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Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Dwayne T. Freeman appeals from a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, for armed robbery as party to the crime and as a repeater, burglary with use of a dangerous weapon as party to the crime, and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Recreational Immunity
Carol and Gerald Wilmet appeal an order dismissing their claims against the City of De Pere and its insurer as being barred by the recreational immunity statute, WIS. STAT. § 895.52 (2015-16).
Sentence Modification
William McNew, pro se, appeals an order denying his motion for sentence modification.
Prison Litigation Reform Act – 8th Amendment Violation
Billy Cannon appeals the dismissal of two civil rights complaints, see 42 U.S.C. § 1983, that accuse Milwaukee police, prosecutors, and judges of having violated his constitutional rights during a series of investigations and prosecutions.
Expungement
Circuit precedent holds that a district court has inherent authority to reopen a closed criminal case to consider a request to expunge the judicial record based on an equitable balancing test that weighs the public and private interests at stake.
Motion to Suppress
Martez Dickson appeals his conviction for being a felon in possession of a gun. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
Weekly Case Digests — Feb. 27 – Mar. 3, 2017
Weekly Case Digests — Feb. 27 – Mar. 3, 2017.
Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies – IDEA
Exhaustion of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act’s administrative procedures is unnecessary where the gravamen of the plaintiff’s suit is something other than the denial of the IDEA’s core guarantee of a free appropriate public education.
Patent Infringement
The supply of a single component of a multicomponent invention for manufacture abroad does not give rise to Sec.271(f)(1) liability.
Certificate of Appealability
5th Circuit exceeded limited scope of certificate of appealability analysis
State of Wisconsin v. Tabitha A. Scruggs
WI Supreme Court Case Name: State of Wisconsin v. Tabitha A. Scruggs Case No.: 2014AP2981-CR Petitioner, Tabitha Scruggs (“Scruggs”), seeks review of a published court of appeals decision denying her motion for postconviction relief.1 The court of appeals determined that Scruggs failed to demonstrate beyond a reasonable doubt that imposing a now mandatory $250 DNA […]
Public Records
I-247 Forms are statutorily exempt from disclosure according to Wisconsin public records law.
Polls
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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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- Milwaukee Police Department issues statement regarding video release policy
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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
