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Dec 7, 2016

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.

Dec 7, 2016

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.

Dec 7, 2016

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.

Dec 6, 2016

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).

Dec 6, 2016

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.

Dec 6, 2016

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.

Dec 6, 2016

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”).

Dec 5, 2016

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.

Dec 5, 2016

Court Error – New Trial – Improver Vouching

Juan Briseno was convicted of multiple racketeering crimes relating to his participation in a street gang.

Dec 5, 2016

Sentencing – Career Criminal

Thirteen years ago, Robert Yates was sentenced as an armed career criminal under 18 U.S.C. §924(e).

Dec 5, 2016

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.

Dec 5, 2016

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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