Due Process
Stephen Sustrick, pro se, appeals an order disposing of a petition for court intervention filed by the corporate trustee of a family trust.
Motion to Suppress
Faith Reed appeals a judgment of conviction for misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance and misdemeanor bail jumping.
OWI – Waiver of Right To Counsel
In 2016, Matthew Seward was charged with his third offense of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI).
Court Error – Ordinance Amendment
The Milwaukee Police Association and its President, Michael Crivello, and the Milwaukee Professional Firefighters Association, Local 215, and its President, David Seager, Jr., (collectively, “the Unions”), appeal a circuit court order granting summary judgment to the City of Milwaukee and denying the Police Association’s motion for summary judgment.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Victoria Ward appeals from a judgment of conviction for keeping a drug house and possession of heroin with intent to deliver, both as a party to a crime.
15-3228 United States of America v. Colt V. Lynn
Colt Lynn was convicted of one count of conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2; and one count of conspiracy to possess pseudoephedrine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(c)(2), 846 and 18 U.S.C. § 2.
Sentencing
Following a sting operation, Timothy Hilliard was charged with ten counts relating to numerous controlled sales of heroin, a heroin‐for‐guns trade, and a gun and heroin found during the execution of a search warrant at his home.
Negligence
This tragic case tests the scope of Illinois employers’ tort liability for intentional torts commit‐ ted by their supervisory employees against other employees where the employer has been negligent.
Immigration – Removal Proceedings
Over seven years and three petitions later, these proceedings have come to a conclusion. Petitioner, Jesus Delgado-Arteaga (“Delgado”), petitions for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ decision affirming the immigration judge’s denial of withholding of removal, 8 U.S.C. § 1231(b)(3), and relief under the Convention Against Torture, 8 C.F.R. § 1208.16(c).
Immigration – Visa
United States since 2005. They managed this by overstaying their initial one-year non-immigrant visas.
Sentencing
After pleading guilty to three federal drug and money‐laundering offenses, Vincente Jimenes was sentenced to 151 months’ imprisonment and five years’ supervised release.
Legal News
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- 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
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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
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- 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