney’s fees as a sanction for his egregious conduct in violating discovery orders. Hutchinson argues that the trial court erred in: (1) finding that ...

William F. Baskin appeals from a judgment, entered on his guilty pleas, convicting him of unlawfully carrying a concealed weapon and possession of tetrahydrocannabinols. He challenges the trial court’s denial of his suppression motion. We reverse. This opinion will not ...

James C. Thomson appeals from the grant of summary judgment awarded to United Water Services Milwaukee LLC, and United Water Resources Inc. (collectively, UW), dismissing his breach of contract action. Thomson contends that the circuit court erred in granting summary ...

Rick Norem appeals from an order denying his motion for sentence modification. Norem argues that the circuit court erred when it concluded that Norem failed to demonstrate the existence of a new factor that would allow the court to consider ...

Otto Mogged III appeals an order vacating a previous maintenance determination and setting maintenance at $2,000 per month. Otto argues that the trial court erroneously exercised its discretion when it failed to apply the “extraordinary circumstances” test and failed to ...

“Allowing former employees to complain about postemployment discrimination that does not involve retaliation would actually hurt them, in the same way that denying them protection against retaliation would hurt them: it would create perverse incentives. Since there is no legal ...

Ruth A. Ruege appeals from the judgment dismissing this action. Ruege argues on appeal that her informed consent cause of action should not have been dismissed by directed verdict and that the court improperly excluded certain testimony. Because we conclude ...

“Bobbitt attempts to blame her untimely receipt of the right-to-sue notice on her ‘extensive travel schedule.’ Her argument is without merit. The notice was issued on Aug. 11, 1999. According to the very facts pleaded by Bobbitt, she did not ...

Jeffrey Vis appeals from a judgment dismissing his claim against Cushman, Inc. for injuries he sustained when the brakes failed on a motorized garbage cart manufactured by Cushman. Vis challenges the trial court’s failure to grant summary judgment as a ...

“The possession, receipt and shipping of child pornography directly victimizes the children portrayed by violating their right to privacy, and in particular violating their individual interest in avoiding the disclosure of personal matters. See Ferber, 458 U.S. at 759 n.10 ...

Don Simpson Jr. appeals from a judgment convicting him of two counts of delivering cocaine base within one thousand feet of a school as a repeater. He challenges three evidentiary decisions and the trial court’s jury instructions. We affirm. This ...

“Businesses such as C&I’s lot that can be observed by anyone passing on the street lack any comparable privacy interest. An open gate invites entry, and a chain-link fence does little to assert a privacy interest (as opposed to a ...

Ramon Sanchez-Diaz, pro se, appeals from a judgment convicting him of first-degree intentional homicide and second-degree sexual assault. He also appeals from the trial court’s order denying his motion for a new trial. He argues: (1) that the trial court ...

“Nothing in sec.3663A(a)(3) prescribes how a defendant may exercise the option to make restitution to persons other than the victims of the crimes of conviction. Peterson believes that this open-endedness, combined with the Rule of Lenity, equals a requirement that ...

Daniel K. Nett appeals from the judgment of conviction entered against him. He argues on appeal that the trial court improperly allowed the introduction of other acts evidence. Because we conclude that the evidence was properly admitted, we affirm. This ...

Parish M. Golden appeals from the judgment of conviction entered against him and the order denying his motion for postconviction relief. The issues on appeal are whether Golden received ineffective assistance of trial counsel and whether the trial court erred ...

Francis Yellow appeals from an order modifying his child support payments to his ex-wife, Tina Gouty-Yellow, in response to a motion by the State of Wisconsin. He claims the State failed to meet its evidentiary burden of showing a substantial ...

Dennis Makeeff appeals a judgment affirming a decision of the Labor and Industry Review Commission denying him worker’s compensation benefits. Because substantial and credible evidence supports the Commission’s decision, we affirm the judgment. This opinion will not be published. Dist ...

John Robert John appeals his amended judgment of conviction for burglary, party to a crime, requiring him to pay restitution in the amount of $27,980. He also appeals an order denying his motion to enjoin the entry of the restitution ...

The City of Rhinelander appeals summary judgments dismissing its action against several insurance companies. The City contends that its liability insurers must indemnify the City for expenses it agreed to pay for landfill remediation in a settlement with the State. ...

Gilberto Flores, pro se, appeals from an order dated April 13, 2001, denying his post-conviction motion for sentence credit for one month and 26 days of earned good time credit. Flores contends that the trial court erred in applying Wis. ...

Dwight J. appeals the order terminating his parental rights to his daughter, Ebony M., after a jury found that he had failed to assume his parental responsibilities. The trial court subsequently found that Dwight J. was an unfit father and ...

“[A] substantial relationship between the alleged tort and some traditional maritime activity must … be shown… That element is missing here. … The referral was innocent and the alleged negligence of the doctors unforeseeable … The ordinary law of medical ...

Heather M. appeals from an order adjudicating her delinquent. She claims that the trial court erred in concluding that it lacked the power to enter a consent decree pursuant to Wis. Stat. sec. 938.21(7) (1999-2000). We conclude that this statute ...

“In this case, the method by which the petition and the objections to it were evaluated was remarkably like a trial. First, written objections to the petition were filed. A hearing on the objections was scheduled, and the parties were ...

James A.H. appeals from an order placing him in 10 days of secure detention after he violated a condition of supervision by testing positive for THC. At the sanctions hearing, the circuit court offered to impose and stay the sanction ...

“[W]e cannot agree with the defendants’ contention that sec. 1964(a) is a purely ‘jurisdictional’ statute, despite the Ninth Circuit’s characterization of it in that way in Imagineering, Inc. v. Kiewit Pac. Co., 976 F.2d 1303, 1307 (9th Cir. 1992) (construing ...