Motion to Suppress – Reconsideration
Nicholas Wegner appeals a judgment of conviction for fifth-offense operating a motor vehicle with a prohibited alcohol concentration (PAC), as well as an order denying his motion seeking reconsideration of a suppression decision.
Newly Discovered Evidence
David A. Allen appeals the trial court’s judgment convicting him, after a jury trial, of child abuse by recklessly causing great bodily harm, first-degree reckless homicide, and child neglect resulting in great bodily harm.
Plea & Sentencing – Ineffective Assistance of Counsel
Kenneth Wagner appeals judgments, entered upon his no-contest pleas, convicting him of one count each of first-degree sexual assault of a child under the age of thirteen, child enticement, felony bail jumping, and exposing a child to harmful material.
Postconviction Motion for Relief Denied
In these consolidated appeals, Elyse Alix appeals multiple judgments, entered upon her no-contest pleas, convicting her of multiple crimes.
Sentencing Guidelines
Marcel Walton, a “Grand Sheik” of the Moorish Science Temple of America in Chicago, stole more than $3 million from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) by filing and assisting others in filing fraudulent tax returns.
Immigration – Removal Proceedings
In February 2016, the Department of Homeland Security commenced removal proceedings against William Yovanni Molina-Avila.
Sufficiency of Evidence
A jury convicted Jose Jaime Lopez of several drug-related offenses and the district court sentenced him to life in prison.
Statutory Interpretation – Rule 32(f) – Form of Briefs
This case came to my attention, as motions judge, when the appellees sought permission to file a brief containing more words than the 14,000 permitted by Fed. R. App. P. 32(a)(7) and Circuit Rule 32(c). Jay Vermillion, the appellant, represented that his brief contains fewer than 14,000 words, after excluding the portions not counted by Rule 32(f).
Exclusionary Rule – Good Faith Exception
In 2015, federal agents infiltrated a child pornography website called Playpen and deployed a computer program to identify Playpen’s users.
Probable Cause – Judicial Review – Department of Public Instruction
Wisconsin requires public officials to report certain events or suspicions about teachers to the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Court Error – Abuse of Discretion
After the State of Illinois dismissed criminal charges against plaintiff‐appellant Calvin Lindsey for unlawful possession of a weapon, he filed this civil action asserting claims for false arrest, excessive force, false imprisonment, and malicious prosecution under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law assault and battery.
Plea Withdrawal
At sentencing Tyree M. Neal, Jr. asserted that he was not guilty of conspiring to distribute cocaine because the facts, as he saw them, did not demonstrate that he agreed with others to buy and sell cocaine.
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