Summary Judgement – Evidentiary Hearing
American Transmission Company, LLC condemned land for a utility easement on real estate owned by the Avonelle M. Kissack Living Trust.
Pleas & Sentencing – Sentence Modification
Sherri Blackshear appeals from a judgment convicting her on her guilty plea to delivery of heroin (< 3 grams) as a second or subsequent offense and as a repeat offender resulting from a purchase involving a confidential informant (CI) working with the Kenosha Drug Operation Group.
Plea Withdrawal and Other Acts Evidence
Michael E. Doege appeals from a judgment of conviction entered upon his guilty plea to one count of identity theft, and from an order denying his postconviction motion for plea withdrawal.
Court Error – Consolidated Appeal and Other Acts Evidence
Tyrell S. Tolbert appeals judgments of conviction, following a jury trial, of multiple charges.
Judgment Award
Jeffrey and Sherilyn Van Goethem appeal a foreclosure judgment granted on U.S. Bank National Association’s (U.S. Bank) summary judgment motion.
Insurance Claim – Coverage
John Doe appeals the order granting summary judgment to Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Metropolitan Milwaukee (BBBS) and BBBS’s insurance carrier, First Nonprofit Insurance Company (First Nonprofit).
Admittance of Evidence – Expert Testimony
Paul N. Westley appeals a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of one count of second-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of sixteen.
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Breion Shequille Woodson appeals the judgment of conviction entered after a jury found him guilty of possession of a firearm by a person adjudicated delinquent for an act that would be a felony if committed by an adult and possession with intent to deliver more than forty grams of cocaine, as a party to a crime, as a second and subsequent offense.
Sentencing Modification
Murry Locke, pro se, appeals from an order denying his motion for sentence modification based on two allegedly new factors.
Estate – Motion for Recusal Denied
Richard Lauer, pro se, challenges those parts of an order that denied a petition to remove his brother, Dennis Lauer, as personal representative of their mother’s estate, and denied a motion for recusal of the judge.
Personal Jurisdiction
mGage, LLC, appeals the trial court’s nonfinal order denying its motion to dismiss CITGO Petroleum Corporation’s complaint on the grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction.
Sufficiency of Evidence
A jury found Scott Ginsberg guilty of bank fraud. On appeal, he argues there was insufficient evidence that he knowingly defrauded the banks.
Legal News
- UW-Madison pro-Palestine protesters spark debate over free speech laws
- DEA to reclassify marijuana in a historic shift
- Wisconsin opens public comment on constitutional amendment regarding election officials
- Court upholds Milwaukee police officer’s firing for posting racist memes
- FCC fines wireless carriers millions for sharing user locations without consent
- Wisconsin Supreme Court scheduled to hear oral arguments in absentee voting case
- Attorney General Kaul joins multistate coalition to defend U.S. EPA’s light-duty vehicle emission standards
- State Bar of Wisconsin names election winners
- Protests erupt on college campuses throughout Midwest, and U.S. over war in Gaza
- Newly filed report with federal court seeks Havana Syndrome transparency
- Questions of transparency, leadership responsibility linger over State Bar trust
- Firm demands $4.3M in dispute with Wisconsin client
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