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Plea Withdrawal
In these consolidated appeals, Randall Hungerford claims his attorney’s deficient performance prevented him from moving to withdraw his pleas prior to sentencing.
Insurance Claim – Product Liability
Zurich Insurance (Taiwan), Ltd., and Taian Insurance Company, Ltd., are insurance companies based in Taiwan.
Exclusion of Evidence – Expert Testimony
In late 2009 Cathy Truitt filed seven nearly identical tax returns, each falsely claiming that she was entitled to a $300,000 refund.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
A jury found Terrance Curtis guilty of first-degree reckless homicide for causing the death of his five-month-old son, R.C.
Jurisdiction – Supervised Release
Dino Greco spent more than a decade in prison for blowing up his ex-girlfriend’s car with a pipe bomb.
Statutory Interpretation – Bankruptcy – UCC
This interlocutory bankruptcy appeal presents a matter of first impression for our court: whether Illinois’s version of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code requires a financing statement to contain within its four corners a specific description of secured collateral, or if incorporating a description by reference to an unattached security agreement sufficiently “indicates” the collatera[...]
4th Amendment Violation – Probable Cause
This case arises from a heinous triple murder that occurred almost 19 years ago in Georgetown, Indiana, a small town near the Kentucky border.
Immigration – Removal Order – Jurisdiction
Ernest Odei traveled from his native Ghana to the United States in 2017 to meet with academic advisors and to perform missionary work.
6th Amendment Violation – Confrontation Clause
While tracking down a fugitive, Deputy Marshal Stephen Linder interrogated the fugitive’s father.
Sentencing Guidelines
A federal jury in Minnesota convicted Todd Chazen of possessing a firearm following a prior felony conviction.
Weekly Case Digests – September 30, 2019 – October 4, 2019
Weekly Case Digests – September 30, 2019 – October 4, 2019
Court Error – Initial Joinder
In these consolidated cases, Israel Nunez appeals circuit court judgments convicting him of three counts of child sexual assault.
Polls
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- 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
- Wisconsin officials intervene in Planned Parenthood action
- 7th Circuit adopts modifications to Rules 31, 34, 40, 47 and 60
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
