Plea Withdrawal – Coram Nobis
Sammy Joseph Hadaway appeals the order denying his petition for a writ of coram nobis seeking to withdraw his plea.
Abuse of Discretion – Motion for Continuance Denied
Ronnie Cecil Peebles was convicted of battery in the Waushara County Circuit Court.
5th Amendment Violation
Marquis D. Walls appeals a judgment of conviction, entered on a jury’s verdict, for attempting to flee or elude a traffic officer.
Abuse of Discretion – Expert Testimony
Natalie Murphy was convicted at a jury trial of first-degree reckless homicide and second-degree recklessly endangering safety in the Juneau County Circuit Court.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Marcia Render appeals a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of one count of second-degree reckless homicide—infliction of physical pain or injury, as an act of domestic abuse, and one count of strangulation and suffocation, as an act of domestic abuse.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
A jury convicted Tyler Montour of attempted first-degree intentional homicide and being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Dontre Johnson appeals an order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2015-16) motion for postconviction relief.
Court Error – Fee Waiver – Default Judgment
Ian Humphrey appeals the judgment entered against him in the amount of $200.50 after he was found guilty following a court trial of operating a motor vehicle while suspended.
4th Amendment Violation – Unlawful Entry
When Officer Del Pearson and other Chicago police officers executed a search warrant for “apartment 1” at a Chicago address, there was a problem with the warrant.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
In 2002 an Illinois jury convicted Volney McGhee of murder and attempted murder after he shot two men outside a Chicago gas station.
Suppression of Evidence – Unreasonable Seizure – Firearm
The police received an anonymous 911 call from a 14‐year‐old who borrowed a stranger’s phone and reported seeing “boys” “playing with guns” by a “gray and greenish Charger” in a nearby parking lot.
Bankruptcy – SSA Payments
Shortly before Peggy Berg filed a petition for bankruptcy, the Social Security Administration (“SSA” or “Agency”) reduced the payment of a back-award that it owed to her by the amount of an earlier overpayment that Berg owed to the Agency.
Legal News
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- Secret Service head resigns as Congress formally investigates
- 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
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