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William Ledford appeals a judgment of the circuit court convicting him of perjury based on his testimony during the preliminary hearing for charges against Raul Rodriguez and requiring Ledford to reimburse Dodge County for the cost of his third court-appointed ...

Accordingly, we affirm the court of appeals’ reversal of the judgment of the circuit court. Defendant Norco sold its window plant to defendant Jeld-Wen. There was no interruption of business, and Jeld-Wen hired all but 47 of Norco’s 396 employees ...

“[E]ven assuming that the Suspension Clause protects only the writ as it existed in 1789, there is substantial evidence to support the proposition that pure questions of law like the one raised by the respondent in this case could have ...

Patricia Spencer appeals from a personal injury judgment based on several alleged evidentiary errors. Regal Insurance cross-appeals the trial court’s decision to grant Spencer’s attorney a lien on the judgment superior to Regal’s own medical payments lien. We conclude that ...

“An employee is not a qualified individual if she poses ‘a significant risk to the health or safety of others that cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation.’ 42 U.S.C. sec. 12111(3). “NSP presented unchallenged doctors’ opinions that Emerson suffered from ...

The remaining five misconduct counts involved attorney Harman’s conflict of interest in representing another client. The referee determined that Harman had represented the client in the presence of a conflict of interest without obtaining written consent of the client on ...

“Tribal courts, it should be clear, cannot be courts of general jurisdiction in this sense, for a tribe’s inherent adjudicative jurisdiction over nonmembers is at most only as broad as its legislative jurisdiction. … It is true that some statutes ...

Barry L. Ball appeals from a judgment convicting him of disorderly conduct, in which the trial court ordered him to make restitution to a prison worker who was injured while attempting to break up a fight between Ball and another ...

Shulbert Z. Williams, pro se, appeals from an order denying his Wis. Stat. sec. 974.06 (1999-2000) motion for postconviction relief. He argues that postconviction counsel was ineffective for failing to pursue the ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm. This ...

“[W]e conclude that Wis. Admin. Code NR 116.13(2) conflicts with Wis. Stat. sec. 87.30(1g) and is therefore invalid to the extent that it prohibits all variances for residential floors below regional flood elevation. Finally, we conclude that the Board’s action ...

Defendant’s conversion of his mother’s property is not merely an assumption; it is a fact he conceded in the trial court. As part of the settlement stipulation, he agreed that if he failed to meet the stipulation’s terms, the trial ...

“Since Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993), courts have understood the importance of ensuring that supposedly scientific testimony meets minimum scientific standards of accuracy… Our dispute does not entail a contest of admissibility. But it makes ...

“The Board held that the Stroes in moving to reopen the deportation proceeding on the basis of Adkison’s alleged ineffective assistance had satisfied (1), but not (2) or (3). Regarding (2), the Stroes had notified Adkison with regard to his ...

Defendant was on parole when he was charged with armed robbery and possession of a firearm by a felon. His parole was revoked, and he was sent to prison to begin serving the remainder of his sentence on the parole ...

“The only way the Supreme Court can, by itself, ‘lay out and construct’ a rule’s retroactive effect, or ’cause’ that effect ‘to exist, occur, or appear,’ is through a holding. The Supreme Court does not ‘ma[k]e’ a rule retroactive when ...

Darnial C. Craig appeals from the judgment of conviction entered against him, and the order denying his motion for postconviction relief. He argues on appeal that he was denied due process of law because the prosecutor referred to a sexual ...

This is an appeal from a judgment convicting Ronald Myren of one count of stalking and two counts of disorderly conduct, and from and order denying sentence credit. Ronald Myren raises sufficiency of evidence, other acts evidence, and sentence credit ...

“As both parties concede, the charges are identical in law because they arise under the same criminal statute, sec. 943.20(1)(a). However, the charges against Trawitzki are not identical in fact. The test for whether charges are not identical in fact ...

The trial court denied CGLI’s subrogation claim because Kavelaris would not totally recover his full damages under Wisconsin’s “made whole” doctrine if the CGLI subrogation claim prevailed. We affirm the trial court order denying the CGLI subrogation claim and the ...

Charles Jones appeals from a judgment entered on jury verdict convicting him of battery, and bail jumping, stemming from his violation of a no-contact order, both as an habitual criminal, and from the trial court’s order denying his motion for ...

“Konen authored and submitted to Union officials a document containing baseless allegations of serious criminal misconduct by Company and Union officials. When the Company terminated him, Konen offered his Union no defense for his actions, except an apology and an ...

However, given the state of the record, we cannot determine whether defendant’s driving record supported a criminal sentence even without consideration of his HTO status. We reverse the decision of the court of appeals and remand to the circuit court ...

“The Court’s task will be to determine whether the defendants have ‘timely filed a petition to terminate parental rights and begun the required search for an adoptive family, or elected not to file and documented one of the clearly defined ...

“Praefke was not a Tecumseh dealer, and so the statute is inapplicable. A dealership, so far as bears on this case, is created by (1) a ‘contract or agreement, either express or implied, whether oral or written,’ by which (2) ...

“Smith crafts his claim as an isolated event, a freak occurrence that will not be repeated. However, the nature of the event is open to interpretation. An assault by a prison guard could be a by-product of systemic problems, including ...

“Operating, handling, and intentionally pointing imply active utilization, but the phrase ‘goes armed with’ is the same phrase that appears in the carrying a concealed and dangerous weapon statute, and the latter statute requires nothing more than conscious possession. All ...

The parking lot conveyance is part of the City’s redevelopment effort. The private citizen, who is a real estate developer, did not pay cash for the lot, but agreed to give the City a riverfront parcel, perform several rehab jobs, ...

The State of Wisconsin appeals the trial court’s order granting Paul Hoppe’s motion to suppress all statements he made to police officers of Portage County in connection with their investigation of the death of Jacqueline Simon, Hoppe’s girlfriend. The statements ...

“[E]nhancing Walton’s sentence under sec. 2G2.2(b)(3) without requiring any proof that Walton intentionally received images depicting sadism, masochism, or other violent conduct does not deprive Walton of sec. 2252’s scienter requirement. As the government notes, Walton’s knowledge and intent regarding ...

“The features of the marketing scheme found important in Glickman are not present in the case now before us. As respondent notes, and as the Government does not contest …, almost all of the funds collected under the mandatory assessments ...