Plea Withdrawal
Norman Earl Rhodes appeals a judgment entered after he pled guilty to two firearms offenses.
Sentence Modification
Lorne Young appeals from a judgment convicting him of homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon and from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Insurance Claim – Breach of Duty to Defend
The Germantown School District and the Germantown School District Board of Education (collectively the District) challenge the denial of their postverdict motion seeking attorney fees from their liability insurers.
Newly Discovered Evidence
Mark Spietz appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdicts, convicting him of three counts of burglary of a building or dwelling and one count of theft of movable property.
Custody and Placement Modification
Timothy Miller appeals an order granting Angela Carroll’s motion for modification of custody and physical placement of their minor son, Bruce, and establishing child support payments by Miller.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
The circuit court denied Deadrian L. Bostick’s WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18) plea-withdrawal motion without an evidentiary hearing.
Abuse of Discretion – Sentencing
Ashlee Martinson appeals a judgment of conviction for two counts of second-degree intentional homicide, as well as an order denying her postconviction motion for resentencing.
Divorce – Property Division
William Holm challenges the division of property and maintenance award following his divorce from Dawn Holm.
Immigration – Removal Order
El Hadj Hamidou Barry, a native and citizen of Guinea, applied for deferral of his removal from the United States under the United Nations Convention Against Torture.
Equal Protection Violation
Plaintiff-appellant Julio de Lima Silva, a Brazilian citizen who self-identifies as Latino, worked as a correctional sergeant for the State of Wisconsin, Department of Corrections (“DOC”).
Sufficiency of Evidence
After a six-day trial involving twenty-nine witnesses, a federal jury convicted Nikolay Tantchev of exporting and attempting to export stolen cars, submitting false documents to customs officials, and structuring financial transactions to avoid federal reporting requirements.
Legal News
- Justice Department strengthens efforts, builds partnerships to address the crisis of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons
- Wisconsin lawyers file University of Wisconsin public records request seeking answers to protests
- Wisconsin Supreme Court issues orders amending Supreme Court rules and Wis. Stats.
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Milwaukee ‘big law’ partner attacks news media for bias against Trump
- Former Milwaukee election official fined for obtaining fake absentee ballots
- Contract dispute prevents airing of 15 regional sports networks, impacts Brewers
- Wis. middle school focuses on recovery as authorities investigate shooting
- Gov. Evers seeks applicants for Sheboygan and Green County Sheriffs
- North Carolina man who harbored Nazi memorabilia and attacked Black and Latino men sentenced to 41 months
- Nation grieves with families of officers killed in NC
- Amended complaint filed in federal court against State Bar of Wisconsin seeks punitive damages
- United Healthcare suit against cancer drug distributor time-barred
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