Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Kevin Pittman, Jr., appeals a judgment convicting him, following a jury trial, of felony murder as a party to a crime and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Jamie Stephenson appeals an order denying his petition for discharge from his commitment as a sexually violent person under WIS. STAT. ch. 980 (2017-18).
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Mario Jones appeals a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Lavell James Cammon appeals from the judgments of conviction, following his guilty pleas to one count of false imprisonment, as a domestic abuser, as a repeater in Milwaukee County case No. 2014CF2809; and one count of felony intimidation of a victim, as a party to a crime, as a domestic abuser in Milwaukee County case No. 2014CF5487.
Court Error – Zoning Authority
Michael Anderson owns shoreland property in the Town of Newbold (the Town) that he sought to divide into two lots.
Malpractice Claim
Illinois requires the plaintiff in a medical-malpractice suit to file an affidavit stating that “there is a reasonable and meritorious cause” for litigation.
Probable Cause – Suppression of Evidence
After a heated argument with his girlfriend, Micha Eatman found himself pounding on her apartment door and yelling to be let inside.
Petition for Rehearing En Banc
The opinion of this court issued on August 8, 2019, is amended as follows: At the end of the paragraph that carries from page 4 to page 5 add, “Sterlinski has not contended that non-Catholics are ever hired as organists by the Parish, and we need not consider the potential bearing of that possibility.”
Due Process Violation
DeWayne Knight is a prisoner who went under the knife for one surgery and Dr. Thomas Grossman, upon seeing during the operation that he made the wrong diagnosis, performed another.
Petition for Rehearing En Banc
On consideration of defendants-appellants’ petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc, filed on September 24, 2019, a majority of judges in active service voted to deny the petition for rehearing en banc.
Statutory Interpretation – Americans with Disabilities Act
Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad Company refused to hire Ronald Shell solely because it believed his obesity presented an unacceptably high risk that he would develop certain medical conditions that would suddenly incapacitate him on the job.
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
We previously vacated the entry of summary judgment for certain defendants in this case brought by James Lewis, a Wisconsin prisoner, for alleged violations of his Eighth Amendment rights.
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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