Abuse of Discretion – First Step Act Violation
Over a decade ago, the district court (then Chief Judge McCuskey) sentenced Gene Sutton to his then statutory minimum 15 years’ imprisonment for distributing cocaine base (“crack”) and carrying a firearm during a drug-trafficking crime.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel – Confrontation Claim
During Antonio Ramirez’s 2001 criminal trial in Wisconsin state court, the prevailing interpretation of the Sixth Amendment’s Confrontation Clause was set forth in Ohio v. Roberts, 448 U.S. 56 (1980).
Sentencing Guidelines
When Tyrus McNair was sentenced in 2003 for a serious drug crime, the district court calculated his range under the Sentencing Guidelines at 324 to 405 months and sentenced him to 360 months.
Sherman Antitrust Act Violation
Organized amateur hockey leagues in the United States come under the purview of USA Hockey, Inc., which is subject to the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act, 36 U.S.C. §§ 220501–43.
Search Warrant – Probable Cause
After pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine, Ryan Patton was sentenced to 76 months’ imprisonment.
SEC Violation – Damages
AbbVie Inc. made a tender offer to repurchase as much as $7.5 billion of its outstanding shares.
Weekly Case Digests – August 10, 2020 – August 14, 2020
Weekly Case Digests – August 10, 2020 – August 14, 2020
Due Process Violation – DACA
In 2012, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a memorandum announcing an immigration relief program known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which allows certain unauthorized aliens who arrived in the United States as children to apply for a two-year forbearance of removal.
Writ of Certiorari – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Death-sentenced petitioner Terence Andrus was six years old when his mother began selling drugs out of the apartment where Andrus and his four siblings lived.
Statutory Interpretation – Civil Rights Act of 1964
Sometimes small gestures can have unexpected consequences.
Statutory Interpretation – Mineral Leasing Act
We granted certiorari in these consolidated cases to decide whether the United States Forest Service has authority under the Mineral Leasing Act, 30 U. S. C. §181 et seq., to grant rights-of-way through lands within national forests traversed by the Appalachian Trail. 588 U. S. ___ (2019).
Legal Malpractice
David Skindzelewski committed a crime, pled guilty, and spent time in jail as a consequence for committing that crime until a circuit court vacated his conviction because the statute of limitations rendered the conviction erroneous.
Legal News
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- 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
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
- MPD issues statement on outside agency officer assignments
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