Southport Commons, LLC appeals the circuit court’s order granting the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s motion for judgment on the pleadings.
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Opinion
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
A jury found Kevin M. Lipscomb guilty of being party to a crime (PTAC) of armed robbery.
Read More »Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
In these consolidated cases, Thomas F. Ball, II, appeals from judgments convicting him of nine crimes and from the orders denying his postconviction motions.
Read More »Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Deandre Jackson appeals from a judgment convicting him of possessing heroin with intent to deliver as a second and subsequent offense and from an order denying his postconviction motion claiming ineffective assistance of trial counsel in connection with arguments made in a motion to suppress.
Read More »Abuse of Discretion – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Ronell N. Hibbler appeals from a judgment convicting him after a jury trial of three drug-related charges and two counts of felony bail jumping and from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Read More »Unlawful-stop Claim – Reasonable Suspicion
Larry Alexander Norton appeals his judgment of conviction for resisting an officer.
Read More »Sentencing – Objective Bias
Jason Marcotte appeals a judgment convicting him of one count of delivering three grams or less of amphetamine, as a party to the crime.
Read More »Warrantless Search – Blood Test
Shannon Potocnik, pro se, appeals a judgment convicting him of operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC) as a second offense.
Read More »Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
Adam appeals a dispositional order adjudicating him delinquent on one count of criminal damage to property, as a party to the crime.
Read More »Injunction – Sufficiency of Evidence
In these consolidated cases, Dennis Lins appeals from orders denying his motions for relief from harassment injunctions entered in favor of Jennifer, Aurora, and Gabriella Summerhill.
Read More »Plea Withdrawal
Aaron Hall appeals from a criminal judgment convicting him of one count of delivering cocaine and one count of delivering marijuana, each as a repeat offender.
Read More »Divorce – Remedial Sanction
Mark Gilbert appeals a postdivorce order requiring him to pay $28,117.63 to his former spouse, Theresa Gilbert.
Read More »Divorce – Property Division
Aydin Mardan appeals a judgment of divorce resolving all contested issues, including property division.
Read More »Medicaid Claim – InterQual Criteria
Samuel Ison appeals an order denying his WIS. STAT. ch. 227 (2017-18) appeal from the administrative denial of a Medicaid claim.
Read More »Sufficiency of Evidence
Michael Wojciechowski appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdicts, convicting him of theft of movable property from a corpse and obstructing an officer.
Read More »Court Error – Issue and Claim Preclusion
Robin Zahran and Karen Zahran (collectively “the Zahrans”), pro se, appeal an order dismissing their complaint against Bank of America, N.A. (“BANA”).
Read More »Plea & Sentencing – Resentencing
Mark Mayo appeals a judgment, entered upon his no-contest pleas, convicting him of eight counts of capturing an image of nudity without consent, where the person depicted has a reasonable expectation of privacy.
Read More »Court Error – Right to Speedy Trial and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
In these consolidated appeals, Ronald Provost appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, convicting him of causing a child to view sexual activity and a judgment, entered upon his guilty pleas, convicting him of seventh-offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) and felony bail jumping.
Read More »Prisoner – Involuntary Commitment
R.J.O. was involuntarily committed under WIS. STAT. § 51.20 (2017-18), and her commitment was later extended.
Read More »Termination of Parental Rights – Abuse of Discretion
A.J.P. appeals the circuit court’s order terminating his parental rights to his child, E.D.P., on the petition of Waushara County Department of Human Services (the County).
Read More »Warrantless Search – Extended Supervision – Suppression of Evidence
Dustin Caya was indicted on drug-trafficking and firearms charges based on evidence found in his home during a search conducted on the authority of section 302.113(7r) of the Wisconsin Statutes.
Read More »USERRA Violation – Retaliation Claim
Davin Hackett was a police officer for the City of South Bend.
Read More »Sufficiency of Evidence
A jury found Michael Chaparro guilty on three felony charges for viewing and transporting child pornography.
Read More »Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Gerald Winfield confessed to police that he shot Jarlon Garrett.
Read More »Class Action – Jurisdiction
Appellant Bethany Price objected to a proposed class‐action settlement, but the district judge ruled that she was not a class member and she did not contest that ruling.
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Read More »Application for Stay
The application for stay presented to JUSTICE KAVANAUGH and by him referred to the Court is granted.
Read More »Statutory Interpretation – ADEA
The federal-sector provision of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 88 Stat. 74, 29 U. S. C. §633a(a), provides (with just a few exceptions) that “personnel actions” affecting individuals aged 40 and older “shall be made free from any discrimination based on age.”
Read More »4th Amendment Violation – Unlawful-stop Claim
This case presents the question whether a police officer violates the Fourth Amendment by initiating an investigative traffic stop after running a vehicle’s license plate and learning that the registered owner has a revoked driver’s license.
Read More »Prisoner – Involuntary Commitment
This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, Winnebago County v. C.S., 2019 WI App 16, 386 Wis. 2d 612, 927 N.W.2d 576 ("C.S. III"), affirming the Winnebago County circuit court's order of extension of commitment, order for involuntary medication and treatment, and order denying C.S.'s postcommitment motion.
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