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A federal grand jury indicted Ishaihu Harmelech on two counts of mail fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1341. Harmelech pleaded guilty to the first count, and the government dismissed the remaining count.

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The Armed Career Criminal Act, housed in § 924(e) of the Federal Criminal Code, mandates a minimum 15‐year sentence for a felon who unlawfully possesses a firearm and has three prior convictions for a “serious drug offense” or “violent felony.”

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Weekly Case Digests – July 29, 2019 – August 2, 2019

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Former Kenosha County District Attorney Robert D. Zapf appeals the report of Referee Dennis J. Flynn, who concluded that Attorney Zapf had committed two counts of professional misconduct and recommended that his license to practice law in Wisconsin be suspended for one year and that his resumption of the practice of law be subject to certain conditions.

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We review, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 757.91 (2017-18), a judicial conduct panel's findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation for discipline for the Honorable Leonard D. Kachinsky, a former municipal judge for the Village of Fox Crossing Municipal Court.

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A jury found John E. Paul guilty of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) and operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration.

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Jeremy Bittner appeals an order denying his postjudgment motion to modify child support, and also attempts to appeal the circuit court’s oral rulings denying reconsideration and a request to correct the original judgment of divorce.

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This case arises out of a dispute between Antonio Soria and Classic Custom Homes of Waunakee, Inc. (Custom Homes) about Custom Homes’ refusal to pay Soria for amounts purportedly due on three house painting contracts.

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A jury found Marcus Lynn Taylor guilty of incest by a stepparent, repeated sexual assault of the same child, and exposing a child to harmful material.

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Benjamin and Kristina Jossund appeal from an order dismissing their claims against US Bank N.A., as Trustee for LSF8 Master Participation Trust (“US Bank”).

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Polk Properties, LLC and Donald J. Thoma (collectively Polk) challenge circuit court orders arising from their unlawful agricultural use of property zoned residential by the Village of Slinger at Polk’s request in 2006.

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Jimmy Desotell had an unexpected encounter with police officers one evening in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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Matthew Brown appeals a judgment, entered upon his guilty pleas, convicting him of one count of possession with intent to deliver between eleven and fifty grams of heroin and one count of possession with intent to deliver more than forty grams of cocaine.

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Plaintiff Oliver Collins was a tenured professor of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame.

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Bill Conroy filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in 2016 to challenge an Illinois state court conviction from 2007.

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After being diagnosed with terminal cancer, Brent Roppe executed a financial power of attorney (POA) naming his sister-in-law, Jeanette Colbert-Roppe, as his agent.

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To many people, nonprofit work might not seem to have much in common with Opportunity Zones and other sorts of federal development incentives.

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Within three months of being placed on a 20‐year term of supervised release, Thomas “Lizzie” Smith violated the requirements of her supervision.

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On consideration of the letter of the Government requesting correction of the opinion in this appeal issued on July 3, 2019, the opinion is amended on page 3 by replacing “and up to $3,000,000 for a new commercial enterprise located in an area with an unemployment rate significantly below the national average” with “and $1,000,000 for a new commercial enterprise located in any other area.”

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Jiri Vyloha, a citizen of the Czech Republic, brings two petitions for judicial review in this consolidated appeal.

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Frank Novak tragically took his own life in February 2012.

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Claudius Fincher possessed a firearm; that much is certain.

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Devontay Sawyer entered a conditional guilty plea to possessing a firearm as a felon, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g), preserving for this direct appeal his challenge to the denial of his motion to suppress evidence.

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Milwaukee Health Care, LLC (MHC) and Milwaukee Center for Independence, Inc. (MCFI) entered into an agreement in 2014.

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Weekly Case Digests – July 22, 2019 – July 26, 2019

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Minnesota’s county attorneys think a newly defined aggravating crime factor, child pornography with kids under age 13, should be treated more severely than the state’s Sentencing Guidelines Commission is contemplating.

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Thomas A. Mason Co. has a lot to celebrate. The full-service painting and flooring contractor is marking 107 years in business this year and welcoming its fourth generation into the ranks of the family-owned company.

Alaina Cartagena recalls attending a career fair in middle school and one of the adult representatives asking her what she wanted to do when she grew up.

When Zachary Eastburn was a first-year associate at Quarles & Brady’s Milwaukee’s Office, the firm was the host of the Wisconsin LGBT Chamber’s Workplace Alliance meeting.

The products at Gear Grove, a custom-furniture company in Milwaukee, are made from the heart at a company with a heart. Its founders, Lyle Stoflet Jr. and Tom Daugherty, take people who might have had a hard time finding employment and find them jobs they often end up loving.