Domestic Abuse Enhancer – Court Error – Prior Inconsistent Statements
Connie Apfel appeals a judgment of conviction for misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct, both with a domestic abuse enhancer, and for possession of drug paraphernalia as party to a crime.
Sufficiency of Evidence – Vagueness of Statute
Brian Grandberry appeals his conviction for carrying a concealed weapon (CCW) contrary to WIS. STAT. § 941.23(2) and 939.51(3)(a) entered after a court trial on stipulated facts.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel – Sentencing
Marquis J. Chapman appeals a judgment of conviction entered upon his guilty pleas to two counts of delivering not more than three grams of heroin and one count of possessing with intent to deliver more than fifteen grams of cocaine but less than forty grams of cocaine.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel – Withheld Evidence
Jason Rovell Dodd appeals from a judgment of conviction for armed robbery with threat of force as a party to a crime. See WIS. STAT. §§ 943.32(2) & 939.05 (2011-12).
Frivolous Appeal – Sanctions
Margaret Bach, pro se, appeals orders dismissing her claims for a restraining order/injunction against St. Vincent Hospital, Life Navigators, Denice Mader, and Lynn Wagner (collectively “St. Vincent”) and requiring her to pay $245 in guardian ad litem fees.
Court Error – Public Trust Doctrine
David J. Lobermeier and Diane Lobermeier (collectively, the Lobermeiers) appeal from a judgment entered in favor of Jerome Movrich and Gail Movrich (collectively, the Movriches), after a court trial, regarding the Movriches’ right to install a dock and to access the Sailor Creek Flowage from their shoreline property.
Court Error – Summary Judgment
Bradley Munger (“Munger”) and the Summit Lake Association (the “Association”) appeal from judgments and an order dismissing all of Munger and the Association’s claims against Richard Seehafer, Peter Vanderhei, Richard Hilger, and Patrick Curran (collectively, the “Respondents”).
Sentencing – Conditions of Release
Kristopher Warren pled guilty to transporting and possessing child pornography and was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and fifteen years’ supervised release.
Court Error – New Trial – Improver Vouching
Juan Briseno was convicted of multiple racketeering crimes relating to his participation in a street gang.
Sentencing – Career Criminal
Thirteen years ago, Robert Yates was sentenced as an armed career criminal under 18 U.S.C. §924(e).
Injunction – 1st Amendment Violation – 14th Amendment
This case, which arises out of our motions practice, is an appeal from the denial of a preliminary injunction in a dispute among the parties about the placement of certain referendum propositions on the November ballot.
Sentencing
Just days after his release from prison in 1995, petitioner Larry Frazier entered the apartment of a sixty-two-year-old woman and attempted to rob her at gunpoint.
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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