Sentencing – Supervised Release
Anthony Shockey appeals from the district court’s order revoking his supervised release and imposing a 15-month prison sentence.
Warrantless Search – Blood Test
Tyquan Stewart sustained serious injuries upon crashing his car while driving under the influence.
Mandamus Relief
In 2015 the Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a civil action against Kraft Foods Group and Mondelēz Global.
Class Action – Condominium Act Violation
The Illinois Condominium Property Act requires an elaborate set of disclosures when a condominium unit is resold.
Weekly Case Digests – November 18, 2019 – November 22, 2019
Weekly Case Digests – November 18, 2019 – November 22, 2019
Warrantless Search – OWI – Blood Test
The State appeals an order of the Portage County Circuit Court suppressing the results of blood alcohol testing of John Lane’s blood.
OWI – Countable Prior Conviction
Ricky O’Driscoll appeals the circuit court judgment convicting him of a fifth offense operating while intoxicated (OWI).
Domestic Abuse Injunction – Burden of Proof
A petitioner requesting a domestic abuse injunction appeals the circuit court’s denial of the petition based on the petitioner’s failure to meet his burden of proof.
Abuse of Discretion – Domestic Abuse Injunction
Anthony Rineer appeals a domestic abuse injunction entered against him by the circuit court (the Hon. Jill J. Karofsky) on September 5, 2018.
Court Error – Guardian Ad Litem Fees
Mark D. Larsen, pro se, appeals a circuit court judgment for payment of guardian ad litem (GAL) fees.
Unlawful-stop Claim – Reasonable Suspicion
Jamie Ellin Grimm appeals from a judgment of conviction for operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration (second offense) and challenges the circuit court’s order denying her motion to suppress the evidence.
Legal News
- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding Video release policy
- GOP convention sets the stage for the Democratic convention in Chicago, activists and police say
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
- Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week
- Biden called to resign immediately after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
- Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race, endorses Harris
- 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
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