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Sentencing Guidelines
Ruben Porraz was the leader of a Chicago chapter of the Latin Kings gang for about four years.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Trials often require jurors, as laypeople considering evidence, to draw inferences based on their life experiences.
Bankruptcy – Damages
Chapter 13 bankruptcy is a promise to a debtor: if you comply with the bankruptcy plan, then you can get a fresh start.
Equal Protection Violation
The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires that state actors have, at a minimum, a rational basis for treating similarly situated people differently.
4th Amendment Violation – Unlawful Seizure and Malicious Prosecution
While arresting gang members in Centralia, Illinois, police officer Michael Peebles felt intimidated when Shirlena Barnes, a city resident with gang connections, drove up and yelled derogatory epithets.
Sufficiency of Evidence
While shopping at a Wal-Mart store, Linda Waldon believes she slipped on a plastic hanger and fell causing her injuries.
Sentencing – Supervised Release
In the late summer and fall of 2014, multiple pharmacies in Indianapolis were robbed at gun point.
Sentencing Guidelines
Carleous Clay challenges his within-guidelines life sentence as unreasonable.
Weekly Case Digests – December 23, 2019 – December 27, 2019
Weekly Case Digests – December 23, 2019 – December 27, 2019
Attorney Disciplinary Hearing
We review Referee Kim M. Peterson's report and recommendation that the court declare Attorney Ricardo Perez in default and suspend his license to practice law in Wisconsin for a period of nine months for professional misconduct in connection with his representation of four clients.
Prisoner – Involuntary Commitment
J.M.A. appeals an order extending his involuntary commitment.
Insurance Claim – Coverage
William Hughes appeals an order of the circuit court dismissing Hughes’ small claims action against Hughes’ insurer, Allstate Indemnity Company
Polls
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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
