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Court Error
Evelio Banuelos appeals a judgment of conviction for second-degree sexual assault of a child.
Sufficiency of Evidence
Jacob Ong appeals, pro se, the circuit court’s judgment convicting him, after a jury trial, of an ordinance violation for theft of a letter.
Immunity
We granted Marie Williams’ petition for leave to appeal, which was supported by the State, to determine whether entitlement to “immun[ity] from prosecution” under WIS. STAT. § 961.443 as an “aider” of a person believed to be suffering from a drug overdose is to be decided by the circuit court pretrial or by the fact finder at trial.
Motion to Suppress – Warrantless Arrest
Andrew Sato appeals a judgment of conviction for robbery by threat of force contrary to WIS. STAT. § 943.32(1)(b) (2013-14), entered upon a plea of guilty, as well as the order denying his motion for postconviction relief.
Meritless Appeal
Audie D. Harris, pro se, appeals the order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2013-14) postconviction motion.
Court Error
Jamie Dean Moore, Jr., appeals from a judgment of conviction and from an order denying a postconviction motion that raised multiple claims of error without a hearing.
DNR board right to end social dinners
Public decisions — such as whether to allow snowmobiling at a state park — should be made at public meetings. They shouldn’t be hashed out and all but decided at a private dinner the night before a public vote. So it’s good to see the state Department of Natural Resources ending its troubling practice of […]
Insurance – Arbitration
This dispute arises from the 2013 fire at the Milwaukee County Courthouse (the “Court‐ house”). Milwaukee County (the “County”) maintained its primary insurance policy covering the Courthouse with the State of Wisconsin Local Government Property Insurance Fund (the “Fund”).
Excessive Force – 4th Amendment Violation
William Viramontes was convicted in Illinois state court of aggravated assault and resisting arrest.
Social Security Benefits
Erik Israel applied for Social Security disability benefits in 2007, and diligently pursued his claim through administrative review.
Withholding Information
Appellant fails to show that government error was willfully made in failing to provide information when requested
2nd Amendment Rights – Concealed Carry
The plaintiffs in this case, nonresidents of Illinois each of whom has a concealed-carry license from his home state, travel to Illinois whether on business or for family or other reasons and want, while they are in Illinois, to be allowed to carry a firearm even if they are not within the exceptions to the restrictions on nonresident gun carrying just listed, but are not allowed to do so because [...]
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- Wisconsin DNR agrees to repeal anti-firearm rule
- Harris kicks off campaign for president with a rally in Wisconsin
- Wisconsin leads 26 governors to strengthen state and tribal child support enforcement act
- Wisconsin man charged with fleeing to Ireland to avoid prison term for Capitol riot role
- Wisconsin Supreme Court reveals September oral arguments calendar
- 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
- With GOP convention over, Milwaukee weighs the benefits of hosting political rivals
- 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
- Survey: Harris has enough delegates to be nominee
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
