Failure to Cooperate – Failure to Prosecute
We have consolidated for decision two cases in which the district judges and volunteer lawyers generously gave uncooperative plaintiffs every opportunity to pursue their claims.
Sentencing – Sufficiency of Evidence
The issue in this appeal is whether the district court had a sufficient basis for imposing an above-guideline sentence on appellant Guadalupe Mejia, Jr., who pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
Execution of Search Warrant – Plain View Donctrine
Officers executed a search warrant at Anthony Minney’s apartment.
Removal Proceedings
Rene Alonzo Lopez, a.k.a. Luis Fuentes Alonso, petitions for review of the denial of his application for withholding of removal.
Weekly Case Digests — June 12 to June 16, 2017
Weekly Case Digests — June 12 to June 16, 2017.
CH. 51 Commitment
T.F.W. appeals the circuit court’s orders extending his commitment and involuntary medication entered after a jury found T.F.W. to be mentally ill.
Small Claims
This is the latest in a series of appeals involving the Lake Arrowhead Association, Inc., a homeowners’ association.
Court Error – Denial of Request for Counsel
James M. Pope appeals judgments of conviction entered upon his guilty pleas to one count of burglary, two counts of battery to law enforcement officers, and one misdemeanor count of intimidating a victim.
Court Error – Admission of Hearsay Evidence
Frederick Weber appeals a judgment of foreclosure entered by the circuit court in favor of Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC.
Constructive Notice
This appeal addresses “constructive notice” under Wisconsin’s construction lien law.
Termination of Parental Rights
S.A.L. appeals orders terminating her parental rights to her children B.L.V. and A.A.V.
Sentence Modification
Jeremiah Goodpaster appeals an order denying his third motion to modify sentences imposed for domestic abuse strangulation and suffocation, domestic abuse intimidation of a victim as a repeater, and causing mental harm to a child as a repeater.
Legal News
- Wisconsin Supreme Court reveals September oral arguments calendar
- New Jersey man sentenced for series of violent assaults on members of the Orthodox Jewish Community
- Milwaukee County District Attorney, UWM police address Jewish threats
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- 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
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