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Jan 9, 2019

Statutory Interpretation – Armed Career Criminal Act

The Armed Career Criminal Act requires a federal sentencing judge to impose upon certain persons convicted of unlawfully possessing a firearm a 15-year minimum prison term.

Jan 9, 2019

Attorney Disciplinary Hearing

Attorney Daniel Parks has appealed a report filed by Referee William Eich concluding that Attorney Parks committed eight of 14 alleged counts of professional misconduct and recommending that Attorney Parks' license to practice law in Wisconsin be suspended for 14 months, rather than the two-year suspension sought by the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR).

Jan 9, 2019

Frivolous Appeal

Ray Peterson filed this small-claims action in which he (1) alleged that Stanley Beatty, doing business as Abner Boiler and Heating Company, was responsible for the failure of a boiler approximately one year after Beatty installed the boiler, and (2) sought reimbursement of the cost to replace that boiler.

Jan 9, 2019

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Kristy Malnory appeals a judgment of conviction following a jury trial for operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC), second offense, contrary to WIS. STAT. § 346.63(1)(b), and an order denying her postconviction motion for a new trial on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel.

Jan 9, 2019

Ineffective Assistance of Counsel

Mariano Cabrera appeals his judgments of conviction and an order denying his postconviction motion for resentencing in these consolidated appeals.

Jan 9, 2019

Prisoner Involuntary Commitment – Extension

A.A. appeals from an order extending his involuntary commitment, asserting his original commitment had already expired by the time of the extension, thus depriving the circuit court of competency to make the extension.

Jan 9, 2019

Sentence Modification

Jason D. Barnhill appeals from a judgment of conviction and an order denying his motion for sentence modification.

Jan 8, 2019

Lawyer: AG opinion on shorelands missing key statutes that reversed court decision

Last week, Attorney General Brad Schimel released a legal opinion involving a county’s authority to zone shorelands within a town.

Jan 8, 2019

Postconviction Motion Denied

Shawn A. Hodgkins appeals from a judgment of conviction and an order denying his postconviction motion, arguing that the judgment should be amended to stay the collection of court costs until his probation begins and that his prison sentence should be reduced in light of the victim’s postsentencing letter requesting a reduced sentence to allow Hodgkins to help parent their child.

Jan 8, 2019

Time-barred

Troy Paulson, pro se, appeals an order dismissing his lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR).

Jan 8, 2019

Motion to Suppress Evidence Denied

William J. Smith appeals his judgment of conviction entered pursuant to his guilty pleas for possession of a firearm by a felon and possession of THC as a second and subsequent offense.

Jan 8, 2019

Postconviction Motion Denied

Jose A. Reas-Mendez appeals an order denying his 2017 postconviction motion for DNA testing of a jacket, a kitchen knife, and latent fingerprint cards containing fingerprints lifted from the outside window of the victim’s apartment.

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