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Raynard R. Jackson appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s guilty verdict, convicting him of throwing or expelling bodily substances, while a prisoner, at or toward a prison officer.

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“Emily” appeals from an order extending her involuntary commitment for twelve months and an order for involuntary medication and treatment.

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Donald Simon Mullen appeals from judgments convicting him for refusal to take a test for intoxication and for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) (first offense) and challenges the denial of his motion to suppress.

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Angelo E. Cantrell appeals a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, convicting him of possessing a firearm while a felon.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that corrections were made to paragraph 28 in the above-captioned opinion which was released on May 13, 2020.

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Marcus A. Miller appeals from a judgment of conviction for two counts of robbery of a financial institution and one count of attempted robbery of a financial institution, all as a party to a crime.

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Deyontae Cornail Stinson appeals a judgment of conviction, following a jury trial, of five charges.

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Robert J. Hutchinson, pro se, appeals an order of the circuit court denying his motion for contempt against Kohner Mann & Kailas SC, and The North River Insurance Co. (collectively, KMK), granting KMK’s motion for contempt against Robert Hutchinson, and barring Robert from filing additional motions relating to the case underlying this appeal.

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Brittany S. Baier appeals from a judgment of conviction for one count of first-degree intentional homicide and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, contrary to WIS. STAT. §§ 940.01(1)(a) and 941.29(1m)(a) (2015-16).

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Sanimax LLC appeals a judgment awarding money damages and attorney’s fees to Blue Honey Bio-Fuels, Inc., and Coulee Region Bio-Fuels, LLC.

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Troy Lasecki appeals a judgment convicting him of two misdemeanor counts of engaging in unfair trade practices and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.

Thor Jepsen appeals from a judgment of conviction, following his plea of no contest to third-degree sexual assault, and an order denying his motion for postconviction relief.

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This case—which is before us for the second time— requires us to determine whether the circuit court properly granted Adam Vice’s motion to suppress his confession to sexually assaulting a four-year-old girl.

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Winston B. Eison, pro se, appeals an order denying the motion he filed pursuant to WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18).

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Chase Boruch, pro se, appeals an order denying his motion to waive the fees associated with the preparation of certain transcripts he requested to facilitate an appeal of an order denying his motion for postconviction relief under WIS. STAT. § 974.06 (2017-18).

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Alfred L. Cross pled guilty to five counts of bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1344(1).

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Plaintiff Randy McCaa is a Wisconsin prisoner who alleges that prison officials violated his Eighth Amendment rights by responding with deliberate indifference to his threats to commit suicide or to harm himself in other ways.

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Carlos Alvarez‐Espino entered the United States illegally in 1996, settled in Chicago, but later ran into legal trouble and came to the attention of immigration enforcement.

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Scott Hildreth, an inmate at an Illinois maximum-security prison, suffers from Parkinson’s disease.

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Wisconsin court system staff have distributed 600,000 face masks to circuit courts around the state preparing to resume in-person proceedings and jury trials.

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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the law license of former Gov. Jim Doyle's chief legal counsel and deputy chief of staff for one year.

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Weekly Case Digests – June 8, 2020 – June 12, 2020

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Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul took action on regulating PFAS chemicals and a nationwide antitrust investigation into the generic drug industry on Wednesday.

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The Department of Justice is suing Kohl's Department Stores for withholding information about identity theft perpetrators.

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This case arises from protracted litigation between petitioners Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc., and others (collectively Lucky Brand) and respondent Marcel Fashions Group, Inc. (Marcel).

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This case is about the assertion of power by one unelected official, Andrea Palm, and her order to all people within Wisconsin to remain in their homes, not to travel and to close all businesses that she declares are not "essential" in Emergency Order 28.

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In these consolidated appeals, Haley appeals nonfinal orders of the circuit court in two termination of parental rights (TPR) cases pertaining to her children, Rachel and Jack.

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D.R.C. appeals from a dispositional order finding him delinquent for operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, and he challenges the denial of his motion to suppress statements he made to police.

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Sophie appeals a nonfinal order in this termination of parental rights (TPR) case.

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J.W. appeals the order terminating his parental rights to his biological child, R.W. J.W. argues that the trial court erroneously exercised its discretion when it terminated J.W.’s parental rights because the trial court’s decision was based on its determination that J.W. was unlikely to meet the conditions of return for his daughter because J.W. has a learning disability with respect to reading and writing.

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