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Qualified Immunity
On May 15, 2011, Officer Shawn Smith of the Highland, Indiana Police Department received a call from his dispatcher, alerting him to a road rage incident involving the discharge of a firearm.
EEOC Subpoena – Enforcement
Case Name: McLane Co., Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Case No.: 15-1248 Focus: EEOC Subpoena – Enforcement A district court’s decision whether to enforce or quash an EEOC subpoena should be reviewed for abuse of discretion, not de novo. “Both factors that this Court examines when considering whether such decision should be subject to […]
Sentencing – Mandatory Minimums
Section 924(c) does not prevent a sentencing court from considering a mandatory minimum imposed under that provision when calculating an appropriate sentence for the predicate offense.
5th Amendment Violation
The question before the court is whether the State compelled Petitioner, Brian Harris, to be a witness against himself in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 8 of the Wisconsin Constitution
Governmental Immunity – Statutory Interpretation
This case requires us to address the extent to which governmental immunity protects a private contractor implementing a construction design chosen by a governmental entity.
Confrontation Clause
We review a published opinion of the court of appeals,1 which determined that use of a deceased police officer's recorded statements at a suppression hearing did not violate Glenn T. Zamzow's rights under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment or the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
On January 15, 2013, following a jury trial, Maday was convicted of three counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child.
OWI – Suppression of Evidence
Alexis Unser appeals the circuit court’s judgment convicting her of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant.
Verbal Contract – Court Error – Money Judgment
Rock River Power Sports, Inc., appeals a money judgment in favor of Menard, Inc.
Motion for Contempt
Cle Gray, Jr., appeals pro se the circuit court’s order denying Gray’s motion for contempt.
Jury Instruction – Sufficiency of Evidence
Nanci Gavin appeals the circuit court’s judgment convicting her, after a jury trial, of one count of operating a vehicle to flee an officer and three counts of obstructing an officer.
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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
