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L.E. appeals an order from the Portage County Circuit Court extending her involuntary commitment as requested by Portage County pursuant to WIS. STAT. ch. 51. L.E. contends that there was insufficient evidence to support the circuit court’s order extending her commitment.

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In this appeal, Kody K. Johnson contends that he should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea to three misdemeanor counts of contempt of court.

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Heinrich pleaded no contest to three misdemeanor counts of bail jumping, and he now seeks to withdraw his plea on grounds that the charges are without a factual basis and multiplicitous.

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Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation is suing the company that makes Milwaukee Leather products, accusing it of misleading customers and tarnishing the reputation of Milwaukee Tool’s “famous” logo. Milwaukee Tool filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in federal court on Friday. The ...

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In these consolidated appeals, Adam Young appeals from judgments convicting him of possessing cocaine with intent to deliver and two counts of delivering cocaine.

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Curtis Hestad and Allied Waste Services of North America, LLC, appeal a judgment, entered upon a jury’s verdict, awarding damages to DeEtte and Ernest “Pat” Fankhauser for the destruction of a bridge on the Fankhausers’ property.

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Kevin A. Taylor appeals a judgment entered after he pled guilty to second-degree recklessly endangering safety as a repeat offender and causing soft tissue injury to a police officer while resisting the officer.

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Deray J. Shaffale appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion to void a voluntary acknowledgment of paternity (VPA).

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The State appeals an order of the trial court granting Andre David Nash’s motion to suppress identification evidence obtained in a lineup.

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Lanard Hollenquest appeals a judgment, entered upon his no-contest pleas, convicting him of two counts of causing great bodily harm by operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant and one count of causing injury by operation of a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant, as a second offense.

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The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), upset what was once a seemingly settled question of federal law.

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At a debate among three candidates for Milwaukee County Circuit Court Branch 5 judge on Monday, much of the discussion was about whether two of them can truly be called Milwaukee residents.

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A Milwaukee attorney may see her license suspended for paying potential witnesses against her client in a homicide case dating to 2016.

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Terrell Day died tragically while in police custody on September 26, 2015.

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Nicolas Subdiaz‐Osorio stabbed his brother to death during a drunken fight.

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Defendant Carlos Vasquez-Abarca appeals his sentence for reentering the United States illegally after a prior deportation following a felony conviction, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a).

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Johnnie Lee Savory spent thirty years in prison for a 1977 double murder that he insists he did not commit.

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Since 2015, defendant-appellant Alex Guerrero has sought a reduction of his prison sentence under Amendment 782 to the United States Sentencing Guidelines, which reduced guideline ranges for drug quantities.

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Plaintiff Hosea Word is a sergeant and aspiring lieutenant in the Chicago Police Department (CPD).

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Kelvin Lett was an investigator in the Chicago municipal office that reviews allegations of police misconduct.

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Legislation positioned as a response to Gov. Tony Evers' criminal justice policies gave rise to strong criticism upon being introduced on Thursday. Republicans released the "Tougher on Crime" bill package to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety in a seven-hour session that day.

A former Sheboygan attorney who drove off after his kids fell out of his car will learn of the Office of Lawyer Regulation's penalty for his actions on Tuesday.

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Davis|Kuelthau has named Brian Pfeil as its next litigation team chairman. He succeeds Matthew McClean, who led the team for five years and serves on the firm's Board of Directors.

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Weekly Case Digests – January 27, 2019 – January 31, 2020

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The Judicial Conduct Panel publicly reprimanded part-time the Wood County circuit court commissioner Kenneth Gorski for failing to recuse himself from several cases.

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The amount of information a jury can infer from a video is at the center of a case in front of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The high court is deciding if a surveillance video showing the moment of a slip-and-fall is enough evidence to hold a Wisconsin grocery store liable for the man's injuries.

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A proposed amendment to Wisconsin's constitution would make it easier for judges to deny a defendant's release from jail before conviction.

Husch Blackwell has more than doubled its Wisconsin health care team, adding 12 attorneys and a paralegal to its Madison office in the first weeks of 2020. The new hires are the local result of the firm’s national strategy to expand its health-care practice.

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A.M., pro se, appeals the orders terminating her parental rights to her children, M.M. and V.A.-M. A.M. contends that she received ineffective assistance of counsel and that the circuit court failed to consider the appropriate factors in rendering its decision.

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Rodney Richardo King appeals a judgment convicting him of one count of second-degree sexual assault and one count of possession of narcotics.

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