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A jury found defendant-appellant Andres Garcia guilty of distributing cocaine—actually distributing a kilogram of the stuff—to co-defendant Alan Cisneros in violation of 21 US.C. § 841.

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Donald Wanjiku pled guilty to one count of transportation of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A, but he retained his right to appeal the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress the primary evidence against him.

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Ja’Lin Williams was struck by a train while he and his friends were running away from a police officer.

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When Elena Hernandez filed a voluntary Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition in December 2016, she reported one sizable asset: a pending workers’ compensation claim valued at $31,000.

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Rafael Giovanni Herrera-Garcia seeks to avoid removal to El Salvador because he says that he will be tortured by gangs or corrupt government authorities if he is forced to return there.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently suspended a Minnesota attorney’s license for misconduct he committed in his home state.

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Weekly Case Digests – April 15, 2019 – April 19, 2019

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended a Milwaukee attorney’s license for 60 days.

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A Hudson attorney faces a two-year license suspension over allegations that he violated more than a dozen attorney-ethics rules.

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In 2016, the Board of Review for the Town of Delafield reclassified two lots of land owned by The Peter Ogden Family Trust of 2008 and The Therese A. Mahoney-Ogden Family Trust of 2008 from "agricultural land" to "residential."

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This is a review of an unpublished, per curiam decision of the court of appeals, State v. Zachary S. Friedlander, No. 2017AP1337-CR, unpublished slip op.

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The City of Madison appeals an order granting summary judgment dismissing its claims against five stagehands employed by the City.

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Kwesi B. Amonoo, pro se, appeals a circuit court order denying his fourth postconviction motion for a new trial under WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2009-10).

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Aaron B. Reigle appeals a judgment, entered on his guilty plea, convicting him of possession of child pornography.

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Antonio D. Shannon appeals from orders denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18) original and supplemental postconviction motions.

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Rondale Darmon Tenner appeals his judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding him guilty of first-degree reckless homicide while using a dangerous weapon, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm by a felon.

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Hupy and Abraham celebrated it 50th anniversary with a gathering on April 15 at its office in downtown Milwaukee.

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Willie Dorice Ford, Jr., pro se, appeals his judgment of conviction entered on a jury’s verdict finding him guilty of delivery of heroin weighing more than fifty grams, as a party to a crime.

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Praveen Kharb appeals a judgment convicting him of one count of first-degree sexual assault of a child under age thirteen and seven counts of possession of child pornography.

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Jerry Simone Wilson appeals the order denying his motion for postconviction relief based on newly discovered evidence.

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Mary Paulson, pro se, appeals from an order that denied her second motion to remove her children from Wisconsin, transferred primary physical placement of the children to their father, Erik Paulson, and denied Mary’s motion for reconsideration of a prior order finding her in contempt.

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Pablo Ruiz-Velez appeals an order denying his WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18) postconviction motion without a hearing.

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Steven Luckett appeals a judgment of conviction for attempted first-degree intentional homicide by use of a dangerous weapon and for second-degree recklessly endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon, as well as an order denying his motions for postconviction relief and postconviction discovery.

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Jaquel Elijah Simmons appeals judgments convicting him of possession of a firearm contrary to a court order, four counts of burglary as a party to a crime, and misdemeanor endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon as an incident of domestic abuse.

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Since the Founders crafted the Religion Clauses of the First Amendment, courts have grappled with the “play in the joints” between them.

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Rickey I. Kanter pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1341.

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Kreg Therapeutics, Inc., a medical‐ supply company, contracted with VitalGo, Inc., maker of the Total Lift Bed® (or the “bed”), for exclusive distribution rights in several markets.

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An application for relief under Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code transfers most of a debtor’s assets to the newly formed bankruptcy estate.

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In Indiana “[a] person who intentionally acquires, receives, sells, or transfers fetal tissue commits unlawful transfer of fetal tissue, a Level 5 felony.”

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The Illinois Sex Offender Registration Act (SORA) requires sex offenders to register with the police.

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