OWI – Sentencing Guidelines
The circuit court convicted Justin Braunschweig of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) and with prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC), each as a second offense, and imposed sentence on the second offense OWI count.
Restitution Order Conversion
Marisa McFarlane entered pleas of no contest to charges of intentional failure to pay child support.
Domestic Abuse – Injunction
Michael Willan, pro se, appeals a domestic abuse injunction entered in favor of petitioner Mary. Willan argues that the circuit court made procedural and factual errors when it granted the injunction.
Sentence Modification
WI Court of Appeals – District I Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Floyd L. Marlow Case No.: 2017AP35-CR Officials: Lundsten, P.J., Blanchard, and Fitzpatrick, JJ Focus: Sentence Modification Floyd L. Marlow, pro se, appeals a circuit court order that denied Marlow’s motions for a new trial or sentence modification following his conviction and sentence […]
Due Process Violation
The City of Fitchburg denied Adams Outdoor Advertising Limited Partnership’s application for a permit to “convert” the eastfacing panel of an existing 300-square-foot paper billboard to a “digital sign” by installing a digital sign face on that panel.
Jury Instructions
Dillon Heiller appeals a judgment of conviction for strangulation and suffocation, battery, and misdemeanor bail jumping, all as a repeater, and an order of the circuit court denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Michael Miller was convicted in the Columbia County Circuit Court of one count of delivering marijuana.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Marcos Rosas Villegas (Villegas) is an illegal immigrant who was brought to the United States from Mexico as a young child.
Sentencing Guidelines
Kyle Johnson appeals a judgment convicting him of sixteen counts of possession of child pornography and an order denying his postconviction motion to modify the sentences.
Postconviction Motion Denied
Morris Rash appeals from a judgment of conviction, entered on a jury’s verdict, and an order denying his postconviction motion for a new trial. Rash was convicted of substantial battery and of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Sufficiency of Evidence
August Genz was convicted of possession with intent to deliver amphetamine and conspiracy to deliver tetrahydrocannabinols (THC).
Abuse of Discretion – Foreclosure
Lisa Jacobson (Lisa) appeals a judgment of foreclosure in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., involving property located at 1917 South 71st Street, West Allis, Wisconsin. (the “subject property”).
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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